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TCP gardener joe postcard.jpg
GC-1C Photo by Bayard Wootten
"Old Black Joe"
The Gardener at the House by the Road
Ashburn, Georgia

Old Barn with turquoise truck and tractor on Sun Story Rd. in Ashburn, Ga 8.14.2021 1.jpg
On Son Story Rd.

Officer Convicted of Slaying Merchant - Lynn Kelly of Sycamore murdered WW Odom - Atlanta Constitution 25 Oct 1930.JPG
Lynn Kelly, former policeman at Sycamore, was convicted this afternoon on the charge of murder in connection with the slaying of W.W. Odom, Ashburn merchant.

Red Pebble Farm - Object Lesson given for Georgia Farmers - Atlanta Constitution 14 Feb 1915.JPG
"Red Pebble farm produced and saved approximately 35,000 pounds of meat, like that shown in the windows, during the year 1914. This meat was killed and placed in a large brick and cement refrigerator and allowed to remain there for about six weeks.…

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Coordinates: 31°39'43.8"N 83°44'01.6"W

Oakes Rd. in Ashburn, Ga

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Located: 270 Glynn Cook Rd. in Ashburn, GA

1946 July 11 - Nina Cox _I will bat for Turner Co_ photo.jpg
A Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman clipping showing Nina Cox holding a bat that says "I will bat for Turner Co."

Nina Cox, an Ashburn High School teacher, resigned from her position in 1924 and entered the race for the Turner County School…

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New County of Turner Presents her claims - ATL Consti 20 Jul 1905 page 7.jpg
"'Turner' count was the first case on the docket yesterday before the house and senate committees on new counties."
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"Judge Lawton Miller, of Macon, appeared as counsel for those interested in and urging the creation of the new county of…

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The_Macon_Telegraph_Thu_Jun_28_1945_Page_7_Nazi_POWs_in_Georgia_to_leave_after_harvest.jpg
page 7

Specifically mentions that the Ashburn POW camp had 250 prisoners.

Moss Covered Oak Trees - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
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Tues. Feb. 15,, 1944
Hi there- we spent the night in Sylvester, Ga. last night and drove over here this morning. It rained all day yesterday but the sun is out bright today- it is cool tho. We will spend the night in Sylvester…

Murray-Raines Hardware Co., Ashburn, GA envelope 1920.tif
Envelope for Murray-Raines Hardware Co. addressed to J.D. Weed & Co. in Savannah, GA.

1944 March 9 WGF - Mrs. Scott writes a letter to son in Germany [Austin Scott who was captured 18 months].jpg
Ashburn, GA
Feb. 25, 1944

To My Son First Lt. Jack Austin Scott O-736383, A Prisoner Somewher bin Germany:
Dear Son:
Tonight I am banking my faith for you in God, Red Cross and yourself. Faith that God will watch over you physically, that the…

The House by the Road business card front.tif
The House by the Road was a popular tourist home located on U.S. Hwy 41 N in Ashburn, Ga. Mrs. Robert Shingler [Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980)] was the manager of the home.

1944 Dec 21 WGF - WW Odom_s mother given to Mother.jpg
Formal Presentation took place Saturday at Turner Field in Albany With All Military Audience.

"At a simple but touching ceremony, Mrs. W.W. Odom, of Ashburn, 54-year-old mother of First Lt. W.W. Odom Jr., a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot, last…

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