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Joseph Hansell Merrill
Joseph Hansell Merrill (1862-1925) In 1913, Joseph Hansell Merrill served as one of the founding Trustees of South Georgia State Normal College, at Valdosta, GA. In 1922, the school became Georgia...
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South Georgia State Normal College For Young Ladies
In 1913, South Georgia State Normal College opened at Valdosta, GA. The school became Georgia State Woman’s College in 1922 , Valdosta State College in 1950, and Valdosta State University in 1993....
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Spanish-American War Vet Rests at Ray City, GA
Spanish American War Does anyone remember the final resting place of Ben Howard? When the young Spanish-American War veteran died at Ray’s Mill Pond in 1900, the citizens of Ray’s Mill, GA paid their...
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Ray City School, Class of 1949
Ray City School, Class of 1949 Special Thanks to Chris Clements for sharing Ray City School records. Winona Williams, Ray City School, Class of 1949, Class President; Ray City Girls Athletic Club; 4-H...
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John Milton Guilliams, Dean of Faculty, South Georgia Normal College
When South Georgia State Normal College (Valdosta State University) first opened its doors in1913, the faculty were under the supervision of John Milton Guilliams, Dean of Faculty. John Milton...
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Berrien Men Prepared for Spanish-American War at Camp Northen, GA
In the Spanish-American War, nowhere was there greater fervor than in Georgia. “When the United States became involved in war with Spain, Georgia furnished according to population more volunteers than...
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1949, 1st Grade, Ray City School
Ray City School, First Grade, 1949 Special Thanks to Chris Clements for sharing Ray City School records. Marilyn Smith, 1949, 1st Grade, Ray City School — Gordon Purvis, 1949, 1st Grade, Ray City...
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Harry Kenneth Cornelius (1935-2013)
Harry Kenneth Cornelius (1935-2013) Harry Kenneth Cornelius, Class of 1953, Ray City High School, Ray City, GA Harry Kenneth Cornelius was born at home in Ray City, GA on March 22, 1935. His father,...
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Roster of Company D, 3rd Regiment Georgia Infantry U.S. Volunteers
In 1898, nowhere was there greater fervor for the Spanish-American War than in Georgia. “When the United States became involved in war with Spain, Georgia furnished according to population more...
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Portrait of Gloria Grissett
Gloria Jane Grissett, the youngest daughter of James and Lillie Grissett, attended Ray City School, Ray City, Berrien County, GA. Her siblings, Jimmy Grissett, Anna Martha Grissett, Elinor Grissett,...
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Montgomery Morgan Folsom
Montgomery Morgan Folsom (1857-1899) Montgomery M. Folsom was the eldest son of Dr. James Roundtree Folsom and Rachel Inman Swain. He was a grandson of Randal Folsom and great grandson of Lawrence...
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In Salem Church
Salem Methodist Church Salem Church, Lowndes County, GA circa 1866 Salem Church is among the earliest Methodist churches in this section. The church would have been on the Troupville Circuit ridden by...
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1949, Second Grade, Ray City School
1949, Second Grade, Ray City School Special Thanks to Chris Clements for sharing Ray City School records. 1949 J. P. Skinner, second grade, Ray City School, GA 1949 Betty Flowers, second grade, Ray...
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Reuben Marsh, Coffee Road Ferryman
Reuben Marsh was a pioneer settler of that area of old Irwin County which later became Berrien County, GA. This section of south Georgia was opened up for settlement with the cutting of the Coffee Road...
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Montgomery Morgan Folsom was a grandson of Randal Folsom and great grandson of Lawrence Armstrong Folsom, one of the pioneer settlers of Old Lowndes County, GA. On his mother’s side he was a grandson...
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Emily Britton Parker, Ray City Teacher
Emily Britton Parker taught at Ray City School in 1947. She was a fresh graduate of Wesleyan College, Class of 1947, where she was a schoolmate of Barbara Swindle of Ray City, GA. She was the bride...
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Hamilton Sharpe and the Electoral College
Hamilton W. Sharpe, pioneer settler of Lowndes county, post master and proprietor of Sharpe’s Store on the Coffee Road, was a contemporary of Levi J. Knight, original settler at the site of Ray City,...
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Bill Etheridge Attended Ray City School
Available school yearbooks show William Reginald “Bill” Etheridge attended the Ray City School at least from 1948 to 1954. He was a classmate of Gloria Grissett, Robert Cornelius, Preston Driskell,...
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Roster of Levi J. Knight’s Independent Militia Company, 1838 with Notes on...
Second Seminole War Levi J. Knight’s Independent Company, 1838 In 1836 as bands of Indians moved across Lowndes County, GA towards the Okefenokee Swamp, Captain Levi J. Knight’s company and other local...
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Third Georgia Regiment U.S. Volunteers Camp at Savannah
In the Spanish-American War, nowhere was there greater fervor than in Georgia. “When the United States became involved in war with Spain, Georgia furnished according to population more volunteers than...
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