Time Capsule Plaque Unveiled

by | Jan 4, 2021 | August, Fayette County History

August 20, 1974 Time Capsule Plaque Unveiled   A ceremony took place at the old Fayette County courthouse on August 20, 1974, that future generations should remember. A time capsule had been buried two years prior on the east side of the building and a freshly...

Stanley Neely

by | Jan 4, 2021 | August, Fayette County History

August 6, 1941 Stanley Neely   Robert Stanley Neely was born in Newnan on August 6, 1941. Stanley was very instrumental in the formation of the Peachtree City Fire Department. Stanley and Sallie Satterthwaite headed the effort to start emergency medical service...

Richmond Dorman

by | Jan 4, 2021 | August, Fayette County History

August 4, 1817 Richmond Dorman Richmond Dorman was born August 4, 1817. He was a soldier in the 1836 Creek Indian Wars as a Private in the 55th Georgia Militia. In 1839, he married Emily Parker. They had a family of eleven children. Richmond operated a blacksmith shop...

N. W. Kelley

by | Jan 4, 2021 | August, Fayette County History

August 29, 1893 N.W. Kelley   Noah Wilbourne Kelley was born August 29, 1893 at the family farm on Kelley Road near Brooks in the same room where his father was born. The son of Minnie Patterson Kelley and George Columbus Kelley, he was educated in the Brooks...

John Lynch, Named County Historian

by | Jan 4, 2021 | August, Fayette County History

August 11, 2019 John Lynch, Named County Historian John Lynch was named Fayette County Historian on August 11, 2019. John was involved in the compiling and writing the “The History of Fayette County, Georgia 1821-1971”, and published in 1977. He was one of four people...