Headnote
LINCOLN COUNTY, situated on the northeasterly boundary of Georgia, with Savannah river on the northeast. Area, 220 square miles. Seat of justice, Lincolnton. Pop. in 1810, 4,555; in 1820, 6,458; in 1830, 6,145; in 1840, 5,895; in 1850, 5,998. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Georgia

Lincoln County, Georgia (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
LINCOLN COUNTY, situated on the northeasterly boundary of Georgia, with Savannah river on the northeast. Area, 220 square miles. Seat of justice, Lincolnton. Pop. in 1810, 4,555; in 1820, 6,458; in 1830, 6,145; in 1840, 5,895; in 1850, 5,998.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 191.
Date Type
In Lincoln County, Georgia, bandits make off with $250,000 of the last of the Confederate gold reserves Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Name Type
Double Branches, GA City or Town
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