Pulaski County GaArchives History - Books .....Hartford 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 6, 2007, 3:55 pm Book Title: Dead Towns Of Georgia For more than a quarter of a century HARTFORD was a thriving town and the capital of Pulaski county. [1] When in 1837 [2] the Court House and jail were transferred to Hawkinsville, ruin and decay overtook the place, and at present there is little else save silence, desolation, and sea-shells on the abandoned Ocmulgee bluff. [1] Clayton's Digest, p. 606. [2] Pamphlet Laws of 1836, p. 103. Additional Comments: Extracted from: THE DEAD TOWNS OF GEORGIA; BY CHARLES C. JONES, JR. FOR HERE WE HAVE NO CONTINUING CITY. Heb.: xiii. 14 SAVANNAH: MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE. 1878. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pulaski/history/1878/deadtown/hartford703gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb