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The 1891 jail was designed to meet the need for a better jail as evidenced by Grand Jury minutes from time to time starting in the 1870s. The Old Jail was built on a site owned by Wilkes County. Two earlier jails were located on the same site but in somewhat different locations. Construction of the first jail started in 1796 and was completed ...
A prison farm (also known as a penal farm) is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts work — legally or illegally — on a farm (in the wide sense of a productive unit), usually for manual labor, largely in the open air, such as in agriculture, logging, quarrying, and mining.
Wilkes County, named for British politician and supporter of American independence, John Wilkes, is considered Georgia's first county established by European Americans; it was the first of eight original counties created in the first state constitution on February 5, 1777. The other seven counties were organized from existing colonial parishes.
A category for unincorporated communities in Wilkes County, Georgia (U.S. state). Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Wilkes County, Georgia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
A National Historic Landmark and a Georgia state historic site 22: Tupper-Barnett House: Tupper-Barnett House: April 11, 1972 : 101 W. Robert Toombs Ave. Washington: National Historic Landmark: 23: Washington Commercial Historic District
Some for-sale former correctional facilities, such as the Litchfield Jail in Litchfield, Conn., for example, have remained on the market for years without a bite, due to their undesirable penal ...
Burke County Wade Plantation: Screven Grove Point Plantation Chatham 80004451 Wilkes Knob Plantation: Marshallville: Macon 80001061 William S. Simmons Plantation: Cave Spring Floyd 84000265 Stafford Plantation: St. Marys: Camden: The only antebellum-era structures are "the chimneys," slave cabin ruins. 70000205 Susina Plantation: Beachton Grady ...
National Register of Historic Places in Wilkes County, Georgia (12 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Wilkes County, Georgia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.