Soybeans were in abundance in this area, as were beautiful autumn clouds.
Soybeans, Durdenville
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Tag Archives: Georgia Farms
Cucumber Farm, Ellenton
Farmhouse & Barn, Tattnall County
This classic farmhouse and barn are located in a large pecan orchard.
Silo, Candler County
As you can tell by things that I photograph, not everything I capture is literally vanishing. It’s still my focus and will remain so to document old farmhouses and barns, small town architectural landmarks, country churches and the like. But since population trends suggest that fewer people are living in rural America and more are being pulled into the cities for work, I think nearly everything that represents our rural heritage is worth recording.
Jones Farmhouse, Tift County
This pioneer log house was the first dwelling built on the historic Grady Jones farmstead.
It’s a good illustration of a “starter” home common among South Georgia farm families in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Mason Thompson Farm, Tift County
MaryBeth Bishop notes that this is located on the Mason Thompson farm.
Gulf Oil Sign, Colquitt County
Corn Crib, Jeff Davis County
George F. A. Williamson Farm, Ben Hill County
According to his granddaughter, Betty Courson, this was the homeplace of the late George Fredrick Allan Williamson (1896-1970). His grandfather George Williamson (1822-1901) and wife Charity Sara Frances Jeffcoat Williamson (1827-1898) came to the area from South Carolina in the 1840s and the community of Williamson’s Mill grew up around their farm and homeplace. Williamson owned 2000 acres and gave each of his sons a homesite. He also founded Salem Baptist Church. Betty notes that the old mill pond was located at the site of the voting precinct today and the mill produced wood shingles for the homes being built in the area, nearly all of which are long gone.
Denton Farm, Bickley
David Musgrove writes: I believe this is the house my father lived in as a child. It was known by the family as the Denton farmhouse because it was owned by the Denton’s. The area is overgrown now. My father, his brothers and his sister took some pictures of this house only last week. My grandfather was Willis Edgar Musgrove. There is a well he put in behind the house with his name in the cement.
