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Harrisburg - West End and Woodlawn
Harrisburg -West End and Woodlawn Historic District
The Ezekiel Harris House, Circa 1797, is a reminder of the days when
tobacco was the primary cash crop in Georgia. Following the Revolutionary War, the area
which now includes Wilkes, Elbert, Franklin, Lincoln, Warren Oglethorpe and Greene
counties was opened for settlement. Liberal land grants and rich soil attracted tobacco
planters who had depleted their farmlands in Virginia and North Carolina by planting
tobacco year after year. Towns sprang up around the tobacco inspection stations and
warehouses. Tobacco merchant vied with tobacco merchant and town competed with town for
the market. Competition was very fierce between Augusta and Harrisburg.
Harrisburg Task Force Established
