Cherokee County

Photographs
Description Size Date Contributed by
Mound Prairie, Historical Marker Image 51K Feb 2010 Gina Heffernan The Registry
Mound Prairie Image 34K Feb 2010 Gina Heffernan The Registry
Priestly Photos
Can you help us identify the folks in these pictures? They were contributed by Angela McKnight in December 2009.
  The photo below (227kb) "was probably taken in the mid 1920's somewhere in Cherokee County. The 2 people that I can identify in the picture are Irma Priestly (2nd row, 5th from left), and Floyd Priestly (front row, 12th from right). These are children of Levie Dial Priestly Rogers."
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school photo 227kb
  The next photo (332kb) was "taken 23 February 1920 in Redlawn. I can identify Deb Priestly (3rd row, top left) and his sister, Ruth Priestly (4th row, second from right)."
Redlawn school photo 332kb
Providence Photos
Can you help us identify the folks in these pictures? They were contributed by Peggy Brock in January 2010.
  The photo below (138kb) "This may be a picture of Providence school??? the Man in picture is Malcom Long, the lady by him is his wife Myrtle Acker Long (Lanier).. Malcom died (buried at Providence) and Myrtle married Frank Lanier."
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school photo 138kb
  In this photo (60kb), "Frank Lanier is in middle row fourth from left, white shirt, no tie and step- daughter Riveria Long is in chair 7th from the right." The blackboard says Providence School.
Providence school photo 60kb
  Last photo (55kb), "Mom said it was a singing group, and her dad Frank Lanier is in the middle of the second row, gentleman with white shirt and hair parted in middle." His step-daughter Riveria Long (daughter of Malcom Long) is also in the photo.
school singing group photo 55kb