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Photo of the Ashburn Community Pool
Located at what is now known as Tom Whitsett Park, the pool has since closed and been filled in.
The white building in the back was Britt's Grocery.
The white building in the back was Britt's Grocery.
Picking Fresh Blueberries in Coverdale
Location: Nesmith Rd. in Coverdale, GA
Picking up Dried Peanuts and Loading
Farmer Steven Poole picks up dried peanuts and loads them in trailer for travel to peanut mills for harvest 2021. Steven works for Phil Coley at Coley Farms.
Piggly Wiggly sunset
Location: Rogers Plaza facing West (S. Johnson St. and E. Monroe St. in Ashburn, GA)
Pioneers Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel H. Davis, early ~1900s
Pioneers Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel H. Davis, early ~1900s
Pivot over a peanut field
Daniels Road in Ashburn, Ga
Pivot running over a cotton field
Julianne Road in Ashburn, Georgia
Pivots in Coverdale
Pivots in Paradise
Location: Nesmith Rd., Sycamore, GA
Location: Nesmith Rd., Sycamore, GA
Plan Approved, Board Launches Merger to New Unitary System - Principals Named for Schools; Alberson in Junior High Post
Photos are in left to right order, top to bottom for new principals for the Integrated school system of Turner County Schools:
Jimmy Alberson
Rudene Gentry
Bill Hardin
Elie S. Griffin
Hodge King
New school grade/principal assignments:
Grades…
Jimmy Alberson
Rudene Gentry
Bill Hardin
Elie S. Griffin
Hodge King
New school grade/principal assignments:
Grades…
Plowing up peanuts
Plowing up peanuts at Phil Coley Farms.
Plowing Up Peanuts for Harvest
Farmer Steven Poole plows up peanuts for harvest 2021. Steven works for Phil Coley at Coley Farms.
Poem about the Wiregrass Festival (now known as the Fire Ant Festival)
This poem was penned by Gail Walls, original member of the Fire Ant Festival Committee. It highlights the tasks of the worker ants also on the committee.
Pond with reflection
Ewing Farm Road in Ashburn, Ga
Portrait of Jack Marrell and wife
Photo taken at the Southwest corner of the Turner County Courthouse of Jack Marrell and his wife.
The wagon is selling Rawleigh Products: Medicines, Extracts, Spices, Soaps, Perfumes, Toilet Articles.
Ashburn First Baptist Church can be see in…
The wagon is selling Rawleigh Products: Medicines, Extracts, Spices, Soaps, Perfumes, Toilet Articles.
Ashburn First Baptist Church can be see in…
Portrait of John Samuel "J.S." Betts
J.S. Betts was one of Ashburn’s founding fathers, long-time Mayor of Ashburn, and owner of the Betts Lumber Company. It was said that his wife Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (May 2, 1858 – September 27, 1907) used to “signal” her sister Ella…
Portrait of John West Evans
JOHN WEST EVANS
(September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904)
Born in Hancock County to Sterling G. and Mary West Evans, John and his wife Ella, followed his business partner/brother-in-law John Samuel “J.S.” Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918)…
(September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904)
Born in Hancock County to Sterling G. and Mary West Evans, John and his wife Ella, followed his business partner/brother-in-law John Samuel “J.S.” Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918)…
Postmaster Appointments for Turner County, Georgia
National Archives Identifier
78734417
78734417
POW Camp Ashburn - Company Morning Reports
Morning Reports for July 1944: Roll 112 (3 of 3)
Control Number
National Archives Identifier
479269235
Control Number
National Archives Identifier
479269235
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…
