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Prisoners and Juvenile Delinquents
Bulletin 121
Page 24 mentions the Turner County Chain Gang
In institutions January 1, 1910: 12 Males, all black
Committed in 1910: 25 males, black; 2 males, white.
Page 24 mentions the Turner County Chain Gang
In institutions January 1, 1910: 12 Males, all black
Committed in 1910: 25 males, black; 2 males, white.
Ashburn Public School
This is before the school fire in the 1950s.
Postmaster Appointments for Turner County, Georgia
National Archives Identifier
78734417
78734417
Main Street Ashburn, 1977
02, main street, Ashburn GA, police cruisers parked at right;
Farm is Purchased for Turner County
"According to the recommendation of two grand juries, Ordinary Joe Mellancock [McHancock] has purchased a farm located between Sycamore and Ashburn for a county farm for Turner County. The buildings on the farm are to be used for convict camps and a…
Turner Prison is Commended by Inspectors
"It's the neatest, sharpest looking camp I've been in in well over 12 months."
37-Mile Interstate Road Stretch Dedicated by Vanidiver at Ashburn
Nora Lawrence Smith:
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."
Visits Turner
"The Turner County convict farm was inspected, where fine corn and potatoes were observed growing. A herd of goats raised by the farm furnish meat for the convict, it is stated. Here the party drank water from the camp's air pressure tank, and…
