Families

This section documents Black landowners in Forsyth County before the 1912 expulsion. Each profile explores the land they owned, their family connections, and what became of the property.

Published Profiles

  • Morgan Strickland
    📍 Big Creek District — Lot 1012
    📏 37.5 acres
    📌 Settles Road, near Grand Cascades and Cascade Run subdivisions
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  • Garrett Cook
    📍 New Bridge District/Oscarville — Lot: 14-1-1180
    📏 34 acres
    📌 Vans Tavern
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  • Thomas Strickland
    📍 Big Creek District — Lot: 1206
    📏 40 acres
    📌 Hillside Trace subdivision, Old Atlanta Road in south Forsyth
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  • Alex Hunter
    📍 Cumming — Lot: 140 and 20 acres of lot 78
    📏 60 acres
    📌 Sanders Road. Portions of Lanier County Club Estates and Avignon.
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  • Charlie Hunter
    📍 Cumming — Lot: 65
    📏 37 acres
    📌 Mary Alice Park Road east of Atlanta Hwy. Mark Alice office park.
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  • George Hunter
    📍 Cumming
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  • Warren Hunter
    📍 Cumming — Lot: 81 and half of lot 80
    📏 60 acres
    📌 Atlanta Highway and Buford Dam Road. Portions of Brackley subdivision. Andean Chevrolet.
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Coming Soon

The following family land profiles are in progress. Each entry includes preliminary land data based on 1911–1912 tax rolls and other public records. Full profiles will be published monthly.

  • James Strickland
    📍 Big Creek District — Lots: 999, 1000
    📏 80 acres
    📌 Old Atlanta Road
  • William Bagley
    📍 Bells District — Lots: 468, 470
    📌 Hamby Rd & Hwy 9, Hamby Oaks Subdivision
  • George Maxey
    📍 Vickery’s Creek District — Lot: 482
    📌 Highway 9 & Shiloh Road
  • Phyllis Jenks
    📍 Bells District — Lots: 537, 544
    📏 50 acres
    📌 Francis Circle, east of Highway 9.
  • Andy Harrison
    📍 Big Creek District — Lot: 635
    📏 40 acres
    📌 Majors Rd, east of Peachtree Parkway. North of Long Lake along James Creek
  • J. Wesley Strickland
    📍 Big Creek District — Lots: 452, 613, 654, 716, 775
    📏 183 acres
    📌 Various, Windermere
  • Andy Harrell
    📍 Vickery Creek District — Lots: 1163
    📏 40 acres
    📌 Post Road
  • Benjamin Wilson
    📍 Vickery Creek District — Lots: 169, 194, 239, 668, 669
    📏 101 acres
    📌 Various. Polo, Stoney Point Church
  • Bettie Beard
    📍 Chattahoochee District — Lots: 558, 625
    📏 40 acres
  • Jacob C. Beard
    📍 Chattahoochee District — Lots: 542,557,559,626
    📏 165 acres
  • Robert Hill
    📍 Bells District – Lot: 537
    📏 30 acres