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Year of the Tiger

In Wiregrass Georgia, 1849 may have been the Year of the Tiger.  Several previous posts have related the story of the Berrien Tiger, a large panther which attacked Jim Hightower (aka James Stewart, st… more →

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Jehu Patten and the Serpent

raycityhistory wrote 1 week ago: Jehu Patten was a  farmer in the Rays Mill District of Berrien County, GA and a confederate veteran. … more →

Tags: Patten Family, 54th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Berrien County GA, Company K 5th Georgia Regiment, Emma Patten, Francis Marion Shaw, James Marcus Patten, Jehu John Patten, John Levi Allen

Year of the Tiger — 2 comments

raycityhistory wrote 2 weeks ago: In Wiregrass Georgia, 1849 may have been the Year of the Tiger.  Several previous posts have related … more →

Tags: 3rd Georgia Cavalry Battalion, 4th Georgia Cavalry Regiment, Adel GA, Alapaha River, Argyle GA, Battle of Olustee, Berrien Tiger, Cecil GA, --CLINCH COUNTY GA--

Knights Come to Lowndes County, GA

raycityhistory wrote 2 weeks ago: In the winter of 1824-25 a group of Revolutionary War “Baby Boomers” came  west from Way … more →

Tags: Clement's Family, Knight Family, Anne Donald Clements, Beaver Dam Creek, Buffalo Swamp, Elizabeth Knight, Elizabeth Patten, Isben Giddens, James Patten

The Last Run of the Iron Horse

raycityhistory wrote 1 month ago: On March 24, 1954 engine number 507 was the last steam locomotive to make the run down the line of t … more →

Tags: Georgia and Florida railroad, Nashville Ga, douglas ga., Bo Dell Mead, C. J. Bush, H. T. Sowell, Pridgen GA

Bound by a Band of Steel

raycityhistory wrote 2 months ago: By 1908, Valdosta already had railroads and so did Nashville. Now The Douglas Enterprise reported th … more →

Tags: James S. Swindle, Georgia and Florida railroad, douglas ga., Madison FL, G. M. Jones, Hazelhurst GA, J. M. Turner, A. & F. Wright

Lyman F. Giddens' Barbershop — 1 comment

raycityhistory wrote 2 months ago: Lyman Franklin Giddens 1876-1963 in his barber shop in Ray City. He served in many capacities for th … more →

Tags: Giddens Family, Lyman F. Giddens

Charles Woodrow Schmoe ~ Ray City School Principal — 1 comment

raycityhistory wrote 3 months ago: Charles Woodrow “Woody” Schmoe served as principal of the school in Ray City, GA in the … more →

Tags: Ray City School, Blackwater Plantation, Butler University, C.W. Schmoe, Charles Woodrow Schmoe, Daisy Ellen Murphy, Frederick Charles Schmoe, Jeannie Schmoe, Mason

Hosea Peeples "Hod" Clements

raycityhistory wrote 7 months ago: Hosea P. “Hod” Clements,  son of Ann Eliza Swindle and John Miles Clements, was a life long resident … more →

Tags: Clement's Family, A. J. Futch, Aline Yawn, Allene Yawn, Alma Florence May, Ann Eliza Swindle, Bank of Ray City, Beaver Dam Cemetery, Billy Creech

Ag Teachers go to War

raycityhistory wrote 8 months ago: St. Elmo Lee, 1939 On October 24, 1942 vocational agriculture teacher St. Elmo Lee gave up his class … more →

Tags: Education In the Wiregrass, Lee family, Ray City School, wwii, 77th Division, 902nd Field Artillery Battalion, Fort McPherson, H. C. Dorminey, Hal Godwin

St. Elmo Lee Was a Blessing to FFA

raycityhistory wrote 8 months ago: In the summer of 1940, St. Elmo Lee arrived in Ray City, GA.  That fall he began his teaching career … more →

Tags: Education In the Wiregrass, Lee family, wwii, Cairo GA, Cairo High School, future farmers of america, GAFFAU, Georgia Future Farmers of America University Chapter, --GRADY COUNTY GA--

The Ray's Mill District — 1 comment

raycityhistory wrote 8 months ago: Georgia Militia Districts Many census records, land records, genealogies and histories refer to hist … more →

Tags: ray family, Berrien County GA, Cat Creek District, Connell's Mill District, Georgia Militia District 1144, Georgia Militia District 1300, Georgia Militia District 1307, Ray's Mill District

Possums Wanted

raycityhistory wrote 9 months ago: An advertisement in The Thomasville Times-Enterprise, December 23, 1919, Thomasville, GA says someth … more →

Tags: Society and Leisure, A.L. Johnston, Annie Daniels, Frank Park, Harry Fisher, J. B. Watkins & Co., John Blocoki, Levi Colbert, Mahala Bennett

Jasper Giddens Caught

raycityhistory wrote 9 months ago: Jasper Giddens, who killed Calvin Hightower at Cat Creek,GA  was finally captured at Brookfield, FL … more →

Tags: Giddens Family, Law and Order, Cat Creek GA, Isaac Jasper Giddens, Calvin Hightower, Duncan Giddens, William Roberts of Ray City Georgia, Brookfield FL

Whangdoodled on Panama Canal Contract, Billy Oliver put in a Bid to Construct G & F Railroad Through Ray City

raycityhistory wrote 9 months ago: The  contract to build the railroad line connecting Nashville, GA by way of Rays Mill (now Ray City) … more →

Tags: Georgia & Florida Railroad, Valdosta GA, Georgia and Florida railroad, Berrien County GA, --LOWNDES COUNTY GA--, Nashville Ga, william j. oliver, Panama Canal, Augusta Ga

July 17, 1914 Lightning Strikes Ray City Home of Johnnie Clements

raycityhistory wrote 10 months ago: Lightning was always a threat for those who live and work in the country. Previous posts on Ray City … more →

Tags: Clement's Family, Johnnie Clements

G. V. Hardie Was Visionary Merchant

raycityhistory wrote 10 months ago: For about 30 years in the early 1900s Gordon Vancie Hardie was a merchant of Ray City, GA.  Among hi … more →

Tags: Hardie Family, Historic Businesses, Remedies and Medicine, A. K. Hawkes Company, Addie B. Hardy, Addie B. Hodges, beaver dam, Gordon Vancie Hardie, Grover Hardie

John R. Wood Goes to Paris

raycityhistory wrote 10 months ago: Ray City, GA was the boyhood home of John Rhoden Wood, a son of Milledge Dewey Wood and Nancy Caroli … more →

Tags: WWI, Atlantic Coast Line Railway, Beaver Dam Cemetery, --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Dupont GA, Jacksonville, FL, Jeanne Victorine Brissaud, John Rhoden Wood, Le Havre France

Milledge Dewey Wood and the First Cotton Blooms of 1912

raycityhistory wrote 11 months ago: On June 25, 1912, The Valdosta Times reported on some of the first cotton blooms of the season. The … more →

Tags: Society and Leisure, 4th Georgia Cavalry, Beaver Dam Cemetery, Caroline Meeks, Celia Caroline Wood, coffee county ga., Connell's Mill District, Dewey Franklin Wood, Dupont GA

Obituary of William J. Lamb ~ died June 13, 1908

raycityhistory wrote 11 months ago: William Joseph Lamb was a confederate veteran who long resided in Georgia Militia District 1144, the … more →

Tags: Beaver Dam Cemetery, Ray's Mill, Berrien County GA, Milltown GA, Berrien Minutemen, John C. Lamb, William Joseph Lamb, Company K 29th Georgia Regiment, Company C 29th Georgia Regiment


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