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Bennet family assorted memorabilia , circa 1886-1985
Item
Collection number: CA/005-f08
Description
Includes Quitman High School Monthly, Term, and Annual Reports for Mildren Bennet (1919-1921); an 1886 In Memoriam address for Reverend Edward Abiel Stevens; Hattie Steven's copy of a "Glimpse of Heaven"; a film processing receipt for W.J. Barnes; and a 1985 newspaper article on the resoration of the former Bennet house in Quitman, Georgia.
Dates:
circa 1886-1985
The History of Alma and Bacon County [PDF], 1984
File
Collection number: 51932a70-de2c-4dba-abb1-ead1c3d2103c
Overview
In 1914, Bacon County was created, and named for Senator Augustus O. Bacon, a distinguished politician of Georgia birth. In 1914 this newly created 'piney woods’ county and a handfull of pioneer settlers joined together to begin a long journey into history. Its destiny is interrupted now only long enough to record between the covers of this book the progression of past events out of which has come the Bacon County of today’s modern living. Bacon County, unlike Williamsburg, is not rich in...
Dates:
1984
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