- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of George Washington Morris, DeKalb County, Georgia, ca. 1910?]
- Date of Original:
- 1910
- Subject:
- Portraits--Georgia--DeKalb County
DeKalb County (Ga.)--Religion - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "DeKalb County, ca. 1910? George Washington "G. Watt" Morris, one of the founders of Cedar Grove Methodist Church, which was later called Morris Chapel. He was a lay minister and did farming on the side. He planted cedar trees around the new church location at Bouldercrest and Cedar Grove Roads, and people liked it so well they changed the name to Cedar Grove. His father John Brown Morris, was one of DeKalb County's first road commissioners."--from field notes
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_dek220-85
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:dek220-85
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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