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Petersburg (Ga.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Petersburg, Georgia is one of the dead towns of Georgia. It was located at the confluence of the Broad and Savannah Rivers in now Elbert County.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Shaler Hillyer papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS885
Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence from and to Shaler Hillyer. Also included is his journal, along with Captain John Freeman's estate inventory and the journals of Marian (also spelled Marion) Jean Hillyer, a descendant of Shaler Hillyer's, as a young girl documenting various trips her family took in the 1880s and 1890s.

Dates: 1797-1892, undated