Hancock County, Ga. Newspapers

HANCOCK COUNTY NEWSPAPERS

Farmers Gazette 1806, 1807 (UGA)

Georgia Reporter and Chrisitan Gazette 1826 (LC)

Hancock Advertiser - published at Mount Zion (see below) legal organ 1827

Hancock Journal - W. H. Royal (died 1871), C. S. DuBose, 1869 - 1871

Missionary (Mount Zion) 1821-1825 (UGA)

Ishmaelite Times and Planter 1883 (UGA)
1883 1884 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 (UGA)
The Ishmaelite Jan. 1883-Sep. 29, 1899 title changed to Sparta Ishmaelite

Standard of Union and Free Trade Advocate 1834 (UGA)

Sparta Georgia Reporter and Christian Gazette Apr. 10, 1826-Oct. 2, 1826 (UGA)

*Sparta Ishmaelite Oct. 6, 1899-Apr. 16, 1915; Jul. 21, 1916-Dec. 28, 1923; Jun. 1924-present
title changed from The Ishmaelite 1889-1998 (UGA) The Sparta Ishmaelite published its first issue on March 12, 1878. Sidney Lewis was the founder and first editor (1878-1905); editors since: Wales W. Thomas (1905-1906), Thomas C. Moore (1906-1914), G.B. Moore, Sr. (1914-1982) Alva L. Haywood (1982-1988) and R. Allen Haywood (1988-current)

Sparta Sunbeam was first published in July 1882 by Jule Burnett, Lewis Patillo, Cabel Burwell and Willie Stewart per The Macon Telegraph and Messenger 27 July 1882.

Sparta Times and Planter 1879-1881 (UGA)

Spartan, Spartan Publishing Company (1911)

(LC)Library of Congress
(UGA) Newspapers on file at University of Georgia

NEWSPAPERS
1827 Vol. 1 -- Page: 175

Sequential Number: 142

Full Title: AN ACT to authorise the Sheriff and Coroner of [Illegible Text] county and their successors in office, to publish their sales of property levied on under execution, in a newspaper published at Mount Zion, in said county, entitled the Hancock Advertiser.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the sheriff and coroner of Hancock county and their successors in office, shall be and they are hereby authorised to publish their sales of property levied on by virtue of any execution or executions, in a newspaper published at Mount [Illegible Text], in said county, entitled the Hancock Advertiser: Provided they may think proper to do so; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

IRBY HUDSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

JOHN FORSYTH Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 18, 1827.

Source: Library of Congress, Ayer and Sons American Newspaper Annual 1900-1911