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Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia: Their Rise and Decline: Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia: Their Rise and Decline

Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia: Their Rise and Decline
Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia: Their Rise and Decline

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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword to the Reissue
  6. Preface
  7. I. The Upper Savannah River Country
  8. II. The Virginians of the Broad River Valley
  9. III. Life in the Broad River Valley
  10. IV. The Founding of Petersburg
  11. V. Rivers, Roads, Bridges, and Ferries
  12. VI. Petersburg Grows Up
  13. VII. Politics and Duels
  14. VIII. Tobacco and Cotton
  15. IX. Merchandising and Other Businesses
  16. X. Society and Amusements
  17. XI. Education and Religion
  18. XII. The Decline of Petersburg and the Broad River Valley
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index

A map of the rivers in Georgia. The rivers between South Carolina and Georgia are mapped. The rivers and regions marked in the map include the Pendleton District, Seneca River, Rocky River, Abbeville District, Elbert, Petersburg, Little River, Vienna, Willington, Edgefield District, Lincoln, Goose Pond, Washington, Little River, Columbia, Augusta, Richmond, Warren, Greene, Clarke, Lexington, Oglethorpe, Broad River, Madison, Jackson, North Fork, Hudson Fork, Elbert, Franklin, Carnesville, and Habersham.

A sketch depicts the plan of Petersburg Georgia. A plan of the region covered between the Broad River and the Savannah River in Petersburg Georgia is shown. On the bottom left is the road that leads to Lisbon Ferry and the bottom right is the road that leads to Vienna Ferry. These are parallel roads, both the roads continue towards the north, into Elberton. They have several buildings, trees, factories, and other buildings planned in proper order. The Road second road lies on the side of the Broad River. Between the Second Road and Broad River are tobacco fields, cotton fields, and a cometary.

This plan was constructed from the deed records in the Elbert County Courthouse, Elberton, Ga.

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