MAEBELL has started us off with some memories of Juliette (Jones County) If you relate to any of these things mentioned, please share with us all. This is a wonderful start!! The History of Jones County gives us how it reportedly got its name: It was when the Southern railroad was built that the little settlement became known as Juliette, and tradition says that the name was in honor of the first white woman to cross the river to make her home on the west side. Another story states that someone suggested that the two settlements, one on the east side and one on the west side be known as Romeo and Juliette. JULIETTE JULIETTE WAS A MILLING COMPANY, I WORKED IN THE COTTON MILL WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN, TO PAY MY WAS THROUGH SCHOOL. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER WE HAD A SCHOOL, THREE STORES A BARBER SHOP. WE WERE CALLED THE RIVER RATS, BUT WE HAD FUN. WE WERE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY. THE STORE ON THE WEST SIDE OF JULIETTE THREE STORES ONE WAS OWNED BY THE WILLIAMS, IT IS KNOWN NOW AS THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. I WALKED WITH MY GRANDMOTHER TO THE WEST SIDE OF JULIETTE EVERY WEEK BECAUSE SHE BOUGHT ALL HER FEED AND GROCIERYS FROM MR. WILLIAMS. ROBERT WILLIAMS INHERITED THE BUILDING WHO FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH JERIE LYNN WILLIAMS (NO KIN) THE STORE WAS BUILTED IN 1927 BY EDWARD L. WILLIAMS. I WILL SEND MORE LATER. THE TOWN OF JULIETTE WAS FIRST CALLED "GLOVER" AFTER DR. GLOVER WHO BUILT THE COTTON MILL NEAR THE RIVER IN EAST JULIETTE. THE TOWNS OF ICEBURG AND BROWNSVILLE HAD SPRUNG UP EARLIER BUT DISAPPEARED AS JULIETTE BEGAN TO GROW WITH THE COMING OF THE EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD IN 1882. BEING SPLIT BY THE OCMULGEE RIVER, THE TOWN OF JULIETTE IS IN MONROE COUNTY AND EAST JULIETTE IN JONES COUNTY. ROBERT M. WILLIAMS WAS THE FIRST POSTMASTER WHEN THE POST OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN HIS STORE BUILDING ON JUNE 30, 1879. THIS WAS IN THE ICEBURG COMMUNITY. JULIETTE RECIEVED ITS NAME FROM THE ENGINEER THAT WAS BUILDING THE RAILROAD. IT WAS NAMED FOR HIS DAUGHTER, JULIETTE MCCRACKEN. MCCRACKENSTREET IS THE NAAME OF THE MAIN STREET RUNNING THROUGH JULIETTE TODAY. THE FIRST JULIETTE SCHOOL WAS BUILT NEAR THE EXISTING JULIETTE METHODIST CHURCH AROUND 1900 AND BURNED IN 1907 IT WAS REBUILT AND STILL STANDS TODAY. IT IS UNSAFE TO GO IN AND IS FALLING APART. THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED IN 1943 AND FROM THAT TIME ON THE LOCAL KIDS RODE THE BUS TO FORSYTH. EAST JULIETTE HAD ITS OWN SCHOOL COMPLETE WITH A GYMNASIUM THAT RUN THROUGH THE NINTH GRADE FROM THERE THEY RODE THE BUS TO GRAY, WHICH IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF JONES CO. JULIETTE. G Virginia Crilley

These reminescences are wonderful and makes you remember walking down red dirt roads with grandparents, aunts and uncles. Does anyone on the list know where the Green Roberts house is in Jones County? It is mentioned in the history of Jones County, but that book doesn't give an address or town name. Thanks Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crilley" <varcsix@hot.rr.com> To: <GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: [GA-JONES] Juliette (Jones Co) > MAEBELL has started us off with some memories of Juliette (Jones County) > If you relate to any of these things mentioned, please share with us > all. This is a wonderful start!! > > The History of Jones County gives us how it reportedly got its name: > > It was when the Southern railroad was built that the little settlement became > known as Juliette, and tradition says that the name was in honor of the > first white > woman to cross the river to make her home on the west side. Another story > states > that someone suggested that the two settlements, one on the east side and > one on > the west side be known as Romeo and Juliette. > > > JULIETTE > > JULIETTE WAS A MILLING COMPANY, I WORKED IN THE COTTON MILL > WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN, TO PAY MY WAS THROUGH SCHOOL. > > ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER WE HAD A SCHOOL, THREE STORES > A BARBER SHOP. WE WERE CALLED THE RIVER RATS, BUT WE HAD FUN. > > WE WERE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY. > > THE STORE ON THE WEST SIDE OF > JULIETTE THREE STORES ONE WAS OWNED BY THE WILLIAMS, IT IS KNOWN > NOW AS THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. > > I WALKED WITH MY GRANDMOTHER TO > THE WEST SIDE OF JULIETTE EVERY WEEK BECAUSE SHE BOUGHT ALL > HER FEED AND GROCIERYS FROM MR. WILLIAMS. ROBERT WILLIAMS > INHERITED THE BUILDING WHO FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH JERIE LYNN WILLIAMS > (NO KIN) THE STORE WAS BUILTED IN 1927 BY EDWARD L. WILLIAMS. I WILL SEND > MORE LATER. > > > > THE TOWN OF JULIETTE WAS FIRST CALLED "GLOVER" AFTER DR. GLOVER WHO BUILT > THE COTTON MILL NEAR THE RIVER IN EAST JULIETTE. THE TOWNS OF ICEBURG AND > BROWNSVILLE HAD SPRUNG UP EARLIER BUT DISAPPEARED AS JULIETTE BEGAN TO GROW > WITH THE COMING OF THE EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD IN > 1882. BEING SPLIT BY THE OCMULGEE RIVER, THE TOWN OF JULIETTE IS IN MONROE > COUNTY > AND EAST JULIETTE IN JONES COUNTY. > > ROBERT M. WILLIAMS WAS THE FIRST POSTMASTER WHEN THE POST OFFICE WAS > ESTABLISHED IN HIS STORE BUILDING ON JUNE 30, 1879. THIS WAS IN THE ICEBURG > COMMUNITY. > > JULIETTE RECIEVED ITS NAME FROM THE ENGINEER THAT WAS BUILDING THE > RAILROAD. IT WAS NAMED FOR HIS DAUGHTER, JULIETTE MCCRACKEN. > MCCRACKENSTREET IS THE NAAME OF THE MAIN STREET RUNNING THROUGH JULIETTE TODAY. > > THE FIRST JULIETTE SCHOOL WAS BUILT NEAR THE EXISTING JULIETTE METHODIST > CHURCH AROUND 1900 AND BURNED IN 1907 IT WAS REBUILT AND STILL STANDS > TODAY. IT IS UNSAFE TO GO IN AND IS FALLING APART. > > THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED IN 1943 AND FROM THAT TIME ON THE LOCAL KIDS RODE THE > BUS TO FORSYTH. > > EAST JULIETTE HAD ITS OWN SCHOOL COMPLETE WITH A GYMNASIUM THAT RUN THROUGH > THE NINTH GRADE FROM THERE THEY RODE THE BUS TO > GRAY, WHICH IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF JONES CO. JULIETTE. G > > Virginia Crilley > > > > ==== GAJONES Mailing List ==== > Jones County Courthouse > Gray, GA 31032 > >