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SENOIA HOME IN LATE 1800S
This house was home of Capt. W.D. Linch. The photo, submitted by Paul McKnight, Jr., was probably made in 1891, or that may be the date the house was…
The "Anonym" Club
This photo is of a group called the "Anonym Club." The four men's names were written on the back of the frame in the following order: Harry Trantham, J. Litt Jones, John S. Hardaway, Jr. and W.L. Stricker.
A Gentleman Caller Comes A Courtin'
This gentleman and young lady are perched in a horse-drawn buggy in downtown Sharpsburg in the early 1900s. Seated in the buggy are W.B North and Polly Bridges. They are in front of the house of Mrs. Mary Bridges on the southeast corner of Terrentine…
YOUNG LADIES IN TURIN
These are two young ladies of Turin, Ga., in about 1895.Annie Lizzie North is seated, and Minnie Hunter is standing.
A SENOIA FAMILY
This Family group from Senoia, Georgia, in about 1899. The only person who can be positively identified is the gentleman standing in the back, fourth from left, Leonard Pinkston Neill.
READY FOR A PARADE
These people in a photo from about 1910, provided by Cliff Glover, Jr. of Newnan, are ready for a parade. Glover is the father of Newnan Mayor Clifford (Gandy) Glover III. The third person from the left on the wagon float is Clifford Glover, Sr.,…
READY FOR A RIDE
Rhodes Johnson and Nancy Bowers (Johnson) are seated in the front seat of this new automobile in the yard at the old Bowers home in the White Oak Community, J.D. Johnson and Mary Hunter (Chestnut) are seated in the back.
A TRIPLE WEDDING IN 1905
As the traditional "wedding season" gets underway, this photo gives a glimpse of a large triple wedding in the McColhum community off what is now U.S. Highway 29 in northern Coweta County. The wedding ceremony, which took place in August 1905, was…
A LOVER OF HISTORY
This photograph shows Miss Lily Reynolds on her birthday when she was in her late 80's or 90's. She was a lover of local history and co-wrote with Mary Gibson Jones the history of Coweta County published in 1926 called "Coweta Chronicles."
MORELAND RAILROAD STATION
Moreland is the traditional place to eat barbecue on July 4th in Coweta County - and has been for 40 years. In recent years the town has added the Puckett Station crafts fair to the annual barbecue event. The crafts fairs goes by the name for the…
A Cool Swim About 1910
The young people in this photo are enjoying a swimming outing at Hilley's Mill about 1910. The recreation spot was northwest of Powers' Crossroads. The names of the young women are not remembered. In front is (7) Gyp Stanley, and on the second row…
A Large Newnan Family
This photo from the files of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society, shows one of Newnan's large old families. The family is that of Mrs. I.E.C.W. Smith about 1917. From left are, front, Mrs. Sarah Peniston Moses, Ellis Redding Sims, Sr., Mrs. Em Smith…
AN 1890'S POLITICAL FISH FRY
This gathering in the Handy community is a political fish fry in the summer of 1893 for Newnan attorney, William Y. Atkinson, then in the midst of his campaign for governor of Georgia. It was hosted by W.L. Crowder near Handy Crossroads. Atkinson is…
OLYMPIA HOTEL
This view of the old Olympia Hotel in Newnan is from 1900. The structure was located on Greenville Street, on the present site of the Newnan Post Office and Federal Building.
'Possum Eaters Convention
December 5, 1946, brought the 34th annual 'Possum Eaters Convention - which was held in Newnan for many years at Bud Gay's restaurant on East Broad Street. The menu cooked by the popular black restaurant proprietor included crisp and brown roasted…
MISS NONIE GABLE
Miss Nonie Gable fondly remembers her musical talent of picking the guitar. Now at the age of 93, she is still alert and active and can tell many fascinating stories of times and changes.
THE MILLER FAMILY
This Miller family photo was taken at the old Jim Powell home on Greenville Street about 1901. The home is now used as a church, according to Artie Storey, who submitted the picture for her husband Tom Storey's great aunt, Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie"…
1940s BIRTHDAY PARTY
This social gathering of the 1940s is a party in honor of Miss Peggy Starnes' fifth birthday. Several of the young guests attended dressed in their mothers' clothes. In the photo are, from left, front Melissa Sanders, Ruth Hammet, unknown, Susianne…
19TH CENTURY COWETANS
Marcellus E. Washington, left, and his son Rufus Robert Edward Washington, right, were among the Coweta County folk of the 1800s. They are the maternal great-great-grandfather and great-grandfather of Tom Storey. The photo is provided by Mr. Storey's…
The Baileys of Raymond
The two young girls in the photo at left are Wylie Dee Bailey, left, and Evelyn Bailey of Raymond, Georgia. This and the other family photo are provided by a niece, Wyndolyn Wright Allen, and Wyllie Dee Bailey.
Miss Wyllie Dee Bailey was 77 on…
Miss Wyllie Dee Bailey was 77 on…
THE MILLER MEN
In this photo from Artie Storey are her husband Tom Storey's great-grandfather and four of his children. In the center is William Henry Bryson Miller, born February 8, 1860 in Dekalb County, Ga., son of Captain (CSA) William Andrew Calhoun and…
William Neill (1795-1874)
William Niell (1795-1874) and his wife, Elener Endsley Neill (1797-1881), were early settlers of Coweta County.
Em, Em, Good!
Eating plates of spaghetti in this scene from 1973 are a young John Bolin, left, and Carol Sprayberry. The photo, provided by Dick Bolin, was published to remind Coweta County folks to attend the annual spaghetti supper sponsored by the Henry…
YOUNG LADIES OF DAYS GONE BY
These young ladies were photographed about 1910 in Coweta County. They are the daughters of George W. and Sophia Boswell, early settlers of Moreland. Rosa Boswell Yeager is standing at left, and Ruth Boswell Gray, right. Rosa lived around Moreland…
Cruce Sisters
This photograph depicts two daughter of Steven Oliver Cruce who was killed in the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. His wife was Sarah Eleanor "Nellie" Neill Cruce. Mary Frances "Molly" Cruce is left, and Elisabeth "Alice" Cruce…
A Play to Remember
This young group of actors performed in a children's play presented at the auditorium over the Carnegie Library in downtown Newnan about 1922. From left are, front, Bill Lee, Sally Cook, Jimmy Williams, Patsy Woodroof (standing), Lamar Smith and Dot…
Neill Wrote Church History
William Tatum Neill (1848-1918), right, wrote the history of Bethel Methodist Church. At left is his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Hall Neill (1852-1911).
Paul Cole and His Family
Paul Cole and his family were among the hard working residents of northern Coweta County in the early part of the 20th century. A son, William Cole, has been featured in another Coweta County Remembered photo plowing on the old Spence Place on Walt…
SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD
The people in this photo were the Coweta County Selective Service Board in about 1944. The draft board office was located in the Newnan Municipal Building, where the picture was made. From left are, front, R.L. Austin, Wilber Johnson, John Robinson,…
A Neill girl
This photograph belonged to the parents of Mrs. Frances Banks Storey. The identity of the woman is not known, but Mrs. Storey said she was believed to be "a Neill girl."
First Prize at Fair
This brother and sister, Talmadge Smith, age two, and Hazel Smith, age six months, both won first place in their age division in a baby show at the Coweta County fair of 1919. They are wearing their outfits from the show. The photo is provided by the…
JOHN ADDISON STOREY
John Addison Storey is the great-grandfather of Tom Storey of Newnan. John Addison was born about December 1837, the son of George and Mary Storey of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He married Susan Elizabeth Kidd, born about 1840, in October…
KIMBREL ANCESTORS
These are members of the Kimbrel family in Sharpsburg. In the photo are, from left, Joshua Larkin Kimbrell, born Nov. 26, 1857, and died Oct. 13, 1946; Ida Estelle Feltman Kimbrel, who lived until August of 1936; and their son Jim Ed Kimbrel, born in…
MRS. AND MRS. T.L. LANG, SR.
These photos from Thomas L. Land, Sr. show him and his wife, the late Mrs. Sara Starr Lang. The photo of Mr. Lang shows him in his World War One uniform. Lang grew up close to the Happy Valley area of the county. When he was called to serve in WWI,…
THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
These brothers and sisters are from the Austin family of Coweta County. From left are, front, Jet Austin, Susie Newman, Johnny Austin, Annie Austin; back T.D. "Booze" Austin, Sara Amis, Bob Austin and Nell Austin. Mrs. Sara Amis was 99 on her…
THESE SHARPSBURG LADIES
These Sharpsburg ladies are gathered at Pitman's Pond in the 1880s or 1890s. The event was possibly a picnic, although their dress finery may indicate a more auspicious occasion. Left to right are Nora North, Ella North Hardy, Mamie Harrison, Clara…
THE NEWNAN READING CIRCLE
The Newnan reading circle members in this group were gathered for a meeting January 5, 1950, at the home of Miss Mary Ella Camp. This organization was established in 1909 and is now Newnan's oldest continuous cultural club. The membership has always…
BEAVERS FAMILY REUNION, 1906
This photograph was made at the first reunion of the family of John S. and Martha Hubbard Beavers in 1906. In the group are, from left, front, Ray Beavers, Roy L. Wortham, Mattie Sue Beavers, Frank Grimes, Buford Grimes; second row, Ross Beavers,…
SHARPSBURG CITY SLICKERS
Shown are three young men of Sharpsburg, probably on their early 20s, about the turn the century. From left are George T. Smith, Charles A. Williams and James Augustus "Gus" Bridges. The photograph was probably made about 1900 by S.F. Jackson, a…
BEAVERS FAMILY GATHERING
This group photo of the Beavers family was taken in the late 1930s at a birthday dinner for Robert Claude Beavers, the father, third from left. They were photographed at the home of Melson Ware on the Franklin Highway in Newnan. From left are Emory…
1935 DANCING CLASS
These young dancers were students of Miss Alberta Benham (Mrs. Aaron Keheley) in 1935. This photograph is provided by Mary John Thomas, who is among those in the group. From left are Barbara Ann Jackson, Marjorie Robinson (Wilson) who is Ms. Thomas'…
HAYES FAMILY, 1910
This group photograph made February 13, 1910, shows one of Coweta County's older families. Surrounded by eight of their nine children, one son-in-law and one granddaughter are, center, William Henry Harrison Hayes and wife Amma Moody Hayes. The…
MURPHY FAMILY ABOUT 1940
This group photo shows one of Coweta county's families about 1940. Gathered around A.J. "Berry" Murphy and his wife Etna Belinda Carter Murphy are their children, in-laws and grandchildren at the A.J. Murphy Home. It is provided by Lena Latimer…
COWETA FARMING FAMILIES
These two couples were among Coweta County's many farming families of the early 1900s. They are ancestors of Tom Storey and the photos are provided by his daughter Elizabeth Faith Storey Rubalcaba. Robert Pinkton "Pink" Washington and his wife Nannie…
SEWELL FAMILY
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marion Sewell of the Happy Valley area of northern Coweta County was photographed about 1896 or 1897 while visiting at the home of Miss Dee Hood in Roscoe. Mr. Sewell and his wife Jeanette Hobgood Sewell are shown…
MURPHY HOME PLACE
This is the second of two group photos provided by Lena Latimer Murphy (Mrs. Hewlette C. Murphy), showing the old A.J. "Berry" Murphy home place. A picture of the family in the 1940s was published November 10, 1987. The home, still standing, is on…
THE "JAZZ WAGON"
Lowery "Rat" Welch is pictured in his modified version of the T-Model Ford automobile which he named the "Jazz Wagon." The scene is Greenville Street in 1923, during the Roaring Twenties.
THESE COUSINS
These cousins posed for a group picture at the S.F. Jackson studio in Newnan about 1904. Jim Boswell, center, and Lelia Boswell Smith, right, are brother and sister, children of George and Sophia Boswell of Moreland. Their cousin at left is Myrtle…
THE FAMILY OF MR. AND MRS. C.J. BARRON
The family of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Barron is shown in this photo made around 1901 by Mr. S. Frank Jackson, who was a relative and a photographer. The photo is provided by Harold Barron, who said it was made at the foot of West Washington Street at the…
SOUTHERN SNOWBALLS
Even if there is not much snow in Coweta County, youngsters always make the best of what does fall. In the scene at top, several little boys in Newnan show off their Southern-style snowballs filled with leaves about 1928 or 1929. They are shown in a…
CHILDREN OF C.J. BARRON
A family photo of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Barron and the eldest six of their children was published in the February 2, 1988, edition of the Times-Herald. This photo shows the younger six children born after the first photo was taken. It was made about 1917…