Course Instructor Jerry Taylor

Course Fee $25.00

This class focuses are multiple areas of Georgia History. 

Week 1 -  How/Why Georgia became a colony - 1732

Week 2 -  The eviction of the Cherokees – 1838

Week 3 -  Interesting state and local place names

Week 4 -  A wee bit of musical history focusing on the production of reed (pump) organs in America – 1830s-1950s 

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Jerry Taylor is a native of Towns County, having lived in the shadow of Brasstown Bald all his life. He graduated from Towns County High School and YHC. He holds degrees from UGA, North Georgia College and State University, and Lincoln Memorial University. Jerry is retired after thirty-three years as a public school teacher.

He is a member of the Historical Society and is Towns County's official historian. 

He is a professional organist having served local churches for fifty years. His home, known as "The Organ Loft" features his collection of antique reed organs.