Uncle Remus Regional Library System Uncle Remus Regional Library System The Uncle Remus Regional Library System (URRLS) is a collection of ten public libraries located partially in the Atlanta metropolitan area and Central Georgia. It is headquartered in Madison, Georgia and serves the counties of Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, and Walton, of which 35% of the population are members of the library. The library system is named for Uncle Remus, a fictional title character and narrator of many African-American folktales, whose stories were compiled by post-Reconstruction Atlanta journalist Joel Chandler Harris in the late 1880's. The logo for the library system is Br'er Rabbit,
Johannes Remus Quietanus bishop of Strasbourg, was obliged to go there to defend his possessions. Remus Quietanus joined his entourage. In 1619, Remus Quietanus met Maria Schlitzweck, a young Alsatian lady he would soon marry. He settled in Rouffach around 1620. His wife gave birth to a boy in 1623. Remus Quietanus was named the physician (doctor) of the city. Maria Schlitzweck died on 27 February 1635. Quietanus married again in 1650 with Maria Helena Freudenstehlin, who came from Ensisheim. Remus Quietanus died in Rouffach on 17 October 1654. When Remus Quietanus wrote to Kepler in Rome in 1611, the two men did