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William Patten Drew Lots for Inheritance
William Patten (1820-1907) and his brothers, John Jehu Patten, Jethro Patten, James Patten and Matthew Elihu Patten all lived within the vicinity of Rays Mill, GA (now Ray City) and Milltown, GA (now...
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Freedmen of Lowndes County: 662 Georgia Militia District
Tax Records of Freedmen of Lowndes County, GA as listed in the 1870 Tax Digest Freedmen listed in the 1870 Lowndes County, GA Militia District 662 tax digest “Emancipation is a small evil compared with...
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Remer Young Lane
Remer Young Lane (1826-1917), was a pioneer, planter and banker of Lowndes County, GA. He served as postmaster of Clyattville, GA. He was a contemporary of Richard A Peeples, Augustin H. Hansell, and...
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Lowndes Immigration Society, 1867
Richard Augustus Peeples (1829-1891) Lowndes Immigration Society, 1867 Richard A. Peeples, a former Clerk of the Berrien County Courts, was among the prominent supporters of the Lowndes County...
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Narcissus Rouse and Bryant Miley
Bryant Miley and Narcissus Rouse Narcissus Rouse and Bryant Luther Miley of Hahira, GA Narcissus Rouse came to Wiregrass Georgia when she was a little girl. Her father was Joshua W. Rouse and her...
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Isbin Giddens (1788-1853), Pioneer Settler of Old Berrien
Isbin Giddens (1788-1853) Grave of Isbin Giddens, Burnt Church Cemetery, Lanier County, GA In the winter of 1824-25 Isbin Giddens brought his wife, Keziah Knight Giddens, and their two young children,...
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Georgia Land Lottery of 1827
The Georgia land lotteries, legitimized by questionable and coercive treaties, continued the encroachment by settlers on the ancestral lands of Native Americans in Georgia, inevitably leading to...
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Ray Winderweedle
Ray Winderweedle, son of Polly and Charles H. Winderweedle, attended Ray City School in the late 1930s. His father, Charles Hence Winderweedle, was a merchant of Ray City. Raymond Howard Winderweedle,...
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Bill Griner
Grave of Bill Griner, New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, GA. Image source: Robert Strickland William E. “Bill” Griner (1902-1984), son of Sarah and D. Edwin Griner, was the custodian at the Ray City...
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Constitution of Union Church
Located on the banks of the Alapaha River about two miles south of present day Lakeland, GA, the old Union Primitive Baptist Church lies about 10 miles east of where Levi J. Knight settled on Beaver...
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Causton’s Bluff Part 1: The Key to Savannah
Causton’s Bluff Part 1: The Key to Savannah In the spring and summer of 1862, the Berrien Minute Men, Company D (later Company K), 29th Georgia Regiment were stationed at Causton’s Bluff near...
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Causton’s Bluff Part 2: Challenge from Tybee
Causton’s Bluff Part 2: Challenge from Tybee In the spring and summer of 1862, the Berrien Minute Men, Company D (Company K after reorganization) were garrisoned at stations defending Savannah, GA....
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Levi J. Knight, Jr on List of Incompetent Confederate Officers
In the organization and command of the Berrien Minute Men it is noted that Levi J. Knight, Jr. was a nephew of Major Levi J. Knight who originally organized the Berrien Minute Men at Nashville, GA....
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1949 Nashville High School Junior-Senior Banquet
An old program from the 1949 Nashville High School Junior-Senior Banquet. Nashville, Berrien County, GA Junior-Senior Banquet Nashville High School Friday Evening April 22, 1949 MENU Chilled Fruit...
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1948 Nashville High School Elections
1948 Nashville High School Elections 1948 Nashville High School Elections, Berrien County, GA. Left to Right: Chairman, Coach Lossie L. Gaskins, Carroll Dorsey, Mary Dees, Mary Jo Forehand, Juanita...
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Causton’s Bluff Part 3: War on Whitemarsh
Causton’s Bluff Part 3: War on Whitemarsh During February and March 1862, Confederate Troops at Causton’s Bluff had been in frequent skirmishes on Whitemarsh Island with Federal troops scouting from...
View ArticleMuster Roll of Berrien Minute Men, Co. D, 29th GA Regiment
Berrien Minute Men, Company D, was the second of two companies of men raised in Berrien County, GA during the Civil War. The campfires of the Berrien Minute Men were made with the 29th Georgia...
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Nashville High School, Class of 1949
Class of 1949 Nashville High School, Nashville, Berrien County, GA Doris Burnsed, Nashville High School Class of 1949, Berrien County, GA Carroll Dorsey (1932-2011), Class of 1949, Nashville High...
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Causton’s Bluff Part 4: Arrival of the 29th GA Regiment
Berrien Minute Men Arrive at Causton’s Bluff On the night of April 16, 1862 the Berrien Minute Men, Company D, 29th Georgia Regimen moved to Causton’s Bluff, between Savannah and Tybee Island. They...
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Ray City Blues
John Guthrie During the 1920s and 30s in Ray City, GA the emergence of the Blues music genre in the local African-American community reflected its birth in the Mississippi Delta. Folk musician, John...
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