內容簡介
內容簡介 By: William Henry Perrin, Pub. 1883, reprinted 2025, 682 pages, soft cover, NEW INDEX, ISBN #978-1-63914-636-9. Effingham County was created in 1831 from Crawford and Fayette Counties. This book is broken down into two sections. The first is a through history of the county from first pioneers to life in the late 1800's. Histories of each of the 16 townships are discussed in individual chapters giving details from early settlements, pioneer life, churches & religion, education, commerce, and etc.... The family historian will savior in the second section which is devoted to Biographical sketches of these early pioneers. The Index mentions approximately 7,500 individuals.