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Crime Lab Decribes Massacred Woman
The Crime Lab’s final report gave the first clear description of the victim: a white female, 25 to 30 years old, about 5’3” tall, weighing roughly 130 pounds, with blonde or light brown hair. She had Type A blood and a distinctive scar on her right…
Crime Lab Says Shivers Was Struck
Officials say that they still have no clues or leads in what has been called “the most brutal crime in Turner county.”
Crystal Lake (vintage postcard)
CRYSTAL LAKE
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.
Curly Garrett at the Ashburn Skating Rink
This photo is of William Cluria "Curly" Garrett. He used to be the manager at the Ashburn Skating Rink in the 1950s. You can see Curly in front of the skate rack.
D-504 Turpentine Industry in the South
Photo by U.S. Forest Service
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA.
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A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA.
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D-537 NEGRO "HEBEN" - A WATERMELON FEAST IN DIXIE - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN (vintage postcard)
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
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Script:
Hi, Gal!
We sho are having a good time and surly wish you could be with us.
We haven't had on a coat since we got here…
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Script:
Hi, Gal!
We sho are having a good time and surly wish you could be with us.
We haven't had on a coat since we got here…
D-540 COTTON PICKERS AT WORK. IN DIXIELAND - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
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D507: -A BUSY DAY IN A COTTON FIELD DOWN SOUTH (vintage postcard)
GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA
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D508:- A FINE FIELD OF COTTON IN DIXIELAND (vintage postcard)
GREETING FROM ASHBURN, GA
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Writing inscription on the back:
Left for Florida on our birthday just entered to day, even through the Smoky Mts. today. heading for Miami tomorrow, will be back soon.
Your Friend, I.O.
Addressed to:
Mrs.…
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Writing inscription on the back:
Left for Florida on our birthday just entered to day, even through the Smoky Mts. today. heading for Miami tomorrow, will be back soon.
Your Friend, I.O.
Addressed to:
Mrs.…
Davisville School
The school, once located in the Davisville Community off of Hwy 159 and Hwy 90, was moved to its current location on Reid Road by Louis Bobo in 1975. Property owner Jerry Bryan has recently replumbed the school. This process requires careful work to…
Deacon Kills A Deacon Then Kills Himself, c. 1911
"R.G. Whidden [Whiddon], a well-to-do farmer and a church deacon, living near here, shot and killed J.M. Lawson, a neighbor and also a deacon, today at church on the Whidden [Whiddon] farm, and then committed suicide..."
Death Certificate of George T Betts
Cause of death: Acute Appendicitis
Death Certificate of William Andrew Shingler
Cause of death: Acute Cerebral hemorrhage
Deed Books at Turner County Courthouse
located at the Superior Court office in the Turner County Courthouse.