Memorials › George Washington Fagala
16 Mar 1795 – 17 Mar 1851
| Birth | 16 Mar 1795 |
| Death | 17 Mar 1851 |
| Cemetery | Mount Olivet Cemetery Cohutta , Whitfield County , Georgia , USA |
| Added by | Ann Groom Lenz on 04 Sep 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42576825 |
He was born John George Vogele & Baptized 16 Mar 1795 Berks Co, PA.... See Record ----------------------------------- George Fagala --- May 3, 1841 Appointed U. S Postmaster, Red Hill, Murray Co, GA George Fagala killed in 1851 while Logging on his Farm. Note: The Fagala Farm was in Murray County but in 1851 Whitfield Co, GA was formed from Murray Co, GA. The town known today as Varnell was part of the Cherokee Nation and referred to as Red Hill for the many red clay hills found there. -------- In 1834, a post office was established at Red Hill with John Martin serving as postmaster. It was the earliest post office in what was to become Whitfield County. As early as 1836, a group of Baptist missionaries, including Bushyhead, Beaver Carrier and Evan Jones, visited Big Spring as emissaries from the Amohee Baptist Church of Polk County, Tenn. Some of the earliest white settlers as plotted by the surveyors in 1831 were Pitner, McGauhey, Varnell, Kenan and Webb. Others families were Fagala, Rauschenberg, Johnson and Prater.
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