The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-03
History of Terrell County
Compiled and Furnished The Dawson News for Publication bv the
Stone Castle Chapter Daughters of American Revolution

designated as sandy loans. in which
the surface consists chiefly of sandy
material and a sub-soil of sandy CLAW
his includes the most productive soil
IN southern Georgia, good both for
truck and general farming. Owing to
the hghtness of the soil cotton ma
lures earlier than in heavy grades. and
this TACT gives an advantage in fight
/ ing the boil weevil."
There are nearly 5000 farms under
cultivation, comprising about Is DER
cent OF the total acreage.
The average price per acre of farm
lands runs from fifteen to twenty dol
lars.
| Until 1915 cotton was king. and
while he still wears his crown in Ter
| rel Is no longer an absolute monarchy;
other princes of the realm are coming
into their own. Diversihcation of crops
and cattle raising is the slogan of the
farmers, the other principal crops be-
ing corn, oats, rye, peas, peanuts, SUI
gar cane potatoes, hay, peaches, pc
cans and a limited amount of wheat.
Garden vegetables for home use are
grown the year round. All southern
crops are grown with ease on these
fertile lands
SCHOOLS.
Besides the Dawson city schools,
which support eleven grades business,
music and expression departments,
there are 10 white and IS negro
schools in the county. Four of these
white schools are four-teacher schools,
two are three-teacher schools, three
are two-teacher schools and eight are
one-teacher schools.
There are now-1915-about 1,400
white children enrolled and 5000 ne
groes. The difference in figures is ac-
counted for by the fact that Terrell's
wide agricultural interests support a
large negro population, that race ex-
ceeding the white in about the pro-
portion of five to one.
The first school commissioners, ap-
pointed December p, 1856, were B..
| L. Welborn, Moses H. Baldwin and
Eli c. Hill and the initial efforts of
these three men has grown into
the splendid county school system
with a nine months term, partially
supported by local taxation.
EARLY SETTLERS.
Early settlers Of Lee, Randolph and
Terrell counties. Some OF these were
soldiers OF 1872, 1918, 1914
Terrell Benjamin Stigall, George
Powell, Harvey Collins, Charlie KEEL
! ly Daniel Woolbright, William Len
nard, George. Huckaby, Noah Walk
err William H. West, Benjamin Viii
liams, Thomas Goran, Burrel McLen-
DON Sugar ]. Corley, Thomas Raglan,
AmSs Mcfendon, Asa Albriton Quit
man Antedate 1850-Eh Aycock, A.
| ]. Baldwin (hrst sheriff., Moses Bald
win, Franklin Bailey (frst solicitor),
James Beard, Joseph Beard, James
Bones (hrst tax collector), f. F. By
mum, William Chambiss, David
Chambers. D. A. Cochran James
Daniel, Abel Daniel, Joseph Ether
idge, Hiram Garrett, William Graves
(hrst county representative, NJ. l..
Hodges, c. P. Huckaby f. J. Harris,
Daniel Harden (hrst county treasur
er), James Johnston, Daniel Kennedy,
William King, John Kitchens, Charlie
Kolb, David Lawhorn, Noah Lee,
Ludwell, Lennard (hrst ordinary,
Willis Lay, Thomas A. McWilliams,
Martin McLendon, Battey Moreland,
William Parker, James Powell Mich
er Powell, William Stevens, William
Simmons. Daniel Sewn, John Simp-
son. William Simpson, William
Thornton, S. A. Thornton, Henry
Turner, John Vanover, John Wize-
man, Samuel Williams, Myron Yves
ton first clerk Of COURT, James Wool
bright Willis Woolbright, William
Wall, Cain Wall, Washington Wool
bright
Judges of Terrell superior court were
David Kiddoo, Cuthbert; William
Perkins, Cuthbert; John T. Clark,
Lumpkin; David c. Harrell, Preston;
w. d. Kiddoo, Cuthbert; Arthur
Hood, Cuthbert; James H. Guerry,
Dawson; James NJ. Griggs, Dawson;
Henry c. Sheffield, Arlington, and
William c. Worrill, Cuthbert.
The solicitor generals of the Patau-
la circuit were Franklin d. Bailey,
Council B. Wooten, S. W. Parker,
James L. Flewellen, James H. Query,
lanes NJ. Griggs, Henry c. Sheffield.
The clerks of the superior courts
were NJ. E. Weston, Joseph /. Yves
ton. John c. F. Clark, Fred E. Clark,
Walter Dozier.
The ordinaries were Ludwell NJ.
Leonard, Thomas Jones, Wiley q.
Parks, Homer Bell, J. w Roberts
Walter B. Cheatham, L. c. Hoyl
The grand jury for the year 1887
consisted of the following Lewis
Gregory, R. L. Fulton, James Lever
cite, James TEaddock, Samuel l.. WI
liams, Fredwick Cherry, A. B. Cool
edge, Washington Woolbright, Amos
Smith, Etheridge Kaigler, Daniel +.
Lawhorn, James Powell, William b.
Graves Abram Sasser, Demetrlus
Cochran, William B. Graves, y. +. n
Lennard, P. H. McCook, Charles X
Kelly, B. F. Cook, Jesse simmons
Thomas Caldwell, Leonidas b. Mer-
Ger (foreman), and Myron Weston
(clerk.)
DAWSON.
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