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Papa Gus: The Merchant Mayor of Union City
Our second great-grandfather — merchant, mayor, and fifty-eight years of Sunday mornings.
Aug 30
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Ninety-Six Years: The Long Life of Eliza Austin
Born in the shadow of one war, she sent a son to another and a grandson to a third — and raised the generation that raised us.
Aug 23
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Newnansville
The Town The River Built, by Mary Lois Forrester
Aug 21
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Aunt Ekie: The Teacher Who Shaped Generations
Jan 19
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The Story of Civility Walker: A Revolutionary War Daughter's Journey
Aug 10, 2025
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Lightning, Mules, and the Heart of a Community Leader: Major Gideon Moon Lynch (1837-1916)
Aug 27, 2025
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A Constant Thread
May 10
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Old Newspapers from High Springs: Gossip Columns and Local Life
Oct 8, 2025
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When the Great Greats Get Faces: The Warren Davis Edens Photo
Aug 31, 2025
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ALONE, YET NOT ALONE.
a poem by Nancy E. Sweat Dupree, Sister of Mary Jane Sweat Walker born 25 May 1853
Aug 16
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The Gap Between Two Williams
Chasing a Walker line from Tidewater Virginia to the Satilla River
Aug 11
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The Bridge Generation: Jesse Lucian Pace and the World Before the Mills
Part of an ongoing series, “The Great Greats,” on the Pace and Edens families of the South Carolina Piedmont.
Aug 1
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The Refugee Soldier: Isham Walker and the Crossing into Georgia
A Revolutionary War refugee, eight children, and two graves no one can find — the first generation of our Walker line in the South.
Jul 26
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The Road Through Cheraw
Jacob Surrency | de Surrency | Sourency, 1805–1880 | 4th great-grandfather
Jul 22
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Staring Back Across a Century
A 1911 Pickens County portrait, nine surnames woven together, and the faces I'm still learning to ask about out loud.
Jul 16
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Faces, One Family
Confirming (and guessing) our way through the Lightsey & Walker clan, circa 1926
Jul 12
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Lizzie Gantt: Ninety Years in Buncombe County
June 1962, somewhere outside Ocala, Florida
Jul 6
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A Boy Born on the Fourth of July: The Short Life of Theron Pace
One death certificate, one global pandemic, and a grief that lived on in a sister’s memory.
Jul 2
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From Georgia to Ireland, from draft cards to hand-stitched quilts — family history told one story at a time, through photographs, letters, and the records that almost didn't survive.
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