Reverend John Slade, Methodist minister, rode the Troupville circuit in Lowndes County, GA in 1847 and 1854. Reverend Slade had come to the Wiregrass to take up preaching around 1821 and he was a fa… more →
Ray City History Blogwrote 7 months ago: Reverend John Slade, Methodist minister, rode the Troupville circuit in Lowndes County, GA in 1847 … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Morgan G. Swain, subject of previous posts, moved to Troupville, seat of Lowndes County, GA in 1838. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Morgan G. Swain, subject of the previous post, moved to the territory of present day Brooks County … more →
wrote 1 year ago: By special request… On August 9, 1851, A brief announcement appeared in the newspapers of the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Montgomery M. Folsom, from his 1889 book, Scraps of Song and Southern Scenes. Found this 1889 accoun … more →