Euharlee Welcome Center and History Museum

08/31/2026

Where were we? Lets pick back up in the store ledger page 9, dated Feb. 2, 1907. This is from the Euharlee General Store that was being operated by Mr. T.J. Taylor.
The picture is said to be Mr. William (Bill) Taylor, taken in the general store, year unknown.

Ledger Page 9
Feb 2, 1907
278 JP Campbell
5lbs nail .25
251 WL Ballard
1 gal k oil .20
5 bars soap .25
5 plugs to***co .50
269 RS Nelson
Mdse for John 1.08
401 Everett Calaway
1 [rash?] tob .05
301 Paul Nelson
6 [plow points?] @.20 1.20
249 Author Nelson
6 [plow points?] @.20 1.20
270 Paul Kennedy
1 box sausage .10
1 [?] tob .05 cigars.10 .15
251 Will Ballard
3 1/3 # coffee .50
254 WW Calaway
Cr by cash 2.25
305 Cartersville Gro Co
Cr by bill goods Jan 29 53.11
Dr to amt transferred to
Jolly & Jolly Kingston 53.11
279 Jolly & Jolly
Cr by bill goods from Cartersville
Gro Co Jan 29 53.11
243 Clyde Kennedy
15 # sausage 1.00
1 bot limon .10

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08/29/2026

We're open today! 12-4pm, new exhibits & fall goodies that are delicious, comforting, and bring joy.

08/28/2026

08/26/2026

What did we find today when we walked the Euharlee Farmers Market area? We found broken pottery & crockery, what appears to be a leaf spring, chert, twist nails, square nail, milk glass, a spring sticking out of the ground, and a ton of broken glass. Its the last market day of the season but we do hope to be back out here sometime this fall to do another archeology dig that will be open to the public.

08/26/2026

We have a follow-up to our follow-up for Ledger page 8. Another set of discerning eyes noted that what we thought said west actually said twist. This unlocked our search and helped us learn a little bit more about to***co in 1907. Thank you and thats another reason we want to share these pages, because sometimes others see what we cannot.

This ad was found in the The Atlanta Georgian, December 19, 1906, Image 8

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https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053730/1906-12-19/ed-3/seq-8/print/image_611x817_from_0,0_to_4073,5444/

08/25/2026

Follow up on Ledger page 8:

On page 8 I can’t help but tell you about H.F. Martin, his full name was Horace Franklin Martin, son of Williams Lewis “Dock” Martin and Zilla Ellen Jolly. Mr. Martin was my Great Grandfather, his son James “Jim” Franklin Martin Sr. was my Grandfather. Lets address his purchase first and then I will tell you a little bit more about him. Apparently, he purchased 10lbs of to***co, and I’m still trying to research the words in parentheses but I can make out grape _ west. Maybe another set of eyes can make out the rest or someone who knows more about to***co than I do. I can tell you that that was a lot of to***co for an individual to buy. He would have been around 25 at the time, maybe he was sharing? Horace married Augusta Reppard Williams, daughter of James “Bully” Warren Williams and Fannie Watts Auchmuty. Horace was a farmer and he and Augusta would go on to have 10 children, sadly losing two of them in early childhood. One of them was Vera, who passed on News Years Day 1921. We found a sad but touching account of her death written by Mrs. Cary Nelson. We also found the announcement of their son, Hulon (Huel) Jolley Martin, passing in 1923. As sad and tragic as that was it was not uncommon to have lost children. Horace and Augusta continued to raise their family and lived on Lowry rd. until their deaths in 1955 & 1962. Horace was born in and died in the same house, an 1880’s dog trot cabin on land that was handed down to his mother Zilla when her father William Jolley passed in the Civil War. His wife Augusta comes from founding members of our community & the Stilesboro community as well. I’m sure we will explore more of their or related families history as we continue to explore the store ledger. We are going to attach some supporting documents such as marriage records a hoto and even Augusta's baptism record from the Euharlee Presbyterian Church but disclaimer some of the documents relate to how Vera passed, so if it would be bothersome or painful for you to read please don't look.

08/25/2026

Follow up on ledger page 7:

Lets check out Mr. R S Nelson today. The Nelson name is a familiar one not just in Euharlee but all over Bartow County. His full name was Robert Speer Nelson and he was born in 1873 and passed away in 1955 at the age of 81. He was interred in the Euharlee Presbyterian Cemetery as many of the Nelson family are. Including his father Judge Melvin Calhoun Nelson, we found his obituary from 1927 and it highlights how active in the Bartow community the Nelson family was. Robert gets his middle name for his Maternal Grandmother Othella (Speer) Carey and she was the daughter of Robert Speer, one of the early members of the Euharlee Presbyterian Church. We are including with this post what we found in the historical church minutes form the church. This basically equates to an obituary and give us his date of birth, Dec. 26th, 1808 and his being united with the Rocky Springs Church in South Carolina. Then his being accepted by letter into Euharlee Presbyterian church July 29, 1854 and sadly his passing on March 18th, 1882. There is so much more we could explore about this family and we will in time!

Nelson:
The Atlanta Constitution
Fri, Feb 18, 1927 ·Page 8
Year: 1910; Census Place: Euharlee, Bartow, Georgia; Roll: T624_171; Page: 8b; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1374184
Registration State: Georgia; Registration County: Bartow County
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Euharlee, Bartow, Georgia; Roll: 40; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 8-18
Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia

08/25/2026

The search party finally returned with information on Mr. Nute Richardson from ledger page 5! We believe that Nute could be a misspelling of Newt, short for Newton. When doing research on another person we came across Newton Richardson and his family living in Euharlee in 1910. We also found some interesting documents where a Newton Richardson and his family application was rejected for enrollment of Eastern Cherokee. This is according to the Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910. We are attaching the images of those files and the 1910 census records for you to take a look at.

08/25/2026

Well, y’all it’s the last OFFICAL Market of the year this Wednesday. We want to say thank you to everyone that comes out each week to support our local farmers & artisans. The market can’t continue without your support and we also want to say thank you to our amazing vendors that show up every week and sit through heat and sometimes rain to bring their produce and goods to the market. We are more than just another farmers market, the individuals that come to the market and stay become our friends and sometimes even family. So, thank you!

But….this is not the last you will see this year of your favorite market vendors. The vendors will have the opportunity to set up at the Euharlee History Museum on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month, if they choose to do so. There's more, we are happy to announce that our Market will be returning for the Euharlee Covered Bridge Fall Festival and set up in our normal location but we will have the added bonus of having Red Top Growers bringing their beautiful Mums & Pumpkins to sell. Some of you may remember last year we hosted a mum & pumpkin sale at the Museum? Well, it was so successful that we wanted to bring it back this year. If you are looking for boiled peanuts & fried pies at the festival, look no further that Ms. Bobbie’s. They along with Amanda’s cake creations and Mr. Randy and others will be there.

We look forward to seeing you this Wednesday and throughout the fall.

08/25/2026

Here is today's store ledger post its dated Jan. 30, 1907 - Feb. 1, 1907.
Lets see what we can learn today. Some of the surnames mentioned today are: Kennedy, Martin, Ballard, Templeton, Taylor, Swanson, Wise, & Nelson.

Transcription:
Jan. 30, 1907
270 Paul Kennedy
Candy .15
Viena sausage .15
307 H F Martin
10 # tob (grape [vim?] west) 3.80
275 SM Kennedy
1 gal k oil .20
1 box liver medicine .25
251 Will Ballard
15 # sugar 1.00
1 gal k oil .20
274 Scott Templeton
15 # sugar 1.00
Jan 31 1907
280 TJ Taylor
6 lbs grits .15
3 “ beans .15
366 JR Davis
Cr to cash.50 2lbs coffee.40 .90
1 gal syrup.60 candy.05 ..65
274 S.E Templeton
Stock powders .75
[1 pr shoes returned .75]
Feb 1 1907
263 Fred Swanson
1 gal k oil .20
1 pr overalls 1.00
402 Henry Wise
1 box sardines .05
[Paul Nelson]
[1 box salmon.15 ½ # ?.05 .20]
[1 bx sausage .10]
[Paid]