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Warden is Fired by Commissioners

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp, Robert Brooks, W.G. Pierce

3 Escapees are Captured in Turner

Tags: Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Public Works Camp

37-Mile Interstate Road Stretch Dedicated by Vanidiver at Ashburn

Nora Lawrence Smith:
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."

Tags: Ashburn, I-75, Interstate 75, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), The Wiregrass Farmer

Visits Turner

"The Turner County convict farm was inspected, where fine corn and potatoes were observed growing. A herd of goats raised by the farm furnish meat for the convict, it is stated. Here the party drank water from the camp's air pressure tank, and…

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Creamery, C.H. Bishop, George W. Brown (1859-1930), J. Pope Teal, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), Public Works Camp, Sycamore, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Farm Bureau

Klansman and Kid

Tags: Ashburn, KKK

Rioting Quieted in Georgia Town After Killing of Escaped Prisoner

Tags: Ashburn, John Iverson Youngblood Jr. (1920-2006), Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Jackson, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Samuel Brown, Scotty Joe Ireland

1950 Census Records [Public Works Camp]

Tags: Ashburn, Calvin Sumner, Eleanor Sumner, Gene Sumner, Jack Sumner, Jesse Sumner, Linda Sumner, Public Works Camp, Seaborn Sumner, Wayne Sumner

1930 Census Records (Public Works Camp)

Tags: Ashburn, Edwina Richardson, Leon Richards Jr., Leon Richardson, Preston White, Public Works Camp, Thelma Richardson, Turista Richardson, Velma Richardson, Wheeler Edwards, Yvo Richardson

1910 Turner Census [Public Works Camp]

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp

2 Prisoners Return to Work Camp

Tags: Ashburn, Daniel Nasworthy, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Harris Perry, Public Works Camp, Rebecca, The Wiregrass Farmer

Fire Sweeps Prison Chapel, Shop in Sunday Blaze Here

Tags: Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Public Works Camp, Sycamore, The Wiregrass Farmer

Court Orders Schools here to Merger All Bus Routes

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, D.C. Royal, Integration, Integration of Turner County Schools

Inmates Surrenders, 2 Others Tracked Down

Tags: Ashburn, Calvin Brown, Congress Inn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), I-75, Interstate 75, Public Works Camp

Mrs. Harvey's Grandmother is Rebecca Namesake

Tags: Effie Harvey McElmurray (1909-2003), Horace C. Harvey (1905-1982), Jesse Lawson Hobby (1857-1932), Lydia Lucile Cornelius Mashburn (1913-1994), Mary Jane Hobby Harvey (1887-1976(, Monroe Jackson Harvey (1885-1950), Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (Rebecca), Rebecca, Rebecca Douglas Smith (1827-1910), S/Sgt. Loy Monroe “Mac” Harvey (1916-1944), Tempy Malissie Smith Hobby (1861-1936)

PWC Inmate Captured

Tags: Ashburn, Lamar Haman, Public Works Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer

County Closes Prison Camp Here Monday

Tags: Ashburn, Bennett Pate (1918-1982), John Deral Dukes (1931-2025), Public Works Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer, William G. Searcy (1910-2006)

Turner Theatre

Tags: Ashburn, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner Theater

1940 Turner Census [Public Works Camp]

Control Number

National Archives Identifier
127623081

Tags: Ashburn, David Hembree, Edna Flowers Hobby (1900-1955), Fremans Brooks, Gene Hobby, Gene Thomas, George Hall, Glennie Hobbs, Grady Pearson, John B. Hobby (1888-1953), John Welch, Newt Smith, Percy Graham, Public Works Camp, Roy Lee, Thomas Brown (b. ~1907)

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…

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…

Tags: Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Patsy Gammage Rembert, Public Works Camp, Winfred Rembert

Patsy Gammage Rembert discusses race relations in Ashburn, GA in the 1960s

Tags: Ashburn, Patsy Gammage Rembert, Winfred Rembert

POW Camp Ashburn - Company Morning Reports

Morning Reports for July 1944: Roll 112 (3 of 3)

Control Number

National Archives Identifier

479269235

Tags: Ashburn, POW Camp

Special Orders - Soldier Transfers to and from the POW camp

Morning Reports for July 1944: Roll 112 (3 of 3)

Control Number

National Archives Identifier

479269235

Tags: Ashburn, POW Camp

Henry Talmadge Elrod

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (November 26, 1927-February 15, 1930); Post-Service Documents (December 28, 1941-October 18, 1957); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (January 5,…

Tags: Henry Talmadge Elrod (1905-1941), Rebecca

Cpl. Durell Brown

History: [none entered] Category: Personnel Subcategory: Groups Subjects: ENGLAND, PERSONNEL,GROUPS War Theater Number: 12 War Theater: Europe US Air Force Reference Number: 53375AC Place: England Photo Series: WWII

Control Numbers
4

National…

Tags: Ashburn, Durell Brown