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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

The Bennet Collection (Electronic Records)

 Digital Collection
Collection number: 9695D111-0B46-B181-4B86-8801D4DB9D17
Dates: 1826 - 1986
Found in: Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program

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
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-28, Wiregrass History

Untitled story describing a near-drowning incident, circa 1854

 Item
Collection number: CA/005-f01-001
Description

Portion of a letter from John Stevens, approximately March 1854. Stevens recounts a "miraculous escape from drowning" while on a boat with Oliver W. Stevens, his son Eddie, and two African Americans, Primus and Alfred, in the area of St. Catherine's Sound, Bryan County, Georgia. Also includes a brief anecdote of Judge [Colonel John] Dooly, namesake of Dooly County, Georgia.

Dates: circa 1854
Found in: Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program / CA-005, Bennet Collection / Folder 1: Early 1800s