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Gloria Pylant Interview
Full interview can be heard here: https://youtu.be/nyqf2g43Cr8
Interview with Warren S. Hancock
Warren S. Hancock was interviewed by Shelley Zorn and Gail Walls.
The envelope the tape was found in mentions the Evans Murder and the Miles Cribbs hanging. However, the tape is degraded within 4 minutes of the interview.
The envelope the tape was found in mentions the Evans Murder and the Miles Cribbs hanging. However, the tape is degraded within 4 minutes of the interview.
$10.00 check written to Mrs. Franklin Marion "F.M." Tison (Pearl Perry Tison, 1879-1941)
$10.00 check written to Mrs. Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (Pearl Perry Tison, 1879-1941) signed by Frank Marion "F.M." Tison, treasurer for the Turner County Schools.
Green Peanut Plants
Photos of a peanut field/plants on Daniels Rd. in Ashburn, Georgia.
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.
View Flower Garden, Shingler Park, Ashburn, Ga. (Vintage postcard)
Addressed to:
Miss Eula Hill
Montezuma, GA
Post Office Stamp:
March 24, 1910
3pm
Ashburn, GA
Ashburn Commercial District - National Registration of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001042
Ashburn Commercial Historic District - Along Main Street, roughly between Murray and Monroe Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714
Application - 12 pages
Photos - 10 images
Ashburn Com. Hist. District Application Photo - 1 of 10 - Streetscape view of…
Application - 12 pages
Photos - 10 images
Ashburn Com. Hist. District Application Photo - 1 of 10 - Streetscape view of…
Ashburn Heights/Hudson-College Avenue Historic District - National Registration of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001411
Ashburn Heights/Hudson-College Avenue Historic District - Roughly bounded by McLendon, Phillips, Monnie, Hudson, and College Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714
Application - 19
Photos - 28
Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 28: McLendon Street,…
Application - 19
Photos - 28
Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 28: McLendon Street,…
County Jail Turner County - National Register of Historic Places #82002490
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 &…
"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 &…
Shingler Heights Historic District - National Register of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001571
Shingler Heights Historic District - Along North Main Street (U.S. Hwy 41) between Murray and Hill Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714
Application - 21 pages
Photos - 14 images
Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 14: Ashburn First United Methodist…
Application - 21 pages
Photos - 14 images
Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 14: Ashburn First United Methodist…
Wesleyan Methodist Campground and Tabernacle - National Registration of Historical Places Application + Photos - #98001485
Description from Application:
The Wesleyan Methodist Campground and Tabernacle contains at it major feature a historic tabernacle structure along with other auxiliary buildings on an informally landscaped quarter block near downtown Ashburn,…
The Wesleyan Methodist Campground and Tabernacle contains at it major feature a historic tabernacle structure along with other auxiliary buildings on an informally landscaped quarter block near downtown Ashburn,…
The Wild Side: Animal-themed festivals in Georgia
Animal-themed festivals offer visitors a great time while paying homage to highly esteemed critters in communities throughout the state. Here are a few festivals that celebrate our finned, feathered and four legged friends, plus a few other…
Visit Report from War Department to Camp Ashburn (POW Camp)
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Report 42 of Visit to Prisoner of War Camp, Ashburn, Georgia
April 25, 1945
Changes in U.S. Staff: Lt. Boylan was replaced by Lt. Hoiton, as compound officer.
Changes in buildings and grounds: Great improvement in the…
Report 42 of Visit to Prisoner of War Camp, Ashburn, Georgia
April 25, 1945
Changes in U.S. Staff: Lt. Boylan was replaced by Lt. Hoiton, as compound officer.
Changes in buildings and grounds: Great improvement in the…
Turner County Public Works Camp perspective
Winfred Rembert, who survived an attempted lynching in Cuthbert, Georgia in 1967, was later sentenced to 27 years in prison. During his time in the prison system, one of his transfers brought him to Ashburn, where he was held at the Turner County…
The Gammages (Patsy's House)
A leather-carved, inked painting of the Ashburn home of Patsy Gammage Rembert, created by her husband, artist Winfred Rembert. Winfred was sent to the Turner County Public Works Camp before its closure, and it was during his time in Ashburn that he…
"CASTLE TURNER," ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)
December 29, 1913
[unknown] was here for a Happy New Year to you all
T A [unknown]
Addressed to:
Mrs. James Edgar
71 Cedar St.
Chicago
Post Office stamp:
Ashburn, GA
Dec. 29, 1913
1 P
[unknown] was here for a Happy New Year to you all
T A [unknown]
Addressed to:
Mrs. James Edgar
71 Cedar St.
Chicago
Post Office stamp:
Ashburn, GA
Dec. 29, 1913
1 P
Coverdale Clover
Location: Coverdale Highway in Ashburn, GA
Turner County Courthouse at Sunset
Construction Date: 1907
Location: 219 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
National Register Information System ID #: 80001247, registered 9/18/1980
Location: 219 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
National Register Information System ID #: 80001247, registered 9/18/1980
Scan of a blank check for the Exchange Bank in Sycamore, Georgia from the 1920s.
Scan of a blank check for the Exchange Bank in Sycamore, Georgia from the 1920s.
Check for Ernest Bass from the Wiregrass Farmer
A scan of a cashed $4.50 check for Ernest Bass written on the Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman's (local newspaper) Turner County Bank checking account. The check was signed by Frank Marion "F.M." Tison, treasurer and business manager of the Wiregrass…
Ashburn Public School Board of Education Meeting (March 9, 1932)
Meeting Minutes of the Board of Education for Ashburn Public Schools from March 9, 1932 with Chairman Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie residing over the meeting. Discussion of the teacher salaries was the topic of the meeting. Teachers…
$750.00 loan from Ashburn Bank to the Board of Education of the Ashburn Public School (December 15, 1931)
Signed by Board of Education of the Ashburn Ga. Public School President Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie and Secretary Frank Marion "F.M." Tison
Budget of Ashburn Public Schools for year beginning July 1, 1935, ending June 30, 1936.
Board of Education:
G.C. Mckenzie, Pres.
Mrs. H.I. Shingler, Vice-Pres.
F.M. Tison, Sec.-Treas.
Mrs. V.A. North
E.W. Garner
J.R. Brown
J.S. North
signed by R.L. Todd Jr., Superintendent
G.C. Mckenzie, Pres.
Mrs. H.I. Shingler, Vice-Pres.
F.M. Tison, Sec.-Treas.
Mrs. V.A. North
E.W. Garner
J.R. Brown
J.S. North
signed by R.L. Todd Jr., Superintendent