Built in 1899, this was once a general store in Veazey, Georgia. Veazey is an unincorporated community in Greene County. A post office for the town was established in 1881 and closed in 1933.
General Store in Veazey, Georgia
Tag Archives: Greene county
The Church That Would Not Die in Siloam, Georgia
Located just off downtown Siloam in Greene County, Georgia, is the St. Paul AME Church. This church was in horrible shape, and it’s clear there has been work to stabilize the structure. At one point, a sign said, “The Church that Would Not Die” above the door. It’s been gone for a few years, but those words are coming true.
There isn’t much known about the church. The building is early 1900s. I would not be surprised if they were an early freedmen’s church
Webb Grocery-Veazey, Georgia
Mosquito Crossing, Georgia
The photographs of the Farm Service Administration – Office of War Information were produced from 1935-1944. The federal government employed photographers to document the United States. The initial focus of the photographs was to document loans made by the Resettlement Administration.
The next focus of the project was to document the sharecropper experience in the South and farm workers in the Midwest. Marion Post Wolcott was one of the photographers. She and Jack Delano documented Greene County, Georgia. One of Wolcott’s photos was of a store on a dirt road in Mosquito Crossing, Georgia. While many places documented in Greene County have been demolished or lost to history, the Mosquito Crossing store still stands today.
The “Plea Flucker” House-Temperance Bell, Georgia
If you’ve ever looked at the Farm Security Administration photos in Georgia, you likely stumbled across Jack Delano’s work. He took photos of this home in Temperance Bell and called it the “Plea Flucker House.”
I always felt confident that the house no longer stood because of its condition in 1941. Wondered why it was called “Plea Flucker.” Knowing that houses are often named after the first owners of a home, I dove into Ancestry records to see if I could determine who or what “Plea Flucker” was. Based on Census, Findagrave, and tax records, I was able to determine that this was Palemon Fluker’s home. Several generations of Flukers lived in the area, and Palemon is buried in the Woodville Cemetery, which is next to Temperance Bell. I am guessing Plea was either a nickname, a misunderstanding of the name, or Delano misread his notes once the photos were printed.
Brown’s Chapel-Greene County, Georgia
