On North Patterson Street (Alternate Georgia Route 31) at East Brookwood Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Patterson Street.
In 1916 five prominent Valdosta businessmen and civic leaders -- William S. West, Lowndes W. Shaw, Leonard F. Shaw, Daniel C. Ashley, and Owen K. Jones -- donated 11 acres to the city to create a public park. The deed stipulated that the property . . . — — Map (db m27131) HM
On Saint Augustine Road 0.3 miles west of James Road, on the right when traveling east.
According to local tradition, Spanish priests traveled from San Augustín (St. Augustine, Florida) on the Atlantic coast along trails into northern Florida and southern Georgia, where they established a network of Indian missions during the 1600s . . . — — Map (db m279744) HM
On Blakely Street just south of West Park Street ( Route 122), on the left when traveling north.
Five miles from this site on May 19, 1918, thirty-three-year-old Mary Turner, eight months pregnant, was burned, mutilated, and shot to death by a local mob after publicly denouncing her husband’s lynching the previous day. In the days immediately . . . — — Map (db m219578) HM
On Magrill Street at N 5th Street on Magrill Street.
Georgia native O.H. Methvin came to Texas about 1848 with his wife Margaret and his father, Richard R. Methvin. They settled on land in Upshur County which would later become a part of Gregg County. In 1870 Methvin gave 100 acres of land to the . . . — — Map (db m290334) HM
On Saint Augustine Road (Georgia Route 133) 0.3 miles west of James Road, on the right when traveling west.
The settlement of Troupville once existed near here, about four miles
northwest of present-day Valdosta. The town was named Troupville in
honor of George M. Troup, governor of Georgia from 1823 to 1827. In
1833, the county seat of Lowndes County . . . — — Map (db m279735) HM
On North Ashley Street (U.S. 41) at West Central Avenue (U.S. 84), on the left when traveling north on North Ashley Street.
Lowndes County was created by an act of the Georgia Legislature December 23, 1825, from lands previously in Irwin County. It was named for William J. Lowndes, a South Carolina statesman. The first count officers commissioned May 29, 1826, were Henry . . . — — Map (db m40166) HM
On East McIntosh Road west of Camp, on the left when traveling west.
John Henry “Doc” Holliday's father Henry owned and sold more than 40 properties in Spalding County. Before the Civil War started, Henry was already in his forties, a respected landowner, former county clerk, and veteran of two other wars (Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m186929) HM
On East Monument Avenue at Lakeview Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Monument Avenue.
Brinson
1881-1936 — 1893-1965
Dr. Haynes, M.D. — Agnes
Haynes and Agnes were born in Lowndes County, GA, educated Emory University, Dr. Brinson moved to Kissimmee in 1923 from Georgia. Practiced as a physician and surgeon until . . . — — Map (db m219348) HM
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