PROJECT BLUE BOOK

The Search For UFOs

Could four Dublin women, who saw five strange objects flying over the western skies over the city, really believe that what they had actually seen were unidentified flying objects? To them, they were real.  They had to be.  After all, they saw them with their own eight eyes.

The year 1952, it has been said by those people who study such things, was the year of the UFO.  It was no wonder that with movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still,  The Man From Planet X, The Thing, It Came from Outer Space, and The War of the Worlds that a wave of sightings of flying saucers flowed into law enforcement offices and air force bases across the land.  Many believed that the mysterious things out there were flying saucers with little green men inside.

In 1952, the U.S. government established Project Blue Book.  This top secret project had two goals.  First and primarily, the agency set out to determine if these objects were threats to national security. And secondly, the Air Force wanted to gather as much data as possible relating to the sightings to explain their true identity.  Of the 12,618 sightings over an eighteen-year period, 701 still remain as a mystery, even to the most highly trained investigators.

It was about 5:30 on a warm Wednesday afternoon, the third day of September 1952.  Four young ladies were visiting with each other in their front yards, somewhere in the northwestern section of Dublin, probably around or near the Moore Street neighborhood.  The sky was clear except for a few small cumulus clouds.   Visibility was measured at 15 miles.

Government officials would later black out the names of the witnesses of what was about to unfold.  So, I will call them Mrs. X, Mrs. Y, Mrs. Z and Lady M.    Mrs. X, a 23-year-old woman, had just taken her kids for a stroll around the block, she sat down to rest a minute before preparing supper.  She stood up for a moment when her neighbor Mrs. Y asked her to look at a large open space with no trees.  She noticed five peculiar objects approaching from the southeast and moving in a straight line at an angle of 45 degrees above the southern horizon.  Mrs. X assuredly described the quintet as five distinct objects, flat and round, with a bright aluminum color,  further noting that they were as brilliant as diamonds and appeared to be two to three miles away.  Investigators noted that she was not intoxicated and did not wear eyeglasses.  Mrs. X told air force officials that she had no particular interest in “flying saucers,” but only knew what she had read about them in newspapers.  When asked to illustrate what she saw, Mrs. X drew five elliptical shapes with one flying in front and two rows of two following close behind and appeared to be as large as bicycle tires.

Mrs. Y, who had been out in her yard for forty-five minutes,  saw the objects first and quite by accident.  “I looked twice before I brought it to the attention of Mrs. X,” said Mrs. Y, who asked Mrs. X  to take a look at the object which appeared to flying in the direction of the V.A. Hospital.  Mrs. Y reported that the objects first appeared to be a dull color and seemed to look as if they were the size of an ashtray at the limit of her arms.  When they simultaneously tilted, they all became a brilliant color for a few seconds and then turned back to their initial dull appearance.  After five minutes, she said the objects, with two in front followed by three in the rear of the formation, disappeared into the southwestern skyline. Mrs. Y concluded her written questionnaire by stating, “I have never seen anything in the air that looked like these things.  I have no idea what they were,” the assured witness wrote.


Mrs. Z was talking with her neighbor, Lady M, when she shouted, “Look at those funny things!”  In confirming Mrs. X’s description of bright, shiny, round, and flat  objects with one object flying in the front of the formation, a true depiction of what the ladies saw began to take shape.

Twenty-eight-year-old Lady M confirmed the depictions of Mrs. X and Mrs. Z and added that they appeared to be two-feet wide as compared to something at the limit of her reach.

After the initial excitement, one of the ladies ran into her house and called radio station W.M.L.T.  She reported what she saw to Sara Orr Williams, the station’s secretary, who promptly alerted the station engineer, the most scientific minded person in the station that day, and they set out to the scene of the sighting.  Mrs. Williams, a former secretary to three United States senators and who also worked as a newspaper journalist, listened to their stories, paying attention to details, as she had been trained to do.  Nearly three weeks later, she reported to Major Robert E. Kennedy at the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.  Mrs. Williams told the major that although she didn’t see the objects, she earnestly believed their stories.  “So earnest were they in their stories, and so apparently convinced what they had seen was not jet planes, etc.,” said Mrs. Williams. “I deemed it proper to telephone the Air Force base at Warner Robins,” Mrs. Williams wrote.  Williams was met by two officers from the base the next day and took them to interrogate the ladies who saw the mysterious objects.

Reports of the sighting were broadcast during the evening news at 6:00  and  7:45.  After the last broadcast, a caller, who refused to divulge his identity, called into the station and reported that he saw five jet air planes flying toward Dublin around 5:00.

Air Force officials immediately contacted the control tower at Warner Robins to inquire as to the presence of both military and civilian aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting of the objects by the four women in Dublin.  Weather balloons were immediately ruled out.  It was reported that a bulldog flight of five B-29 bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana were flying in the vicinity of Warner Robins on a circuitous route from Albany to Macon to Athens to Atlanta and back through Tuscaloosa.  Lt. Col. Ben Crain contacted Cochran Field in Macon and found that the first plane was over Macon at 4:21 p.m. and the last came over at 5:33.    With this flight record in hand, the Air Force concluded that what the ladies saw in Dublin were the five bombers.

But how could it have been?  Each of the four ladies reported that the planes were flying in a tight formation.  It seems certain that the first plane was not seventy-two minutes ahead of the last one.  If the planes were flying from Albany over Macon to Athens, they would have been flying on a northeasterly course and not a westerly one.  The one doubter in Dublin reported that the planes were 12 miles from town at 5:00.  Even flying as slow as the fastest car, the planes could have traveled sixty air miles in the next thirty minutes.

And what about the massive sightings for more than one hour  in Marietta just two days before by 37 people, including an artillery officer and B-25 gunner? And what about  eight people, including a pilot and bombardier, in Warner Robins two weeks later who saw a bright yellow-white light moving over the skies for twenty minutes?

No one knows what these ladies saw.  It may have been extraterrestrial and it just may have been a formation of military aircraft.  No one will ever know.  But perhaps, if you are one of the four ladies that were out in your yard on the afternoon of September 3, 1952 and saw these objects, call me immediately!

THE NAUGHTY AND THE NICE

  December 1913 was a rather eventful Yuletide season.  There were days of pleasant and nice news.  And, there were nights when the naughty ran amuck. 

The final month of the year brought the good news that everyone in Laurens County already knew. For the third year in a row, the county led the state in the production of cotton with a 50,000 plus bale crop.  

Accordingly, the banks of Laurens County reveled in their prosperity.  The county's six banks saw a one-third increase in their deposits.  Most pleasing to their stockholders was the virtual elimination of all bank debts.   The six-story First National Bank building was open for business. 

The Brandon triplets were all christened by Rev. W.R. Smith, a former minister of the First Methodist Church.  The impressive ceremony was the first known and probably only triplet christening in the history of the city.  

Once the Sun went down and the nights turned cold, things began to change.

A band of miscreants set their sights on the safe of the Bank of Dudley.  Housed in a simple wooden structure in the sleepy, isolated town of Dudley along the tracks of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, the safe would be an easy target.  

As the criminals entered the town, they cut all of the telephone and telegraph lines, or so they thought.  They had hoped to be long gone before the town's residents could get word to the Laurens County Sheriff, some dozen crow-fly miles away in Dublin.  

The outlaws pilfered a railroad tool box, taking a pick and crowbar.  A local hardware store provided the necessary tools to pull off the caper, eliminating the need to bring their own explosives and equipment.   To their delight, the burglars found a cache of four shot guns and a half case of shells.  Twenty-five horse blankets were also taken in a futile attempt to muffle the explosion. 

The malefactors picked and hacked their way through the wall of the vault to find the iron safe.  When the nitro ignited, the safe door was blown clean off.   Inside, the hoodlums found the disappointing, but still rather large, sum of $412.00 in cash. What the culprits didn't realize was the bank kept most of its cash in a safer vault in a Dublin bank.   Leaving twenty dollars in small coins behind, the men dashed off into the darkness, confident that their scheme would be successful. 

A.P. Whipple, living nearby,  was awakened by three explosions of nitroglycerine.  He jumped from his bed, gathered his night clothes and sought out to investigate the source of the explosion.  Whipple spotted the band of yeggmen firing his gun and ducked as the fleeing felons escaped into the moonless, cold, rainy evening.  He suffered a slight wound in his thumb when the night watchman  fired back after Whipple refused his order to return to his quarters.   

Turns out, the rogues forgot to cut a single, yet critical line of communication, the main telegraph line of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad.  

As the town's folk rushed to the scene, a telegrapher was summoned, sending reports of the crime throughout the state.   Within minutes nearly every sheriff in the State of Georgia was alerted to the despicable act.  

As the dawn broke, quickly organized, heavily armed  posses set out on foot, on horseback and in automobiles to scour the countryside for any sign of the gangsters.  When the trail turned cold,  law enforcement agents gave up. 

Two days later, former railroad engineer J.H. Dover  and Thomas Daly, believed to have been the ring leaders of the Dudley robbery, were arrested when they arrived at the Central of Georgia Railroad Depot in Augusta.  Among their effects were portions of the money and checks taken from stores in Green's Cut on the night of the third of December, along with a quantity of nitroglycerin, guns and ammunition.  

Down the road in Cadwell, the theretofore silent Christmas night was shattered as Town Marshal John Owen went to the home of Henry Mullis to arrest one of his kinsmen.  When Marshal Owen attempted to leave the Mullis home, a multitude of Mullises pulled their pistols, furiously firing at the beleaguered marshal.  When the firing ceased, both Mullis's and Owens's bodies were bleeding a bright Christmas red all over the floor. Mullis was wounded by friendly fire from an inebriated ally.  Both men recovered.  Apparently, only F.M. Joiner was arrested and placed under a $1000.00 bond.

The Christmas season of 1913 was not so jolly for one Lewis Davis, alias Lewis McLaughlin.  Davis was tried  in August  and convicted of the 1904 murder of his wife Selma in the Brewton home of Ben Burney, the victim's father.  Davis, in the presence of several competent witnesses,  shot his wife three times and fled to Key West, Florida and Cuba  After a nine-year absence Davis returned for a picnic in Ocilla when the sister of his former wife spotted him and reported his presence to authorities, who immediately took the felon into custody.  

At his trial, evidence was introduced that Davis came in "talking big," that is until his wife and mother-in-law confronted him.  Davis, in his own defense, told the jury that his father-in-law attacked him with a stick of stove wood. Davis testified that he pulled his pistol and shot his wife  in self defense.  In the commotion which followed, Davis slipped away and wasn't seen in nine years.  

His attorneys appealed his conviction to the Georgia Supreme Court, which affirmed his death sentence on December 12.       On the day after Christmas, Judge Hawkins set his date with the hangman for January.  Despite the passionate pleas of Davis' attorney, R. Earl Camp, the execution remained on schedule.

As the January 24  hanging approached, Laurens County Sheriff J.J. Flanders began to make the necessary preparations for the indoor hanging in the Laurens County Jail.  To start out the new year right, Sheriff Flanders purchased a new grass rope which he boiled in tallow.  To make the hanging apparatus work properly, the Sheriff walked next door and picked up a tombstone from the  Laurens Marble Company, which was located in the former courthouse building.  The dense stone  made an ideal weight to hold Davis' flinching, wiggling, dying body until he drew his last gasp of breath.  

Davis's pastor made yet one final futile plea to spare his life.  He asked for a 30-day respite to allow the condemned man ample time to make peace with his God.  

  Promptly at 1:25 on a Saturday afternoon, Davis walked calmly to his death.  He confessed that he did indeed kill his wife with malice aforethought as he affirmed that he was ready to go straight to God's glory.  Twenty minutes after the trap dropped, the attending physicians pronounced that he was dead.  

EVERYTHING ELSE IS TRIVIA

When you think about it,  all news is trivia, at least to the apathetic and the ignorant.  Some things are well, much more trivial than others.  While these excerpts will never make their way into the historical annals of Laurens County, they are worth mentioning here, before time trivializes them into extinction.

NO HONEY BOO BOO -   J.B. Jones had a way of making things easier. He rarely made mistakes in his designs.   A bee keeper by avocation, Jones built his bee boxes in the normal manner.  To cut corners, Jones placed quart and half gallon jars on a partition in the middle of the box.  The jars had a hole so that the bees could crawl up into the jar, which was covered to prevent all light from coming in.  The bees would go up into the glass and fill each jar with the best honey.  When the jars were full, Jones simply flipped them over and put a air tight lid on to keep his product clean, fresh and oh, so sweet!   Springfield Missouri Leader, June 19, 1895.

ONE STUPID POSSUM - Mrs. W. W. Lane was in her kitchen fixing breakfast one morning when she noticed something, seemingly alive.  Mrs. Lane noticed a real live possum under her table.  So, she asked Mr. Lane to capture the creature and take him to the pen to fatten up and clean out the mistaken marsupial for a fine dinner.  Huntington Indiana Herald, September 18, 1919.

PISTOL BLUE PERSUASION - John Hester loved Alice Cobb so much that he went to Mrs. Cobb to ask for her daughter's hand in marriage.  The problem was that John was 14 and Alice, a very mature 12 years old.  Mrs. Cobb sent John, swearing vengeance, on his way.  The next day, Hester, somewhat drunk, reappeared and vowed to take his beloved even if he had to whip an army.

While Mrs. Cobb was cooking a Monday night supper, Hester pulled out a pistol, pointed it at the shocked mother and demanded that she consent.  Fearing for her life, Mrs. Cobb agreed and the couple were married by a local parson within an hour and a half.  Huntington Weekly Herald, October 16, 1891.

THE FIGHTING FELLOWS OF FLAT ROCK - In the 1890s, Justice of the Peace Court was held at the militia courthouse at Flat Rock, a couple of miles south of present day Minter in Laurens County.  On every 4th Saturday, complainants and criminals were brought before the  local Justice of the Peace, whose courtroom consisted of a wooden desk and bench positioned under an umbrageous pine tree.  In one of the first cases on the docket, John Hester, possibly our determined suitor, and Louis Pope presented their case before the court.

Hester accused Pope of doing wrong.  Pope took offense and a tempestuous tussle ensued.   All of a sudden the fight moved to the bench scattering the judge and a stack of Georgia code books onto the sandy, pine needle laden soil  Justice Thigpen implored the combatants to bring order in the court.  Intent on mauling each other, the men continued their fray.   Bailiffs and law abiding citizens stood by and enjoyed the fracas until enough was enough and the matter was settled out of court.

Messers Barfield and Horton were next on the docket.  The two long time feuders realized the finality of settling their differences out of court, commenced to fight it out.  Barfield  pulled out his knife and charged his antagonist after Horton cursed at him.  Only the intervention of bystanders kept the men from killing or severely wounding each other.

Horton, still on an adrenaline high, began a quarrel with old man Beatty.  This time the bailiffs pulled out their bud nippers and ended the foolishness on the spot.  Amazingly, Justice Thigpen imposed no fines for contempt of court.  Atlanta Constitution, March 5, 1895.

ABSENTEE LAND OWNER  -. Crawford W. Long, the discoverer of ether, once owned a 202 acre tract of land in Laurens County.  Long and his brother-in- law, Giles Mitchell, were given the land by Long's father, James Long, in 1848.  The land, designated as Land Lot 287 of the 22nd Land District, was sold to Quinn L. Harvard in 1862.  Today you can find the land by traveling west from hte Dudley exit on I-16 beginning about a half mile west of the exit and extending another half mile, on both sides of the highway. Deed Book P, pages 15 through 17, Laurens County Records.

WHO CARES ABOUT IT?  - San Soucci Creek flows in the Buckeye District of Laurens County.  The creek, which is located along the northern part of the old Blackshear Place, gets its name for a obscure French phrase which means "without care." Deed Book 136, page 719, Laurens County Records.

BIG NIGHT AT THE OL' FISHING HOLE -  It was a fall day in October 1873 when Messers Fuqua, Scanlon and Montford went down to the Oconee River for some night fishing.  During the darkness, the men used a net to snare 13 sturgeons weighing in the aggregate 1712 pounds.  Macon Telegraph, October 21, 1873.

WATERMELON MAN - Thomas Fuqua loved to eat watermelons, but just could not figure out how to preserve them for eating many months later.  So, he tried packing one in a container of cotton seed.  The summer fruit was still fit for eating in March of the following year.  Here it will be said that it was his ancestor, Henry C. Fuqua, who is credited for discovering the  use of cotton seed as a fertilizer.  Macon Telegraph, March 5, 1878.

FAMOUS FRIENDS - Alex Moffett of Dublin served in the Confederate Army in Co. B of the 2nd Battalion of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry.  Moffett served with the Macon Volunteers from May 29, 1861 until he was discharged on Sept. 11, 1861.  One of his company mates who also transferred out of the company was a local Macon boy, who later became known for his poetry. He was Private Sidney C. Lanier.  Moffett's wife's sister married Dr. Joseph LeConte.  Dr. Leconte was known world wide as a leading geologist and chemist in the 1800s.  Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 6, pp. 790-1.

STAR TEACHER - Enda Ballard Duggan, of Dublin, once held the position of principal and teacher at McRae High School where she was saluted by a student as his best teacher.   When the student grew up to be a successful man, he never forgot his favorite teacher, staying in contact with her on a regular basis. That student was a future governor of Georgia and United States Senator, Herman Talmadge. LCN  5/12/1975, p. 4.

IN MEMORY OF HEROES  - Laurens County built its first public hospital in 1952.  Ten years later in the fall of 1962,  Laurens County changed the name of its hospital to Laurens Memorial Hospital to honor those Laurens Countians who had died in all of the wars.  Two decades later, the hospital was purchased by Hospital Corporation of America and was renamed Fairview Park.  Portions of the building are now occupied by Middle Georgia State College.  DCH, 10/13, 1962, p. 1.

FAST MAN FOR FURMAN - Robbie Hahn starred with the great Dublin Irish teams of the 1960s.  Hahn played football for Furman University, where as a sophomore split end, he set school records for pass receiving. In 1966, Hahn was named Co-National Lineman of the Week. In 1966 Hahn set a Southern Conference record for most yards receiving in a game with 178. His 81 yard touchdown reception against George Washington University set a conference record for longest pass reception.   In 1967, Hahn set three conference records and tied another in 1967.  He finished his career being named to the all Southern Conference team, as well as honorable mention on the national All-American team. DCH 12/10/1966,  p. 3, 10/31/1966, 12/8/1967.

SEPTEMBER RAIN

In an era when monthly rainfall totals are less than average, the remarkable happened in the month of September 2009.  According to weather undground http://www.wunderground.com/, 8.76 inches of rain fell in Dublin during the month.    According to the Southeastern Regional Climate Center, the September  record of 13.39 inches was set during the month of September 2004.  But that was a time when four tropical storms padded the rainfall totals.  The 8.76 inches established a record for the month  where no tropical storms or hurricanes were in the area since totals were kept beginning in 1912.  The average monthly rainfall for the month  is 3.72 inches.

THREE ROUTS IN ONE DAY

True routs in baseball aren’t that common, especially when the winning team scores twenty one more runs than their opponent. The Dublin Irish baseball, ranked first in the state for the first time in history, were stinging from their first loss of the season to local rival, the Bleckley County Royals on the day before. The Irish took out their frustration of their lack of hitting when they faced Laney High School at Bush Perry Field. The Irish pushed across 10 and 13 runs in the first two innings. Coach Chuck Beale sent in three freshmen pitchers to finish the game. By the end of the fourth inning the Irish lead slipped to 30 to 6. The game ended one-half inning later under the 10 run rule. Across town the Trinity Crusaders were hosting Bulloch
Academy. In the 1st inning of the first game of the doubleheader, the Crusaders sent twenty two batters to the plate, scoring 17 runs. Trinity one the first game 24 to 1. The first inning of the second game was a little bit better for the Bulloch pitching staff. The Crusaders managed only 14 runs. The Crusaders took the night cap by the score of 21 to 0. In the two games, Trinity had 34 hits while over 30 batters were walked. Kevin Williams went 7 for 7 with a double and triple in the first inning of the first game. Trinity pitchers limited Bulloch Academy to only 2 hits and one runs in the double header. Dublin Courier Herald, March 17, 1999.

THE EARLY BENCH AND BAR OF LAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA - 1807 -1957

AKERMAN, ALEX - Born in October, 1869 in Georgia; Married ca. 1890 to

Miriam ____; Attorney; Practiced law in Dublin in the early 1900's, Federal

District Attorney of Middle Circuit of Georgia, 1911; Prosecuted Senator Tom

Watson on obscenity charges, 1912; Federal Judge in the State of Florida.



ADAMS, JOHN SAMUEL - Born on Jan. 22, 1870 in Wilkinson Co., Ga., son

of William and Charity Barbara Ann Sheppard Adams. Married on Jan. 20, 1895

to Lucia Augusta Stanley. Admitted to the Dublin Bar in 1893 by examination in

open court. Served as Mayor of Dublin. Appointed Judge of the City Court of

Dublin in 1900. Worked as an attorney in the Treasury Department in

Washington D.C., from 1933 to 1935. Served as a Referee in Bankruptcy until his

death on March 29, 1938.



ADAMS, WILEY HORRY - Born on June 19, 1885, son of Abilene Horry and

Elsie Jane Fordham Adams, married Martha Frances Atwater on Dec. 20, 1911.

Served as Sheriff from 1929 to 1936, after a serious accident he served as Judge of

the Court of Ordinary from 1937 to 1969, ; Died March 1, 1973.



ALEXANDER, JOHN - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Southern Circuit,

1868 to 1871. Remained Judge of the circuit until 1873.



ANDERSON, YOUNG J. - Solicitor General of Eastern Circuit, Oct. 17, 1859 to

Nov. 10, 1859. Practiced in Dublin in the 1860s and 1870s.



ARMISTEAD, W.E. - Born in July 1868, in Montgomery, Alabama; Son of Rev.

T.S. Armistead; Graduate of Emory University; Married Miss Waugh of

Baltimore, Md. in 1899; City Attorney, Dublin, 1901-1902.



BAGGETT, CHARLES ERNEST - Born on August 6, 1892 in Laurens County;

Son of John Redding Baggett and Mattie E. Blankenship Married Alma Stuckey

on October 27, 1912; Married Birdie Lee Lanier on January 16, 1923; Died on

October 20, 1943; Attorney; Deacon of Jefferson Street Baptist Church; City

Councilman; Tax Collector; Worshipful master Laurens Lodge No. 75, F. and

A.M., 1934.



BAKER, SAMUEL B. - Born on October 5, 1877 in Wilkinson County, Georgia;

Son of Rev. W.S. Baker; Merchant in Cordele, Ga.; Graduate of Emory University;

Graduate of University of Georgia School of Law, 1898; City Attorney, 1899-1901.



BAKER, WASHINGTON - Judge of the Court of Ordinary, 1860 to 1870.



BALDWIN, EZEKIEL SMITH, JR. - Son of Ezekiel Smith Baldwin, Sr..

Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Jan. 2, 1932.



BALDWIN, EZEKIEL SMITH, SR. - Son of L.H. Baldwin; Admitted to bar in

Talbotton, Ga. in March, 1898, Clerk of Laurens County Superior Court, 1910-

1940, longest term of any Clerk of Superior Court.



BARRETT, U.C. - Attorney; Recorder of City Court.



BEALL, ROBERT AUGUSTUS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1824-1825.



BETHUNE, JAMES N. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Southern

Circuit, 1825.



BIDGOOD, GROVER CLEVELAND - Born on November 12, 1887; Married

Henrietta Turner; Died on March 21, 1935; Attorney, Graduate of Atlanta Law

School; Judge of City Court of Dublin, 1925-1933.



BLACKSHEAR, MARMADUKE HAMILTON, JR. - Son of Marmaduke

Hamilton Blackshear, Sr. and Annie Hardeman, admitted to the bar in Dublin on

Dec. 18, 1930. Moved to Atlanta.



BLACKSHEAR, MARMADUKE HAMILTON, SR. - Born on Sept. 16, 1878

in Laurens County, Ga., son of David Stout and Pauline Howard Blackshear,

married Annie Hardeman. Graduate of Emory College and the Lumpkin Law

School, University of Georgia. Admitted to the bar in Dublin in July, 1904.

Member of the Methodist Church. Attorney; Superintendent of First Methodist

Church Sunday School for many years; Noted orator on History and Politics; City

Attorney, 1932-1933; County Attorney, 1908-1920; President of Security Loan

and Realty Company; Incorporator of City Drug Store, 1913;



BRACEWELL, LAWTON - Practiced law in Dublin in the first third of the 20th

Century.



BRASWELL, JOSEPH DANIEL - Admitted to bar in Dublin on Dec. 23, 1928

and practiced less than a decade.



BRUNSON, WILLIAM - Born on Feb. 15, 1893 in Perry, Houston Co., Ga.,

member of the Baptist Church, attended Mercer University, served in the United

States Navy in World War I, Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Dec. 31, 1914, City

Attorney of Dublin, Ga., Solicitor of City Court of Dublin, 1922-1925. State

Representative, Laurens County 1931, 1933.



BURCH, ALEX AUSTIN - Born in Laurens County on Nov. 28, 1886, son of

Daniel W. and Sarah Elizabeth Burch Burch. Married in 1935 to Mary Durham.

Graduate of Mercer University. Admitted to the bar in June, 1909. Served as a

2nd Lt. in the Air Corps in World War I. Commissioned as a Captain in the Judge

Advocate General's Department.



BURCH, JOHN EDWIN - Born February 17, 1872; Son of John Burch and

Missouri Clemens; Married Pauline Daley; Admitted to the bar on in Sept., 1895,

by examination in open court, Died on December 30, 1938; Attorney; State

Representative, 1909-1910; Judge of City Court, 1904-1908; Knight of Pythias;

Member of Royal Arcanum; Member of Board of Sensors, 1913-.



BURCH, M.L. - First Judge of County Court in 1866.



CAMP, ROBERT EARL - Son of Josephus and Sophronia Palestine Brown

Camp. Married Augusta Smith. Studied law in the offices of R.J. and G.H.

Williams. Admitted to the bar in Swainsboro, Ga. at the age of 19 in 1903. He

was perhaps the youngest lawyer in the history of the county. City Attorney of

Dublin 1908-1912, Judge of the Superior Court of Laurens County, 1925-1933,

1940-1949, delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, Presidential

Elector in 1940.



CARSWELL, M.J. - Practiced law in Dublin in the first quarter of the 20th

Century.



CHAPPELL, IRA STANLEY - Born on Nov. 28, 1859, son of James Thomas

Chappell and Harriet Athalia Stanley. Died on Aug. 8, 1931. Married Missouri

Baker, 1885; Married Cora Mathis, 1900; Died on August 8, 1931; Attorney;

Graduate of Mercer University; 1st Judge of City Court, 1895-1899; Practiced law

from 1888-1931; Editor of the Cochran Enterprise; Worshipful Master of Laurens

Lodge, F. & A.M., 1906; Senior Warden, Laurens Lodge, 1899; Farmer.



CHAPPELL, JOSEPH JOHN - Born March 5, 1907 in Dudley, Ga., son of Dr.

Roy James Chappell and Mary Warthen. Graduated Brewton Parker Institute,

1924, Mercer University Law School, 1928. Admitted to the bar in 1928. Member

of the Baptist Church. State Representative from Laurens County, 1933.

Appointed solicitor of City Court, 1937. Resigned to take a position as the

secretary to Sen. Richard B. Russell.



CLARKE, ELIJAH - Son of Gen. Elijah Clarke, First Solicitor General of

Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee Circuit, 1807-1810.



COCHRAN, JOHN R. - Practiced law in Dublin during the 1850s.



COLE, CARLETON B. - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Southern Circuit,

1836, 1837-1845.



CONNER, JAMES J. - Born at "The Dead River Settlement" in Montgomery

County, came to Dublin in 1867 to read law under the supervision of Jonathan

Rivers. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and began his practice in Dublin.

Connor served as Solicitor General and as Mayor of Dublin from 1876 to 1877.

He moved to Cartersville in 1881 where he took up a second profession of

farming. State Representative from Bartow County from 1905-1907. Elected

Secretary of Agriculture of Georgia in 1912 and served until 1913.



COOK, JULIAN EUGENE - Born on April 12, 1905 in Wrightsville, Johnson

Co., Ga., son of James Monroe Cook and Ida Preston. Married on June 28, 1928

to Julia Adelaide McClatchey. Member of the Baptist Church. Trustee of

Brewton Parker Institute, Solicitor, City Court of Wrightsville, 1933-1937. Judge

of City Court of Wrightsville, 1937 to 1941. Solicitor General of Laurens Superior

Court, 1941-1943. Resigned April 8, 1943. Attorney General of Georgia, 1945-

1965.



CORKER, FRANK G. - Born in December of 1869; Married Alice _____, ca.

1890; Attorney; Solicitor of City Court, 1895-1897, 1899-1902; Mayor of Dublin,

1894-1895; President and Founder of First National Bank, 1902; Director of First

Chamber of Commerce, 1911; Member of Board of Education; Director of

Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad: President of Chamber of Commerce, 1914.



CROCKETT, CHARLES CAMPBELL - Born in Rural Retreat, Wythe County,

Virginia on Oct. 7, 1885, son of Henry Stuart and Minne Howe Campbell.

Graduate of Washington and Lee University in 1907. Began his practice in Dublin

in 1913. Member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Mason and a Knight

Templar. Served in World War I. Married Louise Holleman on Dec. 16, 1926.

Judge of the City Court from 1961 to 1965.



CURRELL, HENRY - Born in Dublin, Son of George Currell and Mary Jane

Fuqua. Practiced in Dublin in the 1870s.



DALEY, RUSSELL M. - Admitted to the practice of law in Athens, Ga. on June

17, 1907, Graduate of the University of Georgia.



DAMPIER, WILLIAM ARTHUR - Born on May 2, 1883 in Society Hill,

Darlington Co., S.C., son of William Arthur Dampier a and Della A. Townsend,

married 2nd on April 24, 1908 to Myrtle Lee Panell, graduated from Oak Ridge

Institute, Mercer University Law School. Admitted to the bar in Dublin on May

21, 1911 with comity from Florida. Member of the Baptist Church. State

Representative from Laurens County, 1937.



DAVIS, GEORGE B. - Attorney; Solicitor of State Court, 1910-1914; State

Representative, 1915-1918; President and Charter Member of the Nest of Owls,

1911; Member of Royal Aracanum;



DAVIS, WILLIAM C. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee

Circuit, 1902.



DAVIS, WILLIS CANTEY - Born on December 11, 1863 in Perry, Ga.; Son of

W.M. Davis and Mary C. Richardson; Attended West Point Academy; Married

Sara Brunson; Died August 9, 1923; Captain in Spanish American War; Captain

and organizer of the Dublin Guards and Laurens Volunteers, forerunners of the

National Guard; Worshipful master, Laurens Lodge, F. & A.M., No. 75, 1905;

Senior Warden, 1902; Attorney; Solicitor of City Court, 1908-1910; City Attorney;

Exhalted Ruler of Elks Club;



DUNCAN, JOHN THOMAS - Born in Talieffero County, Ga. on Dec. 7, 1830,

son of James Duncan and Nancy Lancaster. Died in 1891. Married 1st on July 3,

1854 to Sarah Amelia Fuqua. Married 2nd on Aug. 21, 1861 to Sarah Elizabeth

Stokes. Married 3rd to Nov. 27, 1875 to Nancy Stokes. Studied law and was

admitted to the bar around the age of twenty. He was the youngest Sheriff ever

elected in Laurens County. Served as Sheriff from 1854 to 1856 and from 1856 to

1860. State Representative, 1873-74. Judge of the Court of Ordinary, 1877 to

1891. Led the movement to build the first permanent bridge over the Oconee

River which was completed in the year of his death.



DOUGLAS, DUBIGNION - Born on May 24, 1924 in Ocilla, Irwin Co., Ga., son

of Thomas Henry and Gladys Tucker Douglas. Married Mary Rachel Quarles on

Sept. 9, 1951. Attended Berry College and graduated from Mercer University Law

School in 1951. Member of the Baptist Church. Member of the Exchange Club.

Sergeant in the U.S. Army, 1945-1946. Admitted to the Bar on Aug 31, 1951.

State Representative 1967-1970. Judge of State Court, 1977 to 1980. Judge of

Superior Court, 1981 to 1994. Senior Judge, 1994 to present.



EARLY, PETER - Born in Virginia on June 20, 1773. Died on August 15, 1817.

Member of the 7-9th Congresses. Lived in Greensboro. First Judge of Laurens

County Superior Court, Ocmulgee Circuit, 1807-1813. Resigned Nov. 6, 1813.

Elected Governor of Georgia in 1813 and served until 1815.

State Senator, Greene County, 1816.



EASON, THOMAS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, 1875 to 1882.

Resigned in Nov., 1882. Served again from 1888-1890. Continued to serve as

Circuit Solicitor General until his resignation in Oct. 1898.



EUBANKS, N.B. - Practiced law in Dublin in the 1st Quarter of the 20th

Century.



EVANS, ROBERT A. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, 1834-1835.

Resigned Dec. 8, 1835.



FELDER, THOMAS BRAILSFORD, JR. - Born on Oct. 6, 1865 in Burke Co.,

Ga., son of Thomas Brailsford and Clara Lanier Corker Felder. Married 1st to

Charlotte Johnson. Married 2nd to Wilson Norfleet. Died on March 12, 1926.

Graduate of the University of Georgia Law School in 1883 and came to Dublin to

practice in the office of John M. Stubbs. Served as Mayor of Dublin from ..... to

......, Member of the Dublin Bar 1883-1890, Solicitor of City Court, 1884-1887,

Delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1912.



FELDER, THOMAS BRAILSFORD, SR. - Born on April 22, 1841; Died on

June 1, 1897, Practiced law in Dublin in 1880's. Married 1st to Clara Lanier

Corker, 2nd to Mary Elizabeth Jones. Private Co. A, 3rd Regiment Ga. Volunteer

Infantry, C.S.A..



FLYNT, ROGER D. - Attorney; Judge of City Court, 1917-1921; Married Nell

Johnson on October 10, 1912; Member of Library Board.



FRANKLIN, BEDNEY - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Ocmulgee Circuit, 1810 to 1816. Died in Dec. 1816.



FORDHAM, JOE M. - Judge of the Court of Ordinary, 1897 to 1901.



FORT, MOSES - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Southern Circuit, 1825-

1828.



FOSTER, FREDERICK COLBERT - Judge of Laurens Superior Court,

Ocmulgee Circuit, 1902-1903.



GILBERT, CORLISS E. - Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Aug. 26, 1949. Did

not engage in active practice here.



GIBSON, JOHN - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Southern

Circuit, 1840-1843. Resigned Sept., 1843.



GRAHAM, ELISHA DUNCAN - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Oconee Circuit, 1908-1911. Also served as Circuit Court Solicitor General from

1905 until 1913.



GREEN, JULE B. - City Recorder.



GRINER, T.L.



HANSELL, AUGUSTIN HARRIS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior

Court, Southern Circuit, 1847 to Nov. 13, 1849. Judge of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1849-1852, Resigned Nov. 1852, and again from 1859 to 1868.

Returned to the bench as Circuit Judge in 1873 and served until 1903.



HARRIS, STEPHEN WILLIS - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee

Circuit, 1813-1816.



HARRIS, THOMAS W. - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Southern Circuit,

1819-1824. Resigned Dec. 20, 1824.



HART, JOHN COLLIER - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee Circuit,

1895-1902. Resigned July 1, 1902.



HATCHER, AL - Admitted to the bar in Athens, Ga. in June, 1925, Graduate of

the University of Georgia.



HATTAWAY, GEORGE L. - Admitted to the Bar in Johnson Co., on Dec. 21,

1949. Practiced in Dublin several years in the early 1950s.



HAWKINS, KENDRICK J. - Born on July 12, 1870 in Glascock Co.; Died on

July 11, 1914; Mayor of Gibson, GA.; Came to Dublin in 1902; Attorney; Owner of

the Dublin Times, 1903-4; Judge of the City Court of Dublin, 1908-1912; Judge of

Laurens Superior Court, 1911 to 1914. First Judge of Dublin Circuit.



HAYES, BEVERLY BAYNE, JR. - Born on Jan. 19, 1921, in Wrightsville,

Johnson Co., Ga., son of Beverly Bayne Hayes and Louise Reynolds. Graduated

from Emory Law School in 1948. Admitted to the bar in Dekalb County on Jan.

30, 1948. Began his praice in Dublin in 1948. Member of the Presbyterian

Church. Member of the U.S. Army in World War II rising to the rank of Major.

Awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. City Attorney for Dublin,

1950-1952. 1964-1972. Judge of City Court, 1964-1972. District Attorney of the

Dublin Circuit from 1973 to 1988.



HAYNES, MERCER - Born on Feb. 21, 1845 in Chatam County, Georgia, son

of Zachariah Taylor and Maria Cooper Haynes. Began his study of the law in

Griffin in the office of Fred Dismuke. Served in Wheeler's Cavalry from 1862 to

1864. Taken prisoner and released in 1865. Married Rosamond Parmeter

Warren on April 9, 1867. Moved to Dublin in 1874 and admitted to the bar.

Member of the Baptist Church. Elected Mayor of Dublin in 1877 and served until

1880. Appointed postmaster of Dublin in 1880 and served until 1881. Judge of

County Court in 1885 appointed by Governor and former Confederate General,

John B. Gordon. Member of the Board of Education. He died on Sept. 11, 1901.



HICKS, JAMES EVERETT - Son of Willie P. and Jane Outler Hicks.



HICKS, JAMES B. - Born on February 28, 1870 in Johnson County, Georgia;

Son of Dr. Henry Hicks and Nancy Wright; Graduate of Mercer University, 1892;

Lawyer; Returned to Dublin in 1898; Mayor of Dublin, 1898-1901; State

Representative, 1902-1903; Judge of City Court, 1911-1917.



HICKS, PALMER WHITEHEAD - Born on Aug. 5, 1888 in Dublin, Ga., son of

Edward Everrett and Winnefred Anne Thomas Hicks. Married Margaret Leila

Wicker on Nov. 16, 1921. Member of the Baptist Church. Graduate of Mercer

University. Served in World War I. Admitted to the practice law on Feb. 1, 1915,

Justice of the Peace, 1935-1940. Judge of City Court, 1941-1961. Died April 28,

1973.



HICKS, ROWE GAINER - Son of Thomas Benjamin and Margaret Jane Rowe.

Married 1st to Jennie Grier. Married 2nd to Louise Burnley. Practiced in Dublin

in the early years of the 20th Century.



HIGHTOWER, J.E.



HIGHTOWER, THOMAS EVERETT - Son of Thomas (Cone) Marion

Hightower and Elizabeth Hicks. Married Lil Salter. City Solicitor, 1918-1921 and

Mayor of Dublin 1928 to 1929.



HOLT, THADDEUS GOODE - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1819-1824. Resigned on Dec. 22, 1824, Judge of Laurens

Superior Court, Southern Circuit, 1824-1825, 1828-1831.



HOWARD, HENRY PHIL - Practiced law in Dublin around the turn of the

20th century. State Representative, Laurens County, 1902-1904.



JENKINS, WILLIAM FRANKLIN - Judge of Laurens Superior Court,

Ocmulgee Circuit, 1890 to 1895. Served as Circuit Judge from 1887 to 1895.



JONES, PAUL JACKSON, JR. - Born on July 23, 1919, in Dudley, Ga., son of

Paul Jackson Jones, Sr. and Maroy Chappell. Graduate of Middle Georgia

College and Mercer University in 1951. Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Oct. 10,

1951. Married Virginia Corry on Feb. 14, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy in World

War II and Korea. City Attorney and Recorder, East Dublin, 1954- . State

Representative, Laurens County, 1955-1958. Member of the Baptist Church.

Died on Oct. 21, 1983.



JONES, SEABORN - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee

Circuit, 1817-1819.



JORDAN, GEORGE WALKER - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1851.



KEA, MORRIS DAWSON - Admitted to the practice of law in Wrightsville,

Georgia on Dec. 20, 1933. State Representative, Laurens County, 194-1942. In

active practice longer than any attorney in Laurens County's history.



KEA, FREDERICK WILLIAM - State Senator, 16th Dist., 1913-1914, Solicitor

General of Laurens County Superior Court, Dublin Circuit, 1925-1933.



KENT, JOHN LUTHER - Born on March 27, 1868 in Johnson Co., Ga., son of

Thomas W. Kent and Martha Battle McWhorter, Began the practice of law in

1894. State Representative, 1902-1904, Solicitor City Court of Wrightsville, 1905-

1908, Judge City Court of Wrightsville, 1908-1915, Judge of Laurens Superior

Court, Dublin Circuit 1915-1925, 1933-1940. Resident of Wrightsville, Ga. and

married on Oct. 15, 1890 to Clara Virginia Trawick.



KIBBEE, CHARLES C. - State Representative, Pulaski County, 1865-1866,

State Senator, 14th Dist., 1871-1876, Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Oconee

Circuit, 1885-1889.



KING, GEORGE L. - Practiced in Dublin during the early 20th Century.



LARSEN, JOAN - Daughter of William Washington Larsen, Sr. and Hattie

Daffin Beacham, began her practice of law in Dublin on September 23, 1954.



LARSEN, WILLIAM WASHINGTON, JR. - Born on Aug. 8, 1930 in Dublin,

Ga., son of William Washington Larsen, Jr. and Hattie Daffin Beacham. Married

....., Martha Josey. Graduate of the University of Georgia in 1952. Admitted to

the Bar in on Sept. 22, 1951. Lieutenant, U.S. Army in Korea, 1952-54 where he

was awarded the Bronze Star. City Attorney of Dublin, 1957-1958, East Dublin,

1959, Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Dublin Circuit, 1960-1969.

State Representative from Laurens County 1971-1977. Member of the Methodist

Church.



LARSEN, WILLIAM WASHINGTON, SR. - Born Sept. 23, 1905 in Emanuel

Co., Ga., son of W.W. Larsen, Sr. and Dovie Edenfield Strange, died on May 1,

1963. Admitted to the bar on July 26, 1927, City Attorney of Dublin 1933-1937,

County Attorney, Laurens County, 1933. Senator, 16th Dist., 1935, State

Representative, Laurens County, 1937-1938. Solicitor General of Laurens

Superior Court, Dublin Circuit, 1945-1957.



LARSEN, WILLIAM WASHINGTON, SR. - Born in 1871; Died in 1938;

Married Dovie Edenfield Strange. Admitted to the bar in Swainsboro, Ga. on

April 7, 1897, Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Dublin Circuit, July 15, 1914 to

Jan. 1, 1915. Member of U.S. Congress, 12th Dist., Ga. 1917-1933.



LAWSON, THOMAS GRAVES - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee

Circuit, 1882-1884. Served as Circuit Judge from 1879 to 1887.



LEWIS, HUGH GRAHAM - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Ocmulgee Circuit, 1890-1902, Resigned Dec. 31, 1902, Judge of Laurens Superior

Court, Ocmulgee Circuit, 1903-1908. Remained as Circuit Judge until 1911.



LOVE, PETER EARLY - Born in Laurens County, Georgia, son of Amos Love.

Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Nov. 11, 1843 to Nov. 11, 1847,

Senator Thomas County, 1849-1850, Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Southern

Circuit, Nov. 27, 1852 to Oct. 4, 1859. Resigned on Feb. 7, 1858, Member of U.S.

Congress 1860-1861, resigned at the beginning of the Civil War. State

Reprsentative, Thomas County, 1861-1863.



MARTIN, J.H. - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Oconee Circuit, 1907-1911.

Served as Circuit Judge from 1905 to 1913.



MCNEEL, DANIEL - Perhaps Laurens County's earliest lawyers practicing here

in the first quarter of the 19th century.



MERRITT, JAMES ARTHUR - Born on April 5, 1894 in Ireland, Decatur Co.,

Ga., son of M.W. and Lucy Shannon Merritt, married 1st on Nov. 24, 1921 to

Elizabeth Mae Howard, 2nd on July 1, 1925 to Clyde Smith. Admitted to the bar

in Dublin on Jan. 26, 1916, Graduate of Emory University, Member of the Baptist

Church. W.O.W. Sergeant, World War I, Justice of the Peace, 1921-1924,

Solicitor of City Court, 1925-1932, Solicitor General, Dublin Circuit, 1933-1937.



MILLER, ARETHA - Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Dec. 22, 1933. First

woman attorney in Laurens County's history.



MILLER, PAUL - Graduate of Atlanta Law School, admitted to the bar on June

2, 1921. Practiced law in Dublin in the 1930s.



MILLER, STEPHEN F. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1831-1834.



MITCHELL, THOMAS D. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1825-1826. Killed in a duel in March, 1826.



MOLONY, CHARLES - Practiced law in Dublin in the early 1900s.



MORGAN, ARTHUR A. - State Senator, Houston Co., 1834, Judge of Laurens

Superior Court, Southern Circuit, 1836.



MORGAN, WILLIAM LEWIS - Solicitor of Laurens Superior Court, Southern

Circuit, 1843.



MORRIS, J. ROBERT - Admitted to the bar in Atlanta, Ga. on June 20, 1928,

Graduate of Lumpkin Law School.



NELSON, CARL KRATHER, JR., son of Carl Krather Nelson, Sr. and .......,

began his practice of law in Dublin on Dec. 30, 1954.



NELSON, CARL KRATHER, SR. - Admitted to the bar in Dublin in Oct. 1926,

Graduate of the University of Georgia. State Representative, Laurens County,

1931-1932.



NELSON, JAMES FREDERICK, SR. - Born on June 1, 1908, son of Alfred

Henry Nelson and Sarah Elizabeth Turner. Married Nina McQuaig on May 28,

1938. Died on March 1, 1979. Graduated from Richmond Junior College.

Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Feb. 22, 1935, Solicitor General, Laurens

Superior Court, Dublin Circuit, 1943-1945.



NEW, JACOB - Born on Nov. 20, 1920 in Dexter, Ga., son of James Ezra New

and Maude Brantley, Graduate of the University of Georgia. Served in the U.S.

Air Force in World War II. Admitted to the bar on Aug. 19, 1947, Graduate of the

University of Virginia. Practiced law in Dublin from 1948 to 1953. Owner of

Dublin Credit Bureau from 1954 to 1984. Active in the Rotary Club, Historical

Society, Fine Arts Association, Moose Club, Elks Club, American Cancer Society,

and Salvation Army. Member of the Presbyterian Church.



NEW, STEPHEN PARKER - Born on March 11, 1888; Married Ruth

Hightower; Died on March 11, 1974; Veteran of World War Il; Admitted to the bar

in Macon, Ga. in 1910. Solicitor of City Court, 1914-18; Senior Warden, Laurens

Lodge No. 75 F. A. & M., 1915-6; State Representative, Laurens County, 1923-

1931, Attorney for Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C.,

Father in law of big band leader, Tommy Dorsey.



OGBURN, JAMES O. - Admitted to the bar in Dublin on Aug. 5, 1935.



PEACOCK, JAMES MARION - Son of John Asa Peacock and Anne Boisfuelet,

married Ruth Broadhurst. Served in World War I. Admitted to the bar on June

24, 1924. Cotton broker with Dixie Cotton Company. Postmaster of Dublin.

Member of the Methodist Church. State Representative, Laurens County, 1925-

26.



POLHILL, JAMES - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Southern Circuit, 1834-

1836. Died on April 10, 1836.



PORTER, THOMAS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Southern

Circuit, 1828-1831.



POTTLE, JOSEPH E. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee

Circuit, 1903-1911. Remained as Solicitor General of Circuit until his resignation

on July 1, 1916.



REESE, STANLEY A. - Born on June 9, 1909 in Madison, Morgan Co., Ga., son

Walker Shields Reese and Mamie Lynne Stanley, Graduated from Mercer

University in 1930 and from Mercer Law School in 1932. Member of the Baptist

Church, Began his practice of law in Dublin May 31, 1932. Referee in Bankruptcy,

Dublin Division, 1933-1937, Solicitor of City Court, 1937 -1941.



REEVES, NORMAN GLISSON, JR. - Born on March 13, 1907 in Stillmore,

Emanuel County, Ga., son of Norman Gillsion Reeves, Sr. and Lillie Lee Heard,

married Helena Guillermina Joubert, Began his practice in LaGrange, Ga. in

1933. Moved to Soperton where he continued to practice until he moved to

Dubln where he served as Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, 1969 to

1973. Member of Soperton City Council. Solicitor of City Court of Soperton, 1937

to 1947. Judge of City Court of Soperton, 1947-1961.



RIVERS, JONATHAN - Born in Wilkinson Co. on Aug. 11, 1831, son of Joel

Rivers and Mary Pearson, married Catherine M. Gainey, died on March 31, 1875

in Hawkinsville, Ga., buried in Orange Grove Cemetery. Attorney, practiced law

in Irwinton before moving his practice to Dublin, where he practiced from from

1868 to 1873, when he moved to Hawkinsville. Justice of the Inferior Court of

Wilkinson County, 1857, 1859; Judge of the Court of Ordinary, Wilkinson

County, 1864-1866. Elected Jr. 2nd Lt. of Co. F., 3rd Ga. Inf. on April 26, 1861.

Resigned on Nov. 22, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 49th Ga. Inf. on March

4, 1862. Captured in 1862. Exchanged at Fort Warren in 1862. Elected Major of

the 49th Ga. Inf. on March 22, 1862. Took the sword of Gen. Phillip Kearney

after his death at Ox Hill. Wounded in the leg at Chancellorsville, Va. on May 3,

1863, necessitating amputation. Resigned due to disability on June 9, 1863.

Hawkinsville Dispatch, April 1, 8; June 17, 1875, RCS 5 - 207, Davidson's History

of Wilkinson County, pp. 287, 290, 605-6.



ROBERTS, DAVID MONTGOMERY - State Senator, 14th District, 1886-

1887, Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Oconee Circuit, 1889-1890, remained

Circuit Judge until 1893 and again from 1901 to 1905.



ROWE, FREEMAN HUGH - Born in 1816 in Connecticut; Son of John Rowe;

Married Margaret J. Moore in 1837; Died in 1890; Sheriff of Laurens County,

1842-1846; First Judge of teh Court of Ordinary of Laurens County, 1852-60;

Merchant; Worshipful Master Laurens Lodge, F.& A.M., 1853-4; Manager of

Dublin Branch of the Bank of Savannah; Built steamboat "Gov. Troup" and

operated a freight line; Charter member of Masonic lodge;



ROWLAND, JAMES ROY - Born on Dec. 18, 1899 in Wrightsville, Johnson

Co., Ga., son of Joseph Henry Rowland and Nancy Jane Snell. Attended Warthen

College, graduated from Mercer University. arried on Feb. 24, 1925 to Jerradine

Marilyn Brinson. Member of the Methodist Church. Mason, Odd Fellow. Private

Co. H, 14th U.S. Army Infantry, World War I. City Attorney, Wrightsville, 1925.

Solicitor, City Court of Wrightsville, 1925-1933. Solicitor General of Laurens

Superior Court, Dublin, Circuit, 1937-1941, Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Jan.

1, 1949 to December 31, 1952.

Died on March 15, 1956. Buried in Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville, Ga.



SANDERS, JAMES BARNES - Born in July, 1861; Son of James R. and

Cordelia Jones Sanders; Married Alice Ramsay; Married 2nd to Julia Ramsay;

Graduate of University of Georgia; Teacher; Attorney; Admitted to Bar, 1886;

Judge of City Court; Mayor of Dublin, 1895-1896.



SANDERS, T.V. - Practiced in Dublin in the 1st quarter of the 20th Century.



SCARBOROUGH, JAMES JACKSON - Judge of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1845-1849.



SCARBOROUGH, PITT F.D. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1851-1854. Resigned Feb. 1, 1854.



SHEFTALL, EDWARD TATTNALL - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior

Court, Southern Circuit, 1855-1859. Resigned, Sept. or Oct., 1859. Practiced law

in Dublin during the 1850s.



SMITH, CHRISTOPHER C. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Oconee Circuit, 1884-1888. Also served from 1882 - 1884 before Laurens County

became a part of the Oconee Circuit.



SMITH, ERASTUS AUGUSTUS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior

Court, Southern Circuit, 1859.



SMITH, HARDY B. - Born on Oct. 24, 1841; Son of Hardy Smith, Jr. and Ann

Anderson; Married Ella Few Douglas, daughter of Dr. Tilman Douglas and

Phoebe W. Charlton; on November 21, 1867; Died on December 6, 1912; 1st Sgt.,

Co. H., 14th Ga. Inf., C.S.A., 1861; Jr. 2nd Lt., 1861; Lost right arm at

Mechanicsville, Va., June 1863; 1st Lt. 1863; Capt. 1863-1864; Enrolling Officer,

5th Cong. Dist., 1864-5; Clerk of Superior Court, 1866-1893; Judge of Court of

Ordinary, 1893-1897; Secretary/Treasurer and founder of the Macon, Dublin, and

Savannah Railroad; Donated land for First Methodist Church; Brigadier General

United Confederate Veterans; County Treasurer; Founder and organizer of Hardy

Smith Camp of United Confederate Veterans.

Judge of the Court of Ordinary, 1893 to 1897.



SPENCER, SAMUEL B. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1859-1867.



STANLEY, ROLLIN ADOLPHUS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior

Court, Oconee Circuit, 1872 to 1875. Judge of the Court of Ordinary, 1891 to

1893.



STANLEY, ROLLIN A., II - Graduate of Mercer University, admitted to the

bar in Macon, Georgia on Nov. 1, 1933. Worked as an agent for the Federal

Bureau of Investigation.



STEPHENS, ERNEST LACY, JR. - Born on Feb. 6, 1909 in Wrightsville,

Johnson Co., Ga., son of Ernest Lacy Stephens, Sr. and Ida Norris, married Jean

McFerrin on Nov. 24, 1945. Began the practice of law in Dublin on July 7, 1933.

Member of the Methodist Church. First Sergeant in the U.S. Army in World War

II. Solicitor of City Court of Dublin 1955-1956, Solicitor of State Court of Dublin

1961-1980.



STEPHENS, ERNEST LACY, SR. - Born on Oct. 24, 1875 in Washington Co.,

Ga., son of Wiley Stephens and Mary Frances Chester, married Ida Norris.

Admitted to the bar in McRae, Ga. in 1896. State Representative from Johnson

County, 1911- 1912, Solicitor General of Dublin Circuit, 1912-1924, Judge City

Court of Dublin, 1933-194...



STEPHENS, RUFUS I. - Born on July 24, 1890 in Johnson Co., Ga.. Died on

Nov. 9, 1970. Admitted to the bar in Wrightsville in Jan., 1916, by examination in

open court. County Attorney, Laurens County, 1937---, State Representative,

Laurens County, 1935, Solicitor of City Court, 1937, Judge of Superior Court 1953

to 1960, Judge Emeritus 1960-1972.



STRONG, CHRISTOPHER B. - Judge of Laurens Superior Court, Ocmulgee

Circuit, 1816-1818. Served as Circuit Judge until 1822.



STUBBS, JOHN M. - Born in August, 1839 in Bibb Co., Ga; Son of Peter Stubbs

and Ann Hammond; Married Ella Tucker, daughter of Dr. Nathan Tucker and

Anna Horn, 1861; Married Gertrude Johnson, daughter of Gov. Herschel V.

Johnson, Georgia; Married Victorie Lowe, daughter of Gov. Louis Lowe,

Maryland; Died Sept. 6, 1907; Lt. Colonel, Quartermaster Corps, C.S.A.; Farmer;

Established Dublin's first newspaper, The Dublin Gazette, 1876; Organized the

Oconee River Navigation Improvement Company; Attorney; Orchard owner;

Established the first public grist mill; Founder and attorney for Macon, Dublin,

and Savannah Railroad;



STURGIS, S.W. - Admitted to the practice of law in Thompson, Georgia in 1887

by examination in open court. City Court Judge, 1921-1925, Moved to

Philadelphia in 1938.



STURGIS, THADDEUS - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, 1849-

1851. Resigned May 17, 1851.



TAYLOR, HARRY L. - Admitted to the bar in Athens, Ga., on June 17, 1926,

graduated from the University of Georgia.



THOMAS, JAMES A., JR. - Born ca. 1848 in Laurens County, Georgia; Died in

1929; Private, Co. A, 1st Brigade, 2nd Ga. Regiment, Army of the Tennessee;

Admitted to the bar, ca. 1868. Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Oconee Circuit, 1871-1872. Returned to Dublin in 1902 to practice law;

Commander of Eastern District of Georgia, United Confederate Veterans;

Commander of District of Georgia, United Confederate Veterans, Commander of

the Army of the Tennessee, United Confederate Veterans, 1922; Commander of

the National United Confederate Veterans, 1925; Honorary Commander, 1925-

1929; Sunday School Superintendent and Senior Warden of Christ Episcopal

Church.



THOMPSON, HENRY DALE, SR. - Born on April 14, 1923 near Adrian,

Emanuel County, Georgia, son of Henry Thompson and Claudie Mae Braswell,

married Martha Jane Scott on Dec. 18, 1949, attended Georgia Teacher's College,

University of South Carolina, University of Iowa, and Mercer University.

Seaman, U.S. Navy, World War II, awarded Purple Heart, Graduated from

Mercer University, Law School, 1949. Admitted to the bar in Emanuel Co. on

Aug. 26, 1949, Began his practice in Dublin on September 1, 1949. City Attorney,

Dublin, City Attorney, East Dublin, County Attorney, Laurens County, Member

of the Methodist Church, Commander of American Legion, Post No. 17, Attorney

for Dublin-Laurens Development Authority 1962-1996. Died on July 5, 2001.



TOWSON, WILLIAM MALCOM - Born on May 31, 1923 in Montrose,

Laurens Co., Ga., son of William Franklin Towson and Bertha Neil Ashley,

married Dorothy Blanche Perkins on June 4, 1954. Graduate of the University of

Georgia. Graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1949.

Admitted to the Bar in Clarke Co., Ga. on March 5, 1949. Member of the

Methodist Church. Staff Sergeant, 8th Engineer Squadron, 1st Cav. Div., City

Attorney of Dublin, 1954-1956, Laurens County Attorney, 1965-1968, City

Attorney East Dublin, 1969-1974, Member of City Board of Education. State

Senator, 16th Dist., 1961-1962. State Representative from Laurens County 1963-

1964. Judge of State Court from 1969-1977. Judge of Laurens Superior Court

from 1977 to present. Longest serving Judge in Laurens County History.



TROUP, GEORGE MICHAEL - Born on September 7, 1780 in Alabama.

Graduated from Princeton University in 1797 and began his practice of law in

Savannah. Troup's legislative career began in 1801 at the age of twenty one

when he was elected to the Georgia Legislature to reprsent Chatham County. He

moved to Bryan County where he represented that county until 1806 when he

was elected to the Congress of the United States. During the War of 1812, Cong.

Troup served as Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee. After retiring from

Congress in 1815, Troup went back to Washington to serve in the Senate from

1816 to 1818. Elected Governor of Georgia in 1823 and 1825. Governor Troup

returned to the United States Senate in 1828. He declined another term due his

failing health. Gov. Troup, died on April 26, 1856. His body was interred at

Rosemont beside his brother, Robert. A granite monument, surrounded by a

handsome sandstone wall, marks his grave which is located west of Lothair in

Treutlen County.



TWITTY, PETER SIMMONS, JR. - Son of Rev. Peter S. Twitty, Sr. and

Rebecca ________; Secretary/Treasurer of Retail Merchants Association;

Secretary Treasurer of Young Men's Literary Society; Bookkeeper, Gilbert

Hardware, 1906; Knight of Pythias; Officer of Chautaugua Assoc., 1913; Secretary

of Stevens Hardware Co.; Admitted to Dublin Bar, Dec., 1914; Organizing Officer

of Moose Club, 1913; Field Clerk, United States Army, World War I; Charter

Member of Kiwanis Club; Commissioner of Game and Fish of Georgia, 1923-

1934, Attorney for Naval Department in Washington, D.C..



WADE, PEYTON L. Born in Jan. 1865; Son of Robert M. Wade; Married

Gussie _____ ca. 1895; Graduate of University of Georgia; Attorney, 1889-1914;

Owned first library in Dublin and donated many of his books to Carnagie Library,

1904; Organized Weekly Press Association, 1887; Judge of the Georgia Court of

Appeals, 1914-16; Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, 1916-1919; Attorney for Central

of Georgia Railroad.



WARD, HAROLD E. - Born on Nov. 9, 1921 in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., son of

.............., married Minnie Hayes on July 3, 1953. Died Nov. 9, 1970. Member of

the Methodist Church. Admitted to the bar in Athens, Ga. in March, 1949, Began

his practice of law in Dublin in Jan., 1950. Member of the Moose Club, Elk's

Cluv, American Legion (Post Commander), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kiwanis

Club, Mason, Shriner. City Attorney East Dublin 1951-1953. County Attorney,

1955-1956. Pilot U.S.A.F., World War II. Solicitor General 1957 to 19.. Judge of

Superior Court, 1960-69.



WARE, DAVID, JR. - Practiced law in Dublin during the latter quarter of the

19th century. Mayor of Dublin, 188....



WARREN, ELI - Born in Laurens County, Georgia, son Josiah and Nancy Doty

Warren, State Representative, Laurens County, 1824, 1827-9, 1831-1833. State

Senator, Laurens County, 1834. Brigadier General in the Georgia Militia. Had

one of the largest practices in the state during the peak of his career. Member of

two Constitutional Conventions.



WARREN, LOTT - Born in Burke County, Georgia on Oct. 30, 1797. Served in

the Georgia Militia during the Indian Wars of 1818. . Lt. Warren returned home

and study law under Daniel McNeel before being admitted to the bar in 1821. In

1824 Col. Warren represented Laurens County in the Legislature. In 1826

Warren served as the Solicitor General of the Southern Circuit from 1826 to 1828.

Warren then moved to Twiggs County representing that county in the Senate in

1830. In 1831 Col. Warren began a three year term as Judge of the Southern

Circuit. Judge Warren then moved to Americus. In 1838 he was elected to the

United States Congress. After serving two terms in Congress, Lott Warren

returned to private practice. Judge Warren returned to the bench serving as

Judge of the Southwestern Circuit from 1844 until his resignation in August of

1852. Married Jane Desableux. Judge Warren fell dead while making a speech in

the courthouse at Albany on June 17, 1861.



WATSON, LESTER FRANKLIN - Born on June 5, 1880 in Wilkinson Co.,

Ga., son of William Newton and Mildred Green Watson. Married 1st to Mary

Jane Cook in 1900. Married 2nd to Mary Kenlaw in Jan. 1913. Served as Chief

Deputy Sheriff under his father from 1915 to 1920. Served as Sheriff from 1920 to

1929. Admitted to the Bar in 1928. Solicitor of City Court from 1932 to .... and

from 1953-195....



WEDDINGTON, CORNELIUS A. - Married Georgia Smith, daughter of J.D.

Smith; Came to Dublin in 1899; Attorney: Orator; Member of 1st Executive Board

of Young Men's Business League, 1900; City Attorney; Commander, George M.

Troup, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1901; Capt. and 1st Lt., Dublin Guards,

1900-1901; Vice Grand Chancellor, Odd Fellows, 1904; Owner of Dublin Times,

1903-4; Member of Royal Arcanum; Mayor of Dublin; Secretary of Chautaugua

Assoc., 1913; Elk; Clerk of City Council.



WHITE, ERASMUS DOUGLAS, JR. - Born in Screven Co. on Nov. 24, 1865;

Married Sarah McGee, 1888; Moved to Dublin in 1896; Member of the firm of

Brigham-Jones Co. and Jones-Tyre Co.; Vice President and Incorporator of the

Commerical Bank, 1911; State Representative, 1911-12; Owner of White and

Knight Store; Ordinary of Laurens County, 1917-1937; Clerk of City of Dublin,

1902 -; Police Commissioner, 1914.



WHITE, WILLIAM HERSCHEL - Born on May 20, 1908 in Dublin, Ga., son

of Erasmus Douglas White and and Juanita McGee. Married on Feb. 7, 1953 to

Melrose Coleman. Attended Stetson University and Mercer University, 1926.

Member of the Methodist Church. Admitted to the Bar, Aug. 1930. Assistant

Solicitor, 1933-1940. Solictor, City Court of Dublin, 1957-1960, Judge State

Court of Laurens County, 1965-1969, Judge of Superior Court of Laurens County,

1969 to 1977. Senior Judge until his death on Oct. 20, 1984.



WHITEHURST, HERSCHEL SMITH - Admitted to the bar in Dublin, in

Feb., 1922, graduate of George Washington Law School.



WIGGINS, WILLIAM A. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court,

Southern Circuit, 1835-1840.



WINN, JOHN S. - Solicitor General of Laurens Superior Court, Southern

Circuit, 1854-1855, Resigned in Nov., 1855.



WILLIAMS, BERNER - Practiced law in Dublin in the early 1900s.



WILLIAMS, GEORGE HERSCHEL - Born on March 5, 1870 in Bryan

County, Ga.; Married Nettie Moring, daughter of Stephen M. Williams and Carrie

Pughesly in 1896; Married Jessie Rice Alsup, daughter of W.B. Rice; 1922; Died

on May 2, 1962; Admitted to the bar in Swainsboro, Ga. on Oct. 16, 1892 by

examination in open court; State Representative, 1898-1899; Practiced law from

1900-1962; President of Board of Education; Local Republican leader; Organizer

of Chautaugua, 1901; .



WILLIAMS, GEORGE W. - Attorney, 1903 - ; Owner and Incorporator of the

Dublin Times, 1903; Sunday School Supt. 1st Baptist Church; State

Reprsentative, 1905-8; Director of Chautaugua Assoc., 1906;



WIMBERLY, HAL - Practiced law in Dublin in the 1st quarter of the 20th

Century.



WOLFE, JOHN BRYANT - Born on Sept. 7, 1838; Married Mary Frances

Douglas, 1861; Died on Jan. 25, 1907; 2nd Lt., Co. I, 57th Ga. Inf.; Captured at

Vicksburg, Miss., July, 1863; Merchant; Judge of Ordinary, 1870-1877; State

Representative, 1882-3; Graduate of the Univ. of Ga.; Lawyer; Farmer; Justice of

the Peace; Worshipful Master, Laurens Lodge F. & A.M., 1868-9; 1881; Mayor of

Dublin, City Councilman; Insurance Agent.



WOOD, WILEY ALEXANDER - Born on November 1, 1855; Son of Thomas

Wood and Mary Ann Smith; Married Sallie Smith; Married Rebecca Baker; Died

on May 16, 1927; Judge of Ordinary, 1901-1917; Worshipful Master, Laurens

Lodge F. & A.M., 1896, 1898; High Priest Royal Arch Masons, 1900; Secretary

and Member of Board of Education, 1903; Director of Citizens Bank; Building

Committee of Johnson St. School, 1905; President of Dublin Office of National

Union Life Association, 1905.



WYLLY, WILLIAM H. - Practiced law in Dublin in the last quarter of the 19th

Century. Served in the Confederate Army as Lt. Colonel of the 25th Georgia

Infantry.

POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS OF LAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA

POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS OF  LAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA







ARTHUR - Established on June 29, 1880. Discontinued on April 30,

1908. Mail was ordered sent to Depue, Dodge County.



Postmasters:



Daniel H. Burch, June 29, 1880

D. Cabie, Jan. 3, 1884

Arthur L. Burch, jan. 21, 1884

John Burch, April 9, 1884

C.M. Clark, Sept. 22, 1900





BATSON - Established on September 27, 1905. Discontinued on Oct. 30,

1909. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



Benjamin F. Duggan, Sept. 27, 1905

John F. Ridley, May 21, 1907

Joseph E. Rogers, Feb. 21, 1908





BAY CREEK - Established on Nov. 17, 1851. Discontinued on Feb. 18,

1854.



Michael Livingston, Nov. 17, 1851

William Clark, Feb. 2, 1852







BENDER - Established on Nov. 18, 1891. Discontinued on Aug. 31,

1905. Mail was ordered sent to Dudley.



Postmasters:



William Gilbert, Nov. 18, 1891

Jonathan Gilbert, Dec. 14, 1901





BEULAH - Established on Jan. 24, 1884. Discontinued on Oct. 31,

1904. Mail was ordered sent to Mt. Vernon, Montgomery Co.





Postmasters:

John F. Currie, Jan. 24, 1884

Rollin E. Currie, Feb. 2, 1903

Washington L. Currie, Nov. 19, 1903





BLACKSHEAR'S MILL - Established on July 5, 1878. Discontinued on

Dec. 17, 1879.



Postmasters:



Josiah Horn, July 5, 1878

David S. Blackshear, April 28, 1879





BRANCHVILLE - Established on Feb. 15, 1882. Discontinued on July

26, 1889. Mail was ordered sent to Condor.



Postmasters:



Lofton M. Smith, Feb. 15, 1882

W.B. ?, 1888











BREWTON - Originally named Dodo. Name changed to Brewton June

25, 1894. Discontinued on May 31, 1958.



Postmasters:



James H. Pullen, June 25, 1894

Edna C. Crump, July 31, 1897

Edna C. Lanier, April 8, 1899

William C. Sessions, Oct. 18, 1903

Callie O. McCarty, June 10, 1910

James N. Garette, Feb. 12, 1915

Ila N. Pope, Oct. 27, 1915

John B. Keen, May 23, 1917 (declined)

Thusia Wynne, Aug. 25, 1917

Chloe R. Maddox, Nov. 12, 1943

Irene Jordan, May 23, 1956







BRUTUS - Established on Feb. 18, 1889. Discontinued on Sept. 30,

1890. Mail was ordered sent to Regnant, Johnson County.



Postmasters:



James A. Beatty, Feb. 18, 1889





BUCKEYE - Established on January 15, 1833. Discontinued on June 12,

1867.



Postmasters:



Alex Meriwether, Jan. 10, 1833

John S. Martin, Jan. 4, 1836

Joshua E. Hightower, Jan. 23, 1839

James Bush, March 5, 1839

Nathan Tucker, Aug. 16, 1852







BUCKHORN - Established on May 1, 1879. Discontinued on September

14, 1903. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



Andrew J. Thompson, May 1, 1879

H.A.? Thompson, Jan. 16, 1882

Wm. B.C. Fowler, July 24, 1889

Daniel S. Pope, Jan. 3, 1890

John E. Lord, Dec. 23, 1895





CADWELL - Established on Aug. 17, 1908 (Changed from Mullis)



Postmasters:



Arthur W. Mullis, Aug. 17, 1908

Bennett J. Bedingfield, Sept. 21, 1910

Joseph A. Warren, April 17, 1912

Homer Mullis, Oct. 29, 1914

Hiram Mullis, July 24, 1918

John B. Bedingfield, Sept. 7, 1935

Belie B. Hicks, Jan. 24, 1936

Katherine F. Underwood, May 31, 1943





CATLIN - Established on May 23, 1902. Discontinued on May 30, 1907.

Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Julius A. Dunn, May 23, 1902

W. Bartey snow, Jan. 30, 1905

John B. Keen, Feb. 2, 1907















CONDOR - Established on September 17, 1878. Discontinued on June

15, 1917. Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Dennis Kea, Sept. 17, 1878

Charles L. Holmes, Feb. 12, 1882

Columbus W. Brack, Oct. 30, 1888

Fred D. Beall, July 18, 1890

Henry F. Maund, Nov. 15, 1892

Fred D. Beall, Oct. 21, 1896

Mamie Bell, Jan. 30, 1904

Alfred Mimbs, July 2, 1908

Lewis C. Pope, Oct. 27, 1910





DEXTER - Established on Jan. 31, 1890.



Postmasters:



James H. Witherington, Jan. 31, 1890

John White, March 20, 1894

John A. Clark, Nov. 25, 1895

William C. Crubbs, April 12, 1898

Henry F. Maund, April 1, 1899

Herbert King, March 3, 1904

John A. Clark, March 17, 1922

William C. Crubbs, May 20, 1926

Herbert King, May 10, 1926.

James E. New, April 24, 1934

Durrell W. Knight, Augl 31, 1934

Doris S. Flanders, Oct. 31, 1959

Roy C. Knight, June 15, 1962















DODO - Established on July 1, 1884. Name changed to Brewton on June

25, 1894.



Postmasters:



Henry T. Jones, July 1, 1884.

Washington Wells, Dec. 18, 1884

George T. Mason, April 7, 1886

James H. Pullen, June 29, 1892





DONALDSON - Established on Feb. 7, 1887. Discontinued on Jan. 15,

1895. Mail was ordered sent to Lovett.



Postmasters:



John S. Keen, Feb. 7, 1887





DUBLIN - Established on July 1, 1811.



Jonathan Sawyer, July 1, 1811

William W. Talbot, April 24, 1817

Wright H. Coleman, April 8, 1818

Thomas Moore, July 19, 1822

Henry B. Hathaway, Jan. 31, 1829

Marcus Gilbert, Jan. 31, 1836

Charles B. Guyton, Dec. 13, 1836

Francis Thomas, July 10, 1840

Joel E. Perry, Jan. 30, 1860

John J. Keen, Oct. 8, 1866

Henry Herman, July 6, 1869

Maggie Hester, Oct. 17, 1870

Isaac T. Keen, Feb. 27, 1872

Josiah S. Horn, Feb. 19, 1875

Isaac T. Keen, Dec. 31, 1877

Mercer Haynes, May 26, 1880

Bryant A. Herndon, Jan. 3, 1881

Thomas M. Hightower, Aug. 31, 1881

William P. Hicks, Jan. 25, 1887

Clark Grier, June 2, 1892

Vivian L. Stanley, Dec. 10, 1893

Erwin E. Stone, July 12 1898

Clark Grier, June 2, 1892

Mrs. George B. Grier, Sept. 8, 1908

Vivian L. Stanley, Aug. 15, 1913

Edwin R. Orr, May 23, 1922

Moses Josiah Guyton, June 9, 1934

Hartley Hobbs, Dec. 30, 1966

Dave Walker





DUDLEY - Established on Oct. 9, 1891. Name changed from Dudly to

Dudley on Feb. 12, 1907.



Postmasters:



Elsie Walker, Oct. 9, 1891

Benjamin F. Walker, Aug. 3, 1895

Thomas H. Hooks, July 24, 1897

Jerry W. Duggan, Oct. 29, 1914

Allen P. Whipple, July 31, 1918

Pearl E. Pierce Duke, May 10, 1923

Worthen T. Chappell, May 23, 1936

Jerry W. Duggan, Oct. 14, 1936

William B. Haskins, July 8, 1954





ELLISTON - Established on November 15, 1902. Discontinued on July

30, 1904. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



Ellis W. Bullock, November 15, 1902

Wiley K. Stuckey, Oct. 22, 1903













ELMWOOD - Established on Sept. 7, 1893. Discontinued on July 15,

1899. Re-established on Feb. 15, 1900. Discontinued on Sept. 29,

1900. Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Robert D. Dixon, Sept. 7, 1893

Floyd Nelson, May 5, 1897

Lemuel H. Kitchens, Dec. 27, 1897

V. Dixon, Dec. 5, 1898

James B. Duggan, Feb. 15, 1900





GARBUTT - Established on Sept. 28, 1892. Discontinued on Sept. 29,

1900. Mail was ordered sent to Spann. Re-established on Feb. 15,

1901. Discontinued on Oct. 15, 1902. Mail was ordered sent to

Meeks, Johnson County.



Postmasters:



Thomas W. Garbutt, Sept. 28, 1892

Jefferson T. Flanders, Feb. 15, 1901





GRIMSLEY - Established on August 4, 1891. Discontinued on December

14, 1901. Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Edwin O. Powell, August 4, 1891

Robert G. Yates, April 6, 1892

Robert R. McLendon, Dec. 19, 1894

John M. Williams, Apr. 22, 1895

Leander A. Harden. Feb. 15, 1898

Sallie Hattaway, Feb. 8, 1901











HARLOW - Established in March, 1895. Discontinued on Feb. 28,

1902.

Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Columbia Lee, March, 1895





HATOFF - Established on June 6, 1883. Discontinued on July 30, 1904.



Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Eugene Thornburg, June 6, 1883

Jasper McCray, Oct. 11, 1892

Jerry M. Lowery, Dec. 15, 1897

John J. Barton, May 2, 1900





INEZ - Established on May 7, 1883. Discontinued on April 21, 1884.

Mail was ordered sent to Reedy Springs.



Postmasters:



James R. Shepard, May 7, 1883





ITVILLE - Established on July 14, 1897. Discontinued on Dec. 31,

1897. Mail was ordered sent to Lovett.



Postmasters:



William L. Pridgen, July 14, 1897















KEMPER - Established on Oct. 6, 1902. Discontinued on April 30,

1903. Mail was ordered sent to Rockledge.



Postmasters:



James T. Coleman, Oct. 6, 1902





KEWANEE - Established on June 21, 1898. Discontinued on May 31,

1904. Mail was ordered sent to Dudley.



Postmasters:



Carrie B. Rude, June 21, 1898

Carrie B. Gibbs, Nov. 21, 1903





LAURENS HILL - Established on Aug. 20, 1835. Discontinued on Aug.

25, 1868. Re-established on Jan. 3, 1870. Discontinued on Sept.

14, 1903. Mail was ordered sent to Montrose.



Postmasters:



David Harvard, Aug. 20, 1835

Mary A. Harvard, Feb. 12, 1867

William C. Harvard, Nov. 3, 1870

David J. Harvard, June 27, 1871

Quinn L. Harvard, Sept. 26, 1876

Willis F. Harvard, Oct. 21, 1878

Isaac J. Duggan, June 12, 1889

Quinn L. Harvard, Aug. 25, 1890

Martha Walker, June 2, 1893

Isaac J. Duggan, March 29, 1901















LIME SINK - Established on May 14, 1857, Discontinued on March 29,

1860, Re-established on June 28, 1893, Discontinued on Jan. 12,

1894. Mail was ordered sent to Reedy Springs.



Postmasters:



Henry M. Burch, May 14, 1857

Warren T. Kinchen, June 28, 1893





LOLLIE - Established on Oct. 15, 1892.



Postmasters:



Henry E. Pritchett, Oct. 15, 1892

George E. Pritchett, Dec. 10, 1894

Dennis Smith, Jan. 21, 1904

Ira H. Johnson, Jan 28, 1913

Lucian Wynn, May 22, 1920

Loran L. Thigpen, Oct. 23, 1936

Annie L. Thigpen, Dec. 28, 1936

Anne W. Spivey, March 25, 1944





LOVETT - Established on Oct. 12, 1884. Name changed to Lovett

from Lovet on May 11, 1885.



Postmasters:



John M. Hutchinson, Oct. 12, 1884

William V. Davis, Oct. 12, 1889

John R. Crabb, Jan. 28, 1890

Marmaduke N. Killebrew, Aug. 21, 1897

John C. Marchman, Dec. 28, 1903.

David A. Moorman, Oct. 29, 1914.

Estelle Jones, May 18, 1921

Ruby Jackson, Aug. 28, 1924

Edward T. Fausett, Nov. 17, 1933

Mrs. Earnest Moorman, Dec, 20, 1933

Elizabeth L. Kight, Dec. 31, 1965



MAGGIE - Established on Sept. 29, 1893. Discontinued on Feb. 15,

1895.

Mail was ordered sent to Westbrook.



Postmasters:



William Henry Warren, Sept. 29, 1893

Henry R. Bedingfield, Feb. 5, 1894





MARTHA - Established on June 6, 1895. Discontinued on Jan. 27,

1898. Mail was ordered sent to Tweed.



Postmasters:



John W. Cox, June 6, 1895

C.W. Warnock, Dec. 17, 1897





MONTROSE - Established on Oct. 28, 1891.



Postmasters:



James M. Scarborough, Oct. 28, 1891

Vance L. Chappell, March 6, 1899

Charlie Stubbs, Nov. 16, 1899

Eddie L. Wade, July 16, 1901

John T. Melton, June 4, 1907

Tommie B. Melton, Sept. 13, 1910

Clinton C. Wade, March 16, 1914

Julia E. Custer, Feb. 16, 1933

Susie G. Ellington, Jan. 9, 1961





MULLIS - Established on June 17, 1905. Name changed to Cadwell

on Aug. 17, 1908.



Postmasters:



Hiram Mullis, June 17, 1905.

Arthur W. Mullis, July 14, 1908





MUSGROVE - Established on Sept. 13, 1903. Discontinued on

December 15, 1905. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



Madison Alcorn, Sept. 13, 1903.

Elijah Evans, March 3, 1899

Sarah E. Warren, Jan. 20, 1900

Elijah Evans, Nov. 29, 1904







NAMELESS - Established on Feb. 12, 1886. Discontinued on Dec. 31,

1901. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



James R. Shepard, Feb. 12, 1886

Jeremiah Ussry, March 15, 1899





ORIANNA - Established May 16, 1899. Discontinued on Dec. 15, 1904.

Mail was ordered sent to Adrian.



Postmasters:



Lucien Thigpen, May 16, 1899

Dora Thigpen, Mar. 8, 1900





PEARLY - Established on May 20, 1887. Discontinued on July 1904.

Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



William L. Green, May 20, 1887

Walton L. Powell, Jan. 7, 1888

Thomas D. Warren, Oct. 23, 1893

Loula E. Robertson, Jan. 28, 1898

John M. Robertson, Oct. 10, 1901

O.T. Brantley, May 2, 1904





PICCIOLA - Established Jan. 30, 1879. Name changed to Valambrosa

on June 15, 1889.



Postmasters:



Jeremiah H. Yopp, Jan. 30, 1879

John W. Horn, April 7, 1884

Jeremiah H. Yopp, May 24, 1886





PINEHILL - Established Oct. 14, 1899. Discontinued Sept. 29, 1900.

Mail

was ordered sent to Dublin.





Postmasters:



Leah L. Hughes, Oct. 14, 1899





REEDY SPRINGS - Established on Oct. 27, 1873. Discontinued on Dec.

31, 1901. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



John T. Rogers, Oct. 27, 1873

Adomiem? J. Stapleton, Nov. 29, 1892

John T. Rogers, Oct. 30, 1895

Lee B. Horn, Jan. 9, 1897





RENTZ - Established on March 11, 1905



Postmasters:



John S. Edmondson, March 11, 1905

General M. Knight, Oct. 29, 1914

Lovett N. Mullis, Nov. 27, 1920

Thurman Grinstead, Aug. 28, 1919

Olin D. Barron, Sept. 10, 1923

Thurman Grinstead, Aug. 28, 1924

James Chambless, Jan. 19, 1935

Billy W. Payne, Nov. 30, 1966





ROCKLEDGE - Established Sept. 6, 1899



Postmasters:



William Smith, Sept. 6, 1899

William P. Curry, Jan. 8, 1900

Richard V. Odom, May 13, 1907

William J. Jordan, Dec. 28, 1900

John B. Thigpen, Nov. 14, 1900

James O. Pullen, Jan. 30, 1901

John R. Hester, July 6, 1904

James M. Williams, April 3, 1912

Lawrence M. Williams, March 30, 1914

Frank B. Flanders, June 17, 1918

Mary B. Wynn, Jan 1, 1949





SHEWMAKE - Established on April 27, 1900. Discontinued on Jan. 15,

1903. Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



George A. McKay



















SPRINGHAVEN - Established on June 3, 1890. Discontinued on June

29, 1907. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



Japheth Rawls, June 3, 1890

Wilson Bobbitt, Dec. 11, 1897

Daniel G. Hughes, Jr., April 28, 1903

John G. Thomas, July 2, 1904

John F. Willis, Nov. 27, 1906







THAIRDALE - Established March 5, 1900. Discontinued on April 15,

1902. Mail was ordered sent to Rockledge.



Postmasters:



William R. Harrell, March 5, 1900





TURKEY - Established on Jan. 21, 1884. Mail was ordered sent to

Dublin on June 6, 1889.



Postmasters:



Dennis McLendon, Jan. 21, 1884.





TWEED - Established on April 3, 1880. Discontinued on July 30, 1904.

Mail was ordered sent to Rockledge



Postmasters:



Rufus Beacham, April 3, 1880

W.B. May, April 13, 1886

John S. Drew, Sr., May 1, 1890







UNIT - Established on April 12, 1900, Discontinued on April 15, 1902.

Mail was ordered sent to Omecron, Wilkinson County.



Postmasters:



Thomas J. Blackshear, Apr. 12, 1900





VALAMBROSA - See PICCIOLA - Established on June 15, 1889.

Discontinued on Aug. 15, 1899. Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Jerimiah H. Yopp, June 15, 1889

Nathaniel D. Chandler, March 15, 1892





WALKEE - Established on July 21, 1887. Discontinued on July 30, 1904.

Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



Samuel L. Miller, July 21, 1887





WESTBROOK - Established on April 4, 1890. Discontinued on Feb. 15,

1902. Mail was ordered sent to Dexter.



Postmasters:



Elijah A. Butler, April 4, 1890



















WYLLY - Established on Feb. 5, 1879. Discontinued on Sept. 29, 1900.

Mail was ordered sent to Dublin.



Postmasters:



John A. Weaver, Feb. 5, 1879

William G. Weaver, Jan. 5, 1880

Charles J. Hilliard, Oct. 25, 1880









SOURCES:



History of Laurens County, Georgia, Vol. 1, 1807-1941, Bertha

Sheppard Hart, 1941, pp. 192-197.



Georgia Post Offices Register, Microfilm Reel, # 3176,

Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia.





Compiled by Scott B. Thompson, Sr., February 1, 2003