Programs and  Meeting Calendar

  Future Meetings -  2026


May 9, 2026

General Meeting and Program

10:30 am - Hearn Academy in Cave Spring, GA

Speakers: Kristi Reed and Billy Abernathy, Vice President of Cave Spring Historical Society

Topic: David Vann: In the Shadows of History

Link to Kristi Reed's Presentation

Recording link is on our YouTube channel


July 11 2026

General Meeting and Program

10:30 am - Location - Martin Davis House

58 Hog Jowl Road, Chickamauga, GA

(8 miles west of LaFayette, and 10 miles south of

Chickamauga, at the intersection of Ga. Highway

193 and Ga. Highway 341)

Speaker: Jim Ogden

Topic: Cherokee Reservees (The Davis family) and the Civil War

Zoom Link


September 12, 2026

General Meeting and Program

10:30 am - Location - Pickens County Library

100 Library Lane, Jasper, GA 30143

Speaker: Bill Cagle

Topic: The Road to Georgia Marble: How the Federal Road Led to Discovering Georgia's Marble Industry

Zoom Link


November 14, 2026

General Meeting and Program

10:30 am - Location - TBD

Speakers: TBD

Topic: TBD

Zoom Link


July 11, 2026 General Meeting

  Location: The Martin Davis House, Chickamauga, GA

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, September 22, 2013

July 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM


Location: Martin Davis House

58 Hog Jowl Road, Chickamauga, GA

(8 miles west of LaFayette, and 10 miles south of

Chickamauga, at the intersection of GA Highway

193 and GA. Highway 341)


Topic: Mr. Ogden will speak about the Davis family, Cherokee reservees, who were caught in the middle of the battles along Chickamauga Creek and their survival during occupation by the Union. 

Speakers: Jim Ogden

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