"A congressional subcommittee investigating the Ku Klux Klan
and other racial violence held hearings in Atlanta in Oct 1872.
The results of these hearings were published in 'Testimony Taken
by the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of
Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States." (Washington DC, 1872,
42nd Congress, 2nd Session, Report No. 41, pt 6, Vol. 1, GA).
"A great deal of biographical information is found in this
volume on the several people who testified. They are listed below.
For other accounts of racial violence in Georgia, see Davis's
THE GEORGIA BLACK BOOK in 2 volumes, 1984-88."
CALDWELL, Rev. J. H., native of SC lives in LaGrange (Troup Co.)
age fifty-one. Mentions James Nancy, Mitchell Reed, Morgan Reed,
Michael Davis, G. W. Ashburn, Henry Lowther, and Mr. Ashburn.
CALHOUN, John C. (Black race) age twenty, born in VA, lives in
Jackson Co., came from VA a year before the war. Mentions
Harrison Flannigan.
This list covers 9 1/2 pages, double spaced, and many of the people
are of the "black race".
| Name of Taxpayer: | Militia Dist.: | Owned Land: | Slaves: | Pol Tax: |
| Colwell, William H. | No. 494 | Upson Co. | none | 1 |
There are 395 males over age 21 (Caucasians only) in this list
found in Tax Digest of Upson Co. for 1850; 106 of the total
were slave owners with a total of 1,133 servants.