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  • Houseal, Willie H. (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1983)
    The document, dated in 1983, is a legal document detailing the NAACP et al v. Tillman et al., Civil Action 83-108 VAL case. The Civil Action is based on the failure to represent the 1st, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment as ...
  • Houseal, Willie H. (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection, 1989-01-11)
    The document, dated January 11, 1989, describes the Civil Action case No. CA-89-06 VAL. This is a case formed by Michael David Apperson vs. the City of Valdosta and the Valdosta Police department. Apperson states that both ...
  • Unknown author (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 2008)
    This item pertains to Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Grady County, Georgia, and is part of the Churches series within the Grady County Historical Society Collection. It includes newspaper clippings, an ...
  • Grady County Historical Society (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 2002)
    This item includes materials related to the Evergreen Congregational Church and School in Grady County, Georgia, and is part of the Churches series within the Grady County Historical Society Collection. Contents include ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1993-05)
    This issue of the newsletter recounts the military service of Francis Marion Shaw, who was conscripted into the Confederate Army in 1864 at the age of eighteen. Serving in the Florida Reserves, Shaw was wounded during a ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1993-01)
    The issue honors the life of Francis Marion Shaw, a Confederate soldier who lost his right arm in the Civil War, and his wife Rachel Moore Allen Shaw, highlighting their resilience, compassion, and legacy. The newsletter ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1993-07)
    This issue focuses on the life of Jesse Shelby “Dock” Shaw, the son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Shaw. Raised on the family farm in Ray City, Georgia, Dock married Susie Bullard and together they raised eight children ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1994-01)
    This issue focuses on the life of Francis Arthur Shaw, the eldest son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Allen Shaw. Arthur married Martha Victoria Giddens, whose life was marked by the social stigma of her illegitimate ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1994-04)
    This issue centers on the preserved love letters of Chester D. Shaw, the youngest son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Allen Shaw. In 1895, Chester left his home in Ray City, Georgia, and traveled to Louisiana, where he ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1994-10)
    This article describes the first Shaw family reunion held in Ray City, Georgia, on July 24, 1994, which aimed to reunite fragmented family branches. The newsletter emphasizes the joy and importance of these gatherings for ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-01)
    This issue focuses on Ida Jane Shaw, the second child and first daughter of Francis Marion and Rachel Shaw. Born on June 19, 1868, in Ray City, Georgia, Ida Jane married W. Bartow Parrish on June 29, 1884, and they established ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-04)
    This issue centers on Effie Cordelia Shaw, the fourth child of Francis Marion and Rachel Shaw. Born April 3, 1871, near Ray's Mill, Georgia, Effie married William D. Clements on December 9, 1888. They established a significant ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-07)
    This issue primarily addresses a discrepancy in Francis Marion Shaw's death date. While his headstone and Folks Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia record his death as January 1, 1922, newly examined estate papers, ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-11)
    This issue primarily celebrates Rachel Moore Allen Shaw, highlighting her as the family's matriarch. She is identified as a ninth-generation granddaughter of Reverend John Robinson, the spiritual leader of the Mayflower ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-02)
    This issue primarily details the estate of Jeremiah Shaw, Jr. , father of sixteen children, including Francis Marion Shaw. It explains his October 31, 1877 will, which appointed his sons William Jasper and Francis Marion ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-05)
    This newsletter focuses on Barzilla Allen and Rachel Moore Allen, highlighting their early family life and the subsequent life of their first son, William Barzilla Allen. Barzilla Allen, born November 29, 1837, in Lowndes ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-11)
    This newsletter focuses on Family Feuds that caused significant discord within the family. It details three specific instances: Jesse Shelby "Dock" Shaw's financial dispute with his nephew, Bruner Shaw, which angered Dock's ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1997-04)
    This newsletter provides a photographic profile of Francis Marion Shaw, noting that only five known photographs depict his entire life journey. These rare images include his earliest portrait taken shortly after the Civil ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1997-07)
    This newsletter focuses on the life of Francis Marion Shaw, a Confederate veteran who lost his right arm in a skirmish at Cedar Keys, Florida, in 1864. Despite being gaunt from his trauma, he returned home to clear and ...
  • Shaw, Bryan Lee (1997-11)
    This newsletter profiles Chester David Shaw, the youngest son of Francis Marion and Rachel Allen Shaw, detailing a life marked by both wealth and tragedy. Born in 1875, Chester became a successful gentleman farmer and ...

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