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Donna Eldridge DonnaEldrid@aol.com and Jacquelyn Shepard  June 24, 2004, 10:05 pm

"The Quitman Echo - Quitman County, Georgia", by Jacquelyn Shepard,  page 15


                                        MORRIS STATION

     It is believed that the settlement was named for James Morris, whose son 
was the first depot agent there.  He lived near Cotton Hill and was buried in 
the Bragan Cemetery located about four miles south of Morris Station. His grave 
is one of the two remaining marked graves.

     Morris grew to be a good shipping point, accommodating people for miles 
around.  Although it was a good farming section it became quite a planer-
milling boom town in the 1920's, having seven stores, a cafe, a bank, a two 
story office building, and a post office.

     About 1860 a school stood on the back street in Morris and was taught by a 
Mr. Pittman, brother of Mrs. Dorothy Pittman Jolley.  Later Woodland Academy 
was built up on Highway 82 and functioned until between 1905-1910, when a three-
room school was erected in Morris and used by the community until about 1940.  
The school was then closed and the children sent to the school in Georgetown.

     A few of the older families were the Bud Davis family, the Teels, the Neri 
Johnsons, the Boyetts (their  homesite dates back to the Turners and the 
Brookins) the J. C. Jolleys, the Ross Wilsons, the Jack Hillmans, the 
Albrittons, and the Haistens.

     A few of the old homes in Morris yet stand and the love and care that has 
been given them by the few remaining families is evident.  The Baptist Church 
has received this same love and attention and it is a very attractive old 
country church.





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Transcribed and submitted by Donna Eldridge with permission from Jacquelyn 
Shepard


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