Remnants of a Rice Field in coastal Georgia

Starting Over in 1804 on the Georgia Coast

In 1804, two of my ancestors, John and Sarah (Farrar) Ashmore, were farming on a small island called Moss Island in the South Newport River, just inland from the Georgia coast, near what is now the Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge. They had four children: Joseph (13), John (10), Sarah (3), and Elizabeth, an infant. Two […]

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