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Revolutionary War veterans in DeKalb County

According to “The History of DeKalb County: 1822-1900” by Vivian Price, twenty-one veterans of the Revolutionary War lived their last days and are buried in DeKalb County, including portions of DeKalb that later became Fulton County. Here is a brief history of a few of those soldiers.

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Wehunt’s Store in Brookhaven

According to history written down by Mrs. W. A. Willig in 1976, placed in the Brookhaven Library, and shared with DeKalb History Center, the first grocery store in Brookhaven was Wehunt’s.

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Columbia Cheek, Dunwoody Postmaster 1906

Columbia became Postmaster in December 1906 and kept that position until Dillard Blackwell took over February of 1920. There was no mail delivery yet, but she would have operated the post office, which was in a small building on the Cheek family property.

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Redan and Shady Grove Schools 1916

Redan School and Shady Grove Schools are included in the 1916 book, “Educational Surveys of DeKalb County and Union County, Georgia.” I am slowly working my way through the schools in this book.

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Two locations-Treasure Island 1968, Home Depot 1979

The mid-century folded plate roof design of Treasure Island stores made them stand out. It was known as the store under the squiggly roof.

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Georgia driver’s licenses began in 1937

Georgia’s Governor Eurith D. Rivers introduced the legislation for the driver’s license in 1937, but only new drivers were required to take an examination. Governor Rivers received the first driver’s license in the state.

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Oglethorpe University employee prevents 1939 train accident

Long noticed a large iron beam projecting from a switch. It was a brake beam that came loose from a freight car as the car passed the switch.

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Lawson General Hospital in 1941, Morris Volpp and others

Volpp was first sent to Camp Forrest hospital in Tennessee. He developed rheumatic fever and was moved to Lawson General Hospital in Chamblee, Georgia.

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Coming soon: new Lawson General Hospital photos

A wonderful collection of photos was shared with me by the family of Morris J. Volpp. He contracted rheumatic fever while serving in the National Guard in 1941. These photos are not large group photos, but pictures of Volpp and a few other patients on the campus of Lawson General Hospital.