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POW Camp Guardhouse

Once a guardhouse at the Prisoner of War (POW) camp located in Ashburn, Georgia from 1943-1946. This one is located on Raney Street in Ashburn with another on Monroe Avenue. According to current Raney St. owner Susan Watson, "It was purchased by the…

Tags: Felicia Mashburn, POW Camp, Susan Watson

Shingler Heights Historic District - National Register of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001571

Shingler Heights Historic District National Registration of Historical Places application.pdf

Shingler Heights Historic District - Along North Main Street (U.S. Hwy 41) between Murray and Hill Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714

Application - 21 pages
Photos - 14 images

Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 14: Ashburn First United Methodist…

Tags: Algernon Blair, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Bottling Works, Ashburn Cottonseed Oil Mills, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Oil Mills, Ashburn Telephone Company, Bank of Donaldsonville, Clinton Felder Shingler Sr. (1890-1932), Cow Hog and Hen Program, Dennis & Dennis Architect Firm, Duncan Hines, First National Bank in Bainbridge, First National Bank of Jacksonville FL, Flint River and Gulf Railway Company, George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, Gulf Line Railway Depot, Henry Gray Turner (1839-1904), J.S. Betts & Co., James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John Taylor Hambrick (1848-1928), John West Evans (1844-1904), Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), Pecans, Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929), POW Camp, Red Pebble Farm, Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966), Shingler Mercantile, Southern Railways, Sparrow's Nest, The House by the Road, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas John Shingler (1864-1934), Turner County Bank, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Publishing Company, William Henry Shingler (1860-1921), William Warren Ashburn (1838-1906)

Ashburn Heights/Hudson-College Avenue Historic District - National Registration of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001411

Ashburn Heights:Hudson-College Avenue Historic District application.pdf

Ashburn Heights/Hudson-College Avenue Historic District - Roughly bounded by McLendon, Phillips, Monnie, Hudson, and College Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714

Application - 19
Photos - 28

Description of Photograph(s):

1 of 28: McLendon Street,…

Tags: Algernon Blair, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Bottling Works, Ashburn High School, Ashburn Sewing Club, Ashburn Telephone Company, Board of Education, C.D. Baldwin, Catharine T. Jacobs (1858-1923), City of Ashburn (government), Cow, Dennis & Dennis Architect Firm, George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), Gulf Line Railway Depot, Henry Gray Turner (1839-1904), Herbert Ives Shingler I (1893 -1978), Hog and Hen Program, J.M Raney, J.S. Betts & Co., James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John Cobb Dennis (1921-2009), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Main Street, May Jenkins Betts (1863-1931), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Nina Cox, Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929), POW Camp, Shingler Mercantile, Sparrow's Nest, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Bank, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Publishing Company, Victoria Evans, Victoria Evans Memorial Library, W.I. Phillips

Visit Report from War Department to Camp Ashburn (POW Camp)

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Report 42 of Visit to Prisoner of War Camp, Ashburn, Georgia

April 25, 1945

Changes in U.S. Staff: Lt. Boylan was replaced by Lt. Hoiton, as compound officer.

Changes in buildings and grounds: Great improvement in the…

Tags: POW Camp

POW Prisoner Postcard & Photograph

Letter from a POW prisoner, Gerhard Lorenz, who was once at the Turner County POW camp and worked for Mr. Chester Lee "C.L." Wilson of Chula, Georgia.

Chester's wife's name was Unez Pilkinton Wilson. This could explain the Pilkinton family…

Tags: Chester Lee Wilson (8/28/1916 - 12/29/2007), Chris Nesmith, LaRue Wilson Nesmith, POW Camp, Unez Pilkinton Wilson

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