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Famous North Georgians

  • Joseph E. Brown (born in South Carolina, raised in Union County).
  • Zell Miller (born in Young Harris in Towns County)
  • Ty Cobb (born in Banks County, Georgia, raised in Royston, Georgia).
  • Ernest Vandiver (raised in Lavonia, Georgia).

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