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"If you were to write me and ask, 'where can I find a moral, religious place in which to live and educate my children, and at the same time succeed and make a good living,' I would unhesitatingly answer, Ashburn."

"Nearly 5,000 German prisoners of war, having laid down their swords and shields on the dusty battlefields of North Africa and elsewhere, are helping harvest the record South Georgia peanut crop this year estimated at 812,725,000 pounds or 47,345,000…

"It is interesting to analyze the reasons for the publicity which the little town of Ashburn in Turner County, South Georgia, has been recently receiving. The publicity is of the favorable and constructive sort; it affects more than the pleasure and…

"Fuller details appeared in the morning papers concerning the attempted assault on a young school teacher at Ashburn... Public feeling is running dangerously high here tonight against F. J. Cawley the local grocer, who is accused by one of the lady…

"Turner County officers today are searching the woods in Amboy direct for Tan Cleghorn, a young farmer who was to have been married to pretty Minnie Marchman last Tuesday. Instead of a wedding at the Marchman home there was a funeral, and the same…

Location: Monnie Street in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: August 12, 2021

Read more at:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/08/05/monnie-street/

Location: Josella Rd. in Ashburn, GA
Date: August 14, 2021

To read more about the name origin:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/08/30/josella-road/

Location: Johnston Road, Ashburn, Georgia
Date: March 13, 2021

First photo: Scenic view of Johnston Road
Second photo: John Allen (Pop) Johnston (May 26, 1912 – April 13, 2003), namesake of the road. (Given by grandson Jeremy Johnston)

To…

Location: Hudson Avenue in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: March 17, 2021

To read more about the name origin:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/05/31/hudson-avenue/

Location: Hancock Road in Rebecca, Georgia
Date: November 29, 2019

First photo: Scenic view of the Road
Second photo: Photo of JJ HANCOCK & MARY ELLA PERRY HANCOCK (Given by Barbara Anne Hancock Perry)

To read more about the name…

Location: Evans Street, Ashburn, Georgia
Date: March 13, 2021

Read the original of the name and more at:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/03/22/evans-street/

Turner County, Georgia was created by legislative action on August 18, 1905 from parts of Irwin, Dooly, Wilcox, and Worth Counties and named for Henry G. Turner.

This booklet was created for the week-long 75th anniversary celebration of the…

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Letter from M.D. Collins, State Superintendent of Schools for Georgia, writing back to Gordon McKenzie and congratulating him on Mr. Todd remaining at the school system.

G.C. McKenzie wrote an internal memo to F.M. Tison to have him read because…

Teacher's Contract
FOR TEACHERS OF VOCATION HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION
Employed in cooperation with the Division of Vocational Education, State Department of Education, Georgia

A contract between Ashburn Public Schools ad Miss Parmalee Davis to…

Teacher's Contract
FOR TEACHERS OF VOCATION HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION
Employed in cooperation with the Division of Vocational Education, State Department of Education, Georgia

A contract between Ashburn Public Schools ad Miss Rebecca Adams to…

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…

Once located at the Dairy Queen at Exit 84 off of Interstate 75, this large cow sculpture was a draw for many tourists.

The Dairy Queen is no longer open and the cow was moved to a different location in the state.

"Church" sign and
"SLOW
WE
❤️
OUR
CHILDREN"
sign

Rebecca, GA

After Category 3 Hurricane Michael hit Georgia on October 10, 2018, the aftereffects were widespread. One such damaged landmark was the Big Peanut which is normally located off of exit 82 on I-75 S. The peanut is currently being restored. Here is a…

Photographs of the exterior and interior of the Turner County Post Office. Built in 1939.

US. Coast & Geodetic Survey Bench Mark
Elev. Feet.
Above Mean Sea Level
$250 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTURBING THIS MARK
ASHBURN
1934

142-1
Georgia Historical Commission
1954

TURNER COUNTY
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18, 1905, is named for Capt. Henry Gray Turner who was captured by Union troops at Gettysburg. A resident of Nashville and later of…

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