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Dinah Watts Pace was born enslaved on January 9, 1853, near Athens, Clarke County, Georgia to Emily and Sterling Watts, as the property of the Alexander family. [1] [2] By the time she was eight years old, Mrs. Alexander headed the household and was running a boarding house with around twelve 12 slaves.
Picture of the Atlantic Journal article of the home representing The Twelve Oaks that Margaret Mitchell found. In Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind, Twelve Oaks is the plantation home of the Wilkes family in Clayton County, Georgia named for the twelve great oak trees that surround the family mansion in an almost perfect circle.
Covington is located in north central Georgia, in the eastern part of Metro Atlanta. Interstate 20 runs to the north of the city, with access from exits 90, 92, and 93. Via I-20, downtown Atlanta is 35 mi (56 km) west, and Augusta is 112 mi (180 km) east.
In 1902, this paper merged with its competitor, The Covington Star, to become The Enterprise under the ownership of Charles G. Smith. The Enterprise was sold in 1908 to Lon. L. Flowers, and its name was changed to The Covington News. The newspaper had a number of owners between 1908 and 1931, when it was purchased by Belmont Dennis and his family.
Riverside Drive was a popular place to build the finest houses in Covington, with many still standing from the early 19th century. Over thirty of the buildings in the district are considered exceptional samples of their architectural style. [3] There are several independently notable buildings in the district.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 557 square miles (1,440 km 2), of which 544 square miles (1,410 km 2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km 2) (2.2%) is water. [4]
The exes share sons Lucian and Sorin, whom they welcomed in 2014 and 2016, respectively. In 2018, Weston tied the knot with current wife Hila Cage Coppola , with whom he shares twin daughters.
The "Plan of Cincinnati" from the 1878 Encyclopaedia Britannica, showing the layout of downtown Covington and Newport to the south. In 1814, John Gano, Richard Gano, and Thomas Carneal purchased 150 acres (0.6 km 2) on the west side of the Licking River at its confluence with the Ohio River, referred to as "the Point," from Thomas Kennedy for $50,000.