1832 - Timeline Fact - Gold was found in Union County, Ga.

Legend holds that gold was found in the area that became Union County in 1832.

This Timeline Fact may be an indicator why some of our family migrated to the Blairsville, Ga area.  We see several of our ancestors moving in to the area . . . . just some food for thought.

1952 photo at house in Cashes Valley Ga

Here's a photo that I really like! It was made at their house in Cashes Valley on the back porch in 1952.
It is Carol and Bill with their puppy and you can see Mariam (aka Nan) in the background.

1812 - 1814 - Timeline Fact - War of 1812

War of 1812

June 1812 - Dec 24 1814

the United States declared war against Great Britain in reaction to three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier.

1918 - Timeline Fact - Spanish Flu Pandemic

Spanish Flu Pandemic 

1918

January 1918 – December 1920

1775 - 1783 - Timeline Fact - American Revolution

American Revolution

April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783

Location:  Eastern North America, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, Central America;
French, Dutch, and British colonial possessions in the Indian subcontinent, Africa and elsewhere;
European coastal waters, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic and Indian Oceans

1754 - 1763 - Timeline Fact - French and Indian War

French and Indian War

1754 - 1763

France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers Louisiana to Spain

1939 - 1945 - Timeline Fact - World War II

World War II

1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945  

(6 years and 1 day)

Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa and Horn of Africa, briefly North and South America

1914 - 1918 - Timeline Fact - World War I

World War I

28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
(4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks) 

Location:  Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South and North America

1898 - Timeline Fact - Spanish American War

Spanish American War

April 25, 1898 – August 12, 1898

(3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)

Location:   Cuba and Puerto Rico (Caribbean)
Philippines and Guam (Asia-Pacific)

1861 - 1865 - Timeline Fact - American Civil War

American Civil War

April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 (by proclamation)

(4 years, 3 weeks and 6 days)

last shot fired June 22, 1865