Be sure to see this site for it includes photos and copies of paintings of some of
Georgia's leading settlers, including John Willcox, and General Coffee. This area of
Georgia was a rest spot for some settlers before their descendants went into other parts
of Georgia.>>Folks, GHolback
>
>Old Jacksonville 193 now online -- "Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Believed In
>"Mule Education" "--
>
>I want to say how much I appreciate the materials sent to me recently by
>Charles Shelton, Ann Carswell, Cathy Fussell Wells, Roy McGregor, and many
>others in the past such as Fleeta Fussell Todd and others who have made
>the continuation of Old Jacksonville, Ga. articles/photos possible -- it
>would be almost impossible to name them all and I apologize for not being
>able to do it!
>
>I also appreciate the stories and folk lore passed on to me by Jim Bland,
>Guy Bland, Vaunita Waldon, Stanley Wells, and all the other folks who help
>me in this area -- Also especially the work of Jane Walker on "Widow of
>Sighing Pines" and she and Chris Trowell's current effort on the Dodge
>Troubles history book -- hurry up, you two, I can't wait to read that
>book!
>
>Looks like we will have picture plates in Dodge County also -- there are
>some of old Chauncey High School at Fran's Bistro 101 and Debra Seay's
>Restaurant in Eastman and a gift shop owner from that town has called me
>to do more plates of Dodge County items -- Thanks, Dodge County, for your
>interest and support in our area's history --
>
>I look forward to tomorrow when I journey again with Roy McGregor of
>Waycross and Max Strickland of Blackshear to Heritage Station Museum in
>Douglas, Blue-Gray Museum in Fitzgerald was on schedule but I think we
>will have to wait for its reopening in April due to renovations, the Jeff
>Davis Museum in Irwinville, and if time permits Evergreen Cem in
>Fitzgerald and the old original county seat?? of Irwin Co at Old Crisp
>down on the Ocmulgee River between Jacksonville, Ga. and Bowens Mill --
>should be an exciting day --
>
>Also cannot wait to get with Guy Bland when we go in search of PIG
>MOUNTAIN and BOONE MOUNTAIN near Jacksonville, Ga -- bet you didn't know
>we had mountains at Old Jacksonville?? will let you know how all that
>turns out --
>
>CLICK below for Old Jacksonville, Ga History
>
>http://www.webspawner.com/users/oldjacksonvillega/
>
>REMEMBER, if the AOL sites appear to be a little stubborn in coming up
>just click REFRESH two or 3 times and they will appear -- Julian Williams
>reporting to you from Old Jacksonville, Ga., --"Where History Lives" -----
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