The Houstouns of Georgia - (Georgia Open History Library) by Edith Johnston (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The Houstouns of Georgia shares the history of one of the oldest families in Georgia, showcasing its influential members and reflecting on the effect of one family throughout the state's history. Established by Sir Patrick Houstoun, who accompanied James Oglethorpe and helped him lay the foundations of the colony, the Houstoun family has called Georgia home since its inception. Over two hundred years after its founding, the author of The Houstouns of Georgia traces her own lineage back to the Houstoun family in her heavily researched account of the family's presence in Georgia from its founding onward.

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About the Author

EDITH DUNCAN JOHNSTON (1878-1963) was secretary of the Savannah Girl Scouts, 1912-13 and 1915-17, and was the first national secretary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, 1913-14. From 1919 to 1929, she was the publicity director for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia and from 1920 to 1926 the executive secretary of the Field Department. Johnston was also one of the founders of the Savannah Historical Research Association; editor of The Kollock Letters, published serially in the Georgia Historical Quarterly; and author of several historical articles.