This structure is already in ruins but I felt it needed documenting.
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Category Archives: –TOOMBS COUNTY GA–
Corporal C. S. Meadows House, Normantown
Adam Underhill writes: I believe this was the residence of my great-great-grandfather, Cannie Swain Meadows, a Confederate veteran. I believe he is correct in his assertion. According to the listing on Find A Grave, where this circa 19100 postcard was shared by Olivia Williamson Braddy originates, Meadows (8 March 1843-15 August 1923) was a Corporal with Company H, 49th Georgia Infanty. He owned a dry goods store and hotel, as well as Tiger Springs, a recreational attraction on Tiger Creek. Cannie, as he was known, had 13 children, all but one of whom lived to adulthood; several lived well into their nineties.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Normantown GA
South Georgia Tobacco Culture, 1955
This rare postcard from my collection is postmarked 1955 from Lyons. I don’t know that the photograph was local to that area; it may have been a stock image sold in different parts of the South, but it’s one of my favorites.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Lyons GA
Mann Farmhouse, Toombs County
Located near English Eddy, this old farmhouse looks perfectly at home in this grove of ancient oaks. June Dixon writes: In the 1930s this was the Columbia Mann (Mrs. Soloman Mann) home place. She was known as Miss Cumbie. This was a farm; the woodlands across the road were once open fields. There’s a small dip in the east bound lane of Highway 147 in front of the house. Many times it’s been filled in, but it always comes back. My dad said there was a well there. It was filled in and paved over.
Other structures on the property indicate this was likely used as a hunting lodge.
A detached kitchen remains, and was joined to the house at some point.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--
Fire Truck, Marvin
There’s a volunteer fire department next door to this old building, which appears to have been a store at one time. The truck looks to be military surplus. As to Marvin, it’s not even on the map, but there are signs marking the community, which I assume was named for Marvin Yancey, since that’s the name of the VFD.
Filed under --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Marvin GA
