Tobacco Barn, Ocilla
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Tobacco Barn, Circa 1950, Rye Patch
Barbara Hodges Grant writes: This tobacco barn belonged to my family . I strung tobacco there as a young girl. It was owned by William Hodges. My grandparents, the Sapp family farmed there, followed by Veda Sapp Hodges Hinely, before it was sold. (Many know it as the Hinely place today). Aaron Hutcheson adds: I purchased this property in may of 1990, I had the barn repaired and replaced the shelters. It is in pretty good shape. Me and my family helped to build this barn in the early 1950’s. We worked at this barn putting in tobacco in 1953. A lot of love and hard work have been put in this farm. We have completely rebuilt the farm house. We have converted the farm from row crop to timber and pine straw. This is a beautiful home place.
Tobacco Barn, Rye Patch
Tobacco Barn, Long County
Heat fed through this furnace circulated through the flue and dried the tobacco leaves hanging in the barn.
Tobacco Barn, Tift County
If my notes are correct, this is located on Ferry Lake Road.
Brick Tobacco Barn, Ben Hill County
Shrouder Farm Tobacco Barn, 1940s, Coffee County
H. Floyd Ellis writes, via our Facebook page: This barn, at least 62 years old, is on the farm previously owned by the late Selma Monroe Shrouder (1927-1979). Upon our grandmother’s death, it was divided among the heirs about 8 years ago. This area/section was then sold.
Jesse Bookhardt remembers the tobacco culture of the era: Every time I see an old barn or a tobacco field, my back starts to ache. The plant is plenty deadly, but back in the day many a South Georgia boy, girl, woman, and man earned a living growing and marketing the cancer weed. I never smoked, dipped nor chewed, but I sometimes got
green tobacco sickness from the nicotine that leached into my skin while
working cropping the green leaf in the field.
Tobacco Barn, Tattnall County
This tobacco barn is a well-known landmark on Georgia Highway 57, between Collins and Cobbtown.
Update: As of 2024, this barn has collapsed.
Tin Tobacco Barn, Irwin County
Log Tobacco Barn, 1939, Irwin County
This was one of two log tobacco barns I found in Irwin County during my first few years looking for historic structures. The date 1939 was written, I believe, on the concrete around the base of the kiln. It was nearly gone the first time I photographed it, and this was my last time there.
Update: This barn was gone by 2012.