My mother's family is from the Queen City/Atlanta area. Mom was born in Queen City as was her mother. The families go back for about six/seven generations. Mom is an only child and inherited some land mineral rights west of Atlanta. She has had the timber cut off of the land for years as an supplemental income and finally sold the surface rights but not the mineral rights. I read a tremendous amount of material from families tonight and did appreciate the topics very much. Thank you for the information. Greatly appreciated. Carlie
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carlie, I suggest that you join the Cass County Group and review the discussions there. If your minerals are not too far west of Atlanta they should be in Cass. Use this link:
In researching the decades-old Tuscaloosa Trend and the immense wealth it has generated for many, I find it deeply troubling that this resource-rich formation runs directly beneath one of the poorest communities in North Baton Rouge—near Southern University, Louisiana—yet neither the university ( that I am aware of) nor local residents appear to have received any compensation for the minerals extracted from their land.
This area has suffered immense environmental degradation…
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