Forsyth County, Georgia (GA) County population in 2014: 204,302 (90% urban, 10% rural); it was 98,407 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 43,225. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 7,651.
The conflict is commonly referred to as simply the Boer War, since the First Boer War (December 1880 to March 1881) is much less well known.  Boers  was the common term for Afrikaans-speaking settlers in southern Africa at the time.
The South African War (1899-1902) or, as it is also known, the Boer War, marked Canada's first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war.In 1899, fighting erupted between Great Britain and two small republics in South Africa.(See map) The two republics, settled by Boers, descendants of the region's first Dutch immigrants, were not expected to survive for long against the world's greatest power.n 1899, fighting erupted between Great Britain and two small republics in South Africa. (See map) The two republics, settled by Boers, descendants of the region's first Dutch immigrants, were not expected to survive for long against the world's greatest power.