The following material is the part that was shared with the News Media during out media circus of 1987. It is used with permission of Donna Parrish and all rights are reserved to her. It does not constitute the full body of her unpublished manuscript. This was a handwritten booklet which accounts for the small amount of material on each page.

Shadow of 1912

Research on Black People in Forsyth County, Georgia
Part One
By: Donna Parrish

Copyright 1987    by Donna Parrish    Rt. 9 Box 151- Riviera Drive
Cumming, Georgia 30130 * This is no longer the correct address.  
Printed in the United States of America 



Index
Black Property Owners in 1910   1-12
Deed Records			13-29
2 Black Renters in 1910		29

 
Some Facts

1910 US Census:	10847   white
		  658   black
	          440   mulatto

Sept	1912	Rape & Murder  
 	1912	Trial

1915	3 Black Polls  	341 Acres returned for taxes by blacks
1916	3 Black Polls   338 Acres  returned for taxes by blacks

1970	Census- a few Blacks
1980	Census- a few Blacks
1987	Car tags sold to Blacks.  Tags must be bought in county of
	residence.  15 was the number of tags reported sold to Blacks.