Published between 1848 and 1850, it was the legal organ for the county. When the Clerk of the Superior Court, Rufus J. Pinckard, sent legal ads to an out-of-county newspaper to run, the publisher of “The Bee” fatally shot the Clerk of the Superior Court. [He was indicted but the jury did not convict him.] “The Bee” ceased publication soon thereafter.
Apparently only one issue of “The Bee” has survived. It is at the University of Georgia in Athens, but it may be read on a computer screen in Monroe County by going to https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu. Hint: while on the Galileo site, search for newspapers in Forsyth and sort by date published.
