The klan in Jackson and Barrow counties (GA)
Posted by Mike Buffington
Saturday, November 7. 2015
... J.R. Holliday was a wealthy farmer and millwright in Jackson County with three plantations. But he was also a Unionist who had opposed Southern secession and had been exempted from being conscripted in the Confederate Army because he owned a mill. And he was an outspoken opponent of the Klan during the postwar years ...
... On the night of July 24, 1871, a band of 20-30 Klan members invaded Holliday’s house around 11 p.m. in an effort to kill him ...
Holliday was also successful in October 1871 in having a group of 11 men who allegedly participated in the attack arrested by Federal officials and taken to Atlanta to appear before a Federal District Court Grand Jury. His efforts to have local judicial officials deal with the matter were unsuccessful and Holliday reportedly wore a number of pistols on his body when he came to Jefferson because of the threats against him.
Twenty-two people were called as witnesses before the Federal Grand Jury in Atlanta in October 1871, but for reasons that are still unclear, those 11 men were let go. They returned to Jackson County and the next day, they burned down Holliday’s mill causing $12,000 in damage ...
http://www.barrowjournal.com/archives/10338-The-Klan-and-JacksonBarrow.html
