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Atlanta Named After Martha Lumpkin by Jeannette Holland Austin
Martha Lumpkin, daughter of Governor Lumpkin, was known to be
a woman of noble character and rare accomplishments. She became
the wife of Mr. Compton and resided with him in the home of her
childhood in Athens. As an old woman, she was serene and happy and
had an unshaken faith in the growth of Atlanta. Atlanta was first called
Terminus because of the Georgia Railroad, then Marthasville, and finally
Atlanta.
This is old Lumpkin home in Athens, Georgia in 1901
taken by the Atlanta Journal.
Source: The Atlanta Journal, 15 June 1901.
Richmond County, Georgia Wills (1839-1844) Added to Georgia Pioneers
Antony, Milton;Atkinson, Dixon;Baldwin, Richard;Bunce, William;Can, Kitchen;Collins, Anne;Collins, John;Cook, Eugene;Cox, William;Dillon, Robert;Fitzsimmons, Catherine;Fox, Anne;Garnett, Samuel;Gill, Martin;Greenwood, Benjamin;Greenwood, Georgianna;Hale, Samuel;Hammond, Mary;Hobby, Elizabeth;Howard, John;Hull, Sarah;Lanhips, Susannah;Lewis, Benjamin;Lyon, Benjamin;Marshall, John;Martin, John;McCrady, Eliza;Mealing, Henry;Metcalf, George;Murray, George;Nail, Casper;Nelson, Matthew;Reid, Mary;Rhodes, Absalom;Rily, Elizabeth;Rowland, Merit;Savage, Mary;Savage, William;Tarver, John;Turpin, George;Turbin, T. P.;Tutt, William;Urquart, David;Verdery, Adel;Walker, Elisa;Wardlaw, James;Winteat, John
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Richmond County Wills (Digital Images) 1845-1853 Added to Georgia Pioneers
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