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By Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021
Nelson Tift Sculpture
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1 ► Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany — Nelson Tift — 1836 —  |
| Nelson Tift settled the area as a commercial venture in 1836 in the hopes of establishing a cotton trade using the river to transport the crop to the market. He named it Albany, in honor of Albany, New York, which was also at the head of navigation . . . — — Map (db m187000) HM | |||
| 2 ► Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany — 047-4 — Colonel Nelson Tift — |
| Nelson Tift, founder of the City of Albany, was born at Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810. In 1833 he established a mercantile business in Augusta, Georgia. After a sojourn in Hawkinsville he moved to Albany, then in Baker County, in 1836. . . . — — Map (db m40796) HM | |||