Do you know of Hoys ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hoys. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hoys.<1>
Our sources for Hoys (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hoys other than they indicate that Hoys would be found somewhere in Cherokee County, Georgia.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hoys ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hoys:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hoys - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962
Written by: Hemperly, Marion R.
Published by the Southern Historical Press, 1980
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Cherokee County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cherokee County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |