Judge Thomas Alfred Durrence (1831-1893) was a pioneer of this section of Georgia and an early settler of what would later become Evans County. He was a state representative, served on the board of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, and served on the board of Brewton’s Methodist Church. His antebellum Plantation Plain-style farmhouse, south of Claxton, is in good condition and a nice example of 19th century rural Southern architecture.