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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «brooks county» AND «georgia»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Brandon D Cross, October 5, 2023
Barney Colored Elementary School Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Barney — 14-2 — Barney Colored Elementary School —
On 1st Avenue 0.1 miles south of Strickland Road, on the right when traveling south.
Barney Colored Elementary School was part of the Rosenwald school building program that matched funds from philanthropist Julius Rosenwaid with community donations to build rural Southern schools during the era of segregation. An example of a . . . — — Map (db m234828) HM

2 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Quitman — Brooks County Courthouse —
On East Screven Street at South Court Street, on the right when traveling west on East Screven Street.
Improved by Works Progress Administration 1939 — — Map (db m272942) HM

3 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Quitman — 14-1 — Civil War Slave Conspiracy —
On South Court Street (U.S. 221) at West Screven Street (U.S. 84), on the right when traveling south on South Court Street.
In August 1864, during the American Civil War, four men were executed in Brooks County, Georgia, for conspiring to plot a slave insurrection. The conspirators – led by a local white man, John Vickery, and three slaves named Nelson, George, and . . . — — Map (db m40368) HM

4 ► Georgia, Cook County, Adel — Cook County Tornado of 2017 —
On North Hutchinson Avenue (U.S. 41) just north of Alley Street, on the right when traveling north.
Life is a gift and gifts should not be taken for granted. Life is God’s gift to us. Around 4:00 A.M. on Sunday, January 22, 2017, a tornado swept through Cook County leaving a path of destruction. As a result of tornado-related injuries, seven . . . — — Map (db m196789) HM
 
 
  
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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