Cpt. Lawrence Hancock was among the many thousands killed in Iwo Jima during the fierce fighting there. He was killed March 17 in action according to a telegram received from the War Department to his sister, Mrs. Estelle Hay.
"The contract for the building of a court house for Turner County was let to McKenzie & Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., today for the sum of $37,800. Contract is to be completed January 1, 1908."
From Application:
"The Turner County jail was built in 1906 as the newly formed (1905) county's first jail. County records show the first order of business was issuing $60,000 in bonds for a jail and courthouse. The jail was designed by Wagoner &…