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You are here: Home / Ashburn / Ashburn… one of Georgia’s Richest Farming Sections

Ashburn… one of Georgia’s Richest Farming Sections

July 28, 2024Ashburn, Historical Documents

“Ashburn is Located in the Heart of one of Georgia’s Richest Farming Sections”

100 years ago, Ashburn was “one of the busiest and most progressive little cities in the Great Heart of South Georgia…”

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The Atlanta Journal, page 20
date: Sun, Oct 20, 1918

Tagged With: A.J. Davis, Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Distributing Company, Ashburn Drug Company, Ashburn Ice and Cold Storage Company, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Oil Mills, Ashburn Schools, Betts-Evans Trading Company, C.H. Bishop, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), Daniel Henderson Davis (1861-1942), Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Dr. William Joseph Turner (1868-1946), Edwards Funiture and Millinery Company, Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Ernest Walter "E.W." Garner Sr. (7/12/1883 - 2/22/1944), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951), George B. Gorday (1869-1940), J.A. Faircloth, James A. Comer (1870-1938), James H. Pate (b. 1882), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John A. King (1864-1934), John Jackson Story (1882-1959), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John S. Johnson (1888-1984), Keenan P. Baker (1885-1942), Morgan S. Cantey (1864-1921), Mrs. C.L. Edwards, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Reason Paulk (1879-1932), Robert E. Lee Betts (1867-1934), The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, W. L . Metcalf, W. L. Story, W. Roy Clark, W.G. Shingler, William A. Murray, William A. Shingler

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