"Coweta County Chronicles for One Hundred Years," edited and compiled by Jones, Mary G. & Reynolds, Lily; © 1928; The Stein Publishing Company - Atlanta, GA (I have original 1928 copy; it was reprinted in 1978 by the Southern Historical Press - Easley, SC)

Pg. 65

Miss Nora Page, of Turin, gave these additional names of early settlers . . . from Lexington county, South Carolina, settling around the present town of Haralson: Rawls, Swygerts, Bedenbaughs, Grays.

Pg. 464

To Albert Swygert, private, who gave his life in France:

He sleeps afar from childhood home,
‘Mid strangers’ graves, alone,
And they who pass that lonely grave
Repeat the work, “Unknown-“

Unknown to them a mother’s love
Not death itself can dim—
Unknown to them sisters’ and brothers’ love
That centered once in him

Oh, could we have closed his eyes,
Received one parting breath,
And heard him speak a last “good-bye,”
Before he slept in death!

Yet will the moonlight, soft and pure,
His couch with beauty bathe,
And angels from their starry home
Keep watch o’re his dear grave.

Ellen Swygert (his mother)
Haralson, Ga.


Pg. 495

From the “Herald” of july 6, 1923:

Coweta County Boll-Weevil Remedy. The boll-weevil fellow-countymen, is no longer a problem. It has been solved right her at Haralson, and by Mr. Snowden C. Swygert – all by himself. No big royalty for the remedy; he gives it to the busted and battered South “free gratis.” Here’s how he did it; try it and be convinced: He fastens a big cowbell on the end of the singletree of his plowstock next to the cotton row, and when the bell beats against (t)he cotton as he plows along it makes such a dickens of a racket that no boll weevil has nerve enough to stand it; hence the pest takes the air and goes to parts unknown, never to return. Not only does the cowbell rid his field of boll weevils, but he says grasshoppers, horseflies, gnats, and every other insect skedaddles when the bell starts. He says with all this noise at old Balaam’s heels he plows in high gear all day. About the only drawback with his weevil-ridding contrivance is that a swarm of bees is liable to settle on you at any time.
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Some more on Albert Martin Swygert:

WW I Draft Registrants, 1917-1918
Men Who Registered in Meriwether Co., GA
Last First Birth Date Birthplace
Swygert Albert M. Oct 20 1888 GA;USA
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Per Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church Records (Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia)
Albert M. Swygert was admitted to membership 7 Apr 1901 by Confirmation; removed "By death in France" (no date).
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"A History of Coweta County, Georgia," compiled and written by The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society;
© 1988; Wolfe Publishing - Fernandina Beach, FL

pg. 416 Coweta Co Residents who Died in Service in World War I:
Albert Martin Swygert

Private Albert Martin Swygert
Haralson, GA
Private Swygert entered the service in July 1918 and embarked for oversea service in August 1918. After arriving in France, Pvt. Swygert contracted spinal meningitis, which resulted in his death, September 29, 1918, only two months after he entered the army.
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"American Battle Monuments Commission - World War I Casualties"
http://www.abmc.gov/abmc44.htm

SWYGERT, ALBERT M.
Private, U.S. Army
120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Georgia
Died: September 29, 1918
Buried at: Plot C Row 04 Grave 05
Somme American Cemetery
Bony, France
Awards: Distinguished Service Cross

The World War I Somme American Cemetery is located one-half mile southwest of the village of Bony (Aisne), France, which is one and one-half miles west of Highway N-44, thirteen miles north of St. Quentin and fourteen miles southwest of Cambrai. The road leading to Bony leaves Highway N-44 ten miles north of St. Quentin, a short distance north of the Bellicourt American Monument. The cemetery, ninety-eight miles northeast of Paris, can also be reached by automobile via the Paris-Brussels toll Autoroute A-1 to Peronne, then via Vermand and Bellenglise, or Brussels-Reims toll Autoroute A-26 exit 9, via Highway N-44 south for seven and one-half miles to Bony. Hotel accommodations are available at Peronne, St. Quentin and Cambrai, which may be reached by train from Paris (Gare du Nord).

This fourteen acre cemetery, sited on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardy countryside contains the graves of 1,844 American military Dead. Most lost their lives while serving in American units attached to British Armies or in the operations near Cantigny during World War I. The headstones, set in regular rows, are separated into four plots by paths which intersect at the flagpole near the top of the slope. The longer axis leads to the chapel at the eastern end of the cemetery.

A massive bronze door, surmounted by an American eagle, leads the way into the chapel whose outer walls contain sculptured pieces of military equipment. Once inside, light from a cross-shaped crystal window above the marble altar bathes the subdued interior with luminous radiance. The walls bear the names of 333 heroic American Missing in Action who gave their lives in the service of their Country, but whose remains were never recovered or identified. There are three Medal of Honor recipients interred at the cemetery.

The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm except December 25 and January 1. It is open on host country holidays. When the cemetery is open to the public, a staff member is on duty in the Visitors’ Building to answer questions and escort relatives to grave and memorial sites.