Archive for June, 2011

Vanishing Irwin County

Posted in *BOOKS*, --IRWIN COUNTY GA-- with tags , , on June 29, 2011 by Brian Brown

http://www.blurb.com/books/2289114

Inspired by the success of Vanishing South Georgia, I have initiated a long-term project of books related to specific counties and localities within its boundaries. My first efforts to that end focus on Irwin County, a predominately agricultural area located near the geographic center of South Georgia. Irwin was one of the largest counties in the state in the first years of the 19th century; it later played host to the capture of Jefferson Davis and the bureaucrats of the Great Depression. Today, it stands at a great crossroads, sure of its history and confident of its future, and I hope that the images in this collection will inspire pride in its residents and admirers.

A signed and numbered hardcover version, in an edition of 25, is also available, for $50 postpaid. Contact me for more information.

Folk Victorian, Reidsville

Posted in --TATTNALL COUNTY GA--, Reidsville GA with tags , , , , on June 27, 2011 by Brian Brown

Folk Victorian, Reidsville

Posted in --TATTNALL COUNTY GA--, Reidsville GA with tags , , , , , on June 27, 2011 by Brian Brown

Summer House Restaurant, Reidsville

Posted in --TATTNALL COUNTY GA--, Reidsville GA with tags , , , , , on June 27, 2011 by Brian Brown

http://www.thesummerhouserestaurant.com/index.html

Claxton High School, 1922

Posted in --EVANS COUNTY GA--, Claxton GA with tags , , , , on June 27, 2011 by Brian Brown

Willis Irvin, Architect

This now serves as the Claxton Middle School.

Cornerstone, Claxton High School

Posted in --EVANS COUNTY GA--, Claxton GA with tags , , , on June 27, 2011 by Brian Brown

D. A. R. Patriot’s Arch, 1913, Colonial Park Cemetery

Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011 by Brian Brown

This monumental arch was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution to memorialize the Revolutionary War veterans buried in Colonial Park Cemetery.

Tomb of James Hunter & Avenue of Palms

Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags , , , , , on June 23, 2011 by Brian Brown

Colonial Park Cemetery

This scene is near the modern entrance to the cemetery. Early 20th century postcards identify this lane of trees as the Avenue of Palmettos, and they were apparently planted in the late 19th century, as they appear quite small in those images.

Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820

Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags , , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011 by Brian Brown

Colonial Park Cemetery

Though its pathology was unknown at the time, the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic which plagued Savannah throughout 1820 claimed over 700 lives, including two physicians who attempted to treat the afflicted. Several similar epidemics would follow.

General Samuel Elbert, Georgia Patriot

Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags , , , , , , , on June 23, 2011 by Brian Brown

Colonial Park Cemetery

(1740 – 1 November 1788)

Samuel Elbert, who migrated to Georgia from South Carolina, served on the Council of Safety and the first Provincial Congress of Georgia in 1775.  He was Lieutenant Colonel of the first Continental regiment raised in Georgia, commanded the Georgia Line at the fall of Savannah in 1778, was captured by the British at Briar Creek in 1779, and later took part in the Battle of Yorktown. After his promotion to Brigadier General in the Continental Army in 1783, he served as Governor of Georgia, Sheriff of Chatham County, and Grand Master of Georgia Masons.

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