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History of Thomas County and the Georgia Watchman
The Georgia Watchman began as Thomas County's first newspaper with its first issue on February 1 1853 edited by F Walker Johnson. The piece lists attorneys doctors merchants and officials of the era and notes stockholder meetings for the Brunswick and Florida Railroad along with hotel advertisements and political nominations. The 1854 issue carries a speech by J L Seward and references a gathering of Brunswick and Florida Railroad stockholders in Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Watchman
Thomas County
F. Walker Johnson
Washington
John T. Chastain
John B. Miller
Brunswick
Lyon & Evans
John Lyon
Newton, Ga
John W. Evans
Baintis
Richard Mitchell
Taylor H. Mitchell
Benjamin D. Hall
de Bonis
Hardy Blalock
Miles J. Guest
Elizabeth Guest
Ware County
Thomas W. Terrell
Joseph Dupont
Juniper Hall
Iradel
Elizabeth Hall
James T. Hayes
John W. Hurst
Susan C. Howell
Harriet Howell
Lowndes
Tattnall
Telfair
Ware
Appling
Irwin
Epkingham
Clintch
Thomas Counties
D. R. Watson
Boston
Berry and Bowles
Tallahassee
Hardy H. Bryan, Jr
Willis J. Parnell
Remington, Sharpe and Evans
Berry and Rowles
Brunswick and Florida
R. R. Co
Elijah R. Young
Thomas Jones
Thomas B. Winn
Thomas M. Boston
Mitchell
B. Jones
Thomasville
W. A. Ivey
Planters Hotel
W. W. Harrell
Bainbridge
Decatur House
T. J. McBain
Georgia House
Milledgeville
James L. Seward
Congress
Democratic Party
Union Whig
T. T. Long
Long
James W. Roberts
Watchman
Murdock MclIntosh
J. L. Seward
Nebraska
Kansas
McIntosh
Georgia
Florida R. A
Col
Michael
Florida
Fletcher, Institute
Alabama
Texas
R.H. Lucky
F. S. Wood
F. F. Brandon
A. L
F. B. Mathers
A R Simmons
The
Leonoreon D. DeLyon
H. R. Seward
Superior Court
Jared Everett
Jared I. Whiddon
Scott Vann
William Bryan
B. G. Stephens