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

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Asa F. Tift
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1 ► Florida, Monroe County, Key West — Asa F. Tift — 1812 - 1889 — Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden —
Asa Tift, was the son of Captain Amos Tift, one of the early settlers of Key West. He arrived here with his sons in 1825. Amos built a store in Key West that was taken over by Asa and his brothers on the death of their father. They expanded their . . . — — Map (db m222701) HM

2 ► Georgia, Tift County, Tifton — From Mystic to Wiregrass — Slab Town Emerges and Tifton is Born — Historic Downtown Tifton —
“In 1872 Captain Henry Harding Tift left his Mystic, Connecticut seaport city to establish a sawmill amid the lofty pine forests of South Georgia’s Wiregrass Region. This original business settlement was first known as “Slab Town” for the . . . — — Map (db m313901) HM

3 ► Georgia, Tift County, Tifton — A.V. "Bubba" Akin — 1920-2000 — A Native of Ashburn, Georgia —
He served his country honorably in World War II. After his military service, he diligently served his fellow veterans as the Veterans Service Officer for the Georgia Department of Veterans Service, covering Tift, Turner, Ben Hill, Irwin and Worth . . . — — Map (db m197697) HM WM

4 ► Georgia, Tift County, Tifton — "Major" Jack L. Woolard — 1948-2008 —
Jack Woolard served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971. He served as a Sergeant aboard an AC-130 Gunship in the Spectre Squadron in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. After receiving an Honorable Discharge, he moved to Tifton. Woolard began . . . — — Map (db m197690) HM WM

5 ► Georgia, Tift County, Tifton — Tift-Lee Building — Erected 1895 by Captain Henry Harding Tift —
Interim Owners Bessie Willingham Tift Virginia Tift Brumby Dr. Henry Harding Tift, III Revitalized 1994-2000 Thomas M. Brumby, IV Fred W. Rigdon, Jr Dr. Steven W. Rigdon — — Map (db m313699) HM

6 ► Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany — 047-4 — Colonel Nelson Tift —
Nelson Tift, founder of the City of Albany, was born at Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810. In 1833 he established a mercantile business in Augusta, Georgia. After a sojourn in Hawkinsville he moved to Albany, then in Baker County, in 1836. . . . — — Map (db m40796) HM
 
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Nov. 12, 2026