Central of Georgia Tracks Diagrams.

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Central of Georgia Tracks Diagrams.

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This collection contains two construction diagrams of railroad tracks in Chatham County belonging to the Central Railroad and Banking Company, which was later incorporated as Central of Georgia Railway. One diagram shows tracks near Louisville Road in the area of Pooler, Georgia. The tracks were built on land belonging to Central of Georgia as well as land purchased from Ebenezer Jenckes, John P. Williamson and Captain R.W. Pooler. The diagram was drawin by William Hughes, C.S. of Liberty County, Georgia. The other diagram has no geographically identifying marks. The diagrams were purchased by GHS in 1954. These items were removed from the GHS map collection (1361-MP) during a 2009-2011 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant project and cataloged as an archival collection. The items are numbered 38, which corresponds to their original position in the GHS map collection.

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Central of Georgia Railway

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The Central Rail Road and Canal Company was organized in 1833 by a group of Savannah businessmen. In 1835, its name changed to Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. The company was sold and reorganized as the Central of Georgia Railway in 1895. IN 1971, the name changed to Central of Georgia Railroad. From the description of Central of Georgia Railway stock certificate, 1839. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 46736168 The Central of Georgia Railwa...

Hughes, William, 1793-1825

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William Hughes was born in Sunbury, Georgia and attended the Sunbury Academy. He was the last surviving pupil of Dr. William McWhir, the long-time principal of the Academy. He taught at Sand Hills School from 1816 to 1817, and again in 1819. He also taught at the Sunbury Academy in 1818; both of these schools were in Liberty County. He was elected surveyor of Liberty County in 1844 and continued in that capacity into the 1880s. In 1847 he was also Deputy Surveyor of Bryan County. He made surveys...