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

By Brandon D Cross, October 5, 2023

Barney Colored Elementary School Marker

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1 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Barney — 14-2 — Barney Colored Elementary School —

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

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2 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Quitman — Brooks County Courthouse —

Improved by Works Progress Administration 1939 — — Map (db m272942) HM

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3 ► Georgia, Brooks County, Quitman — 14-1 — Civil War Slave Conspiracy —

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

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4 ► Georgia, Cook County, Adel — Cook County Tornado of 2017 —

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

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