Photograph of the Webb house, Monroe County, Georgia, about 1898
1898 · Vanishing Georgia collection, Georgia Archives (Digital Library of Georgia)
Citation: "[Photograph of Webb house, Monroe County, Georgia, ca. 1898]," photograph, item mnr058, Vanishing Georgia collection, Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia; digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia, https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mnr058 (digital object https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mnr058), accessed 9 November 2026; found through the Digital Public Library of America. Rights: "No Copyright - Contractual Restrictions"; the record says to contact the Georgia Archives about reproduction and use.
Transcription
The archive's description of the photograph (DPLA and Digital Library of Georgia catalogue record), exactly as given:
Monroe County, ca. 1898. This home was built before 1849 by Charles Webb and is located in the northern part of the county. Left to right: Mary Jane Webb Ham (Mrs. Erasmus Rucker), Sanford Allen, Mary Smith, and Tom Neal, who was a neighbor. The two girls were grandchildren of Mrs. Ham. The house still stands.
Catalogue fields: date of original "1898"; subjects "Children--Georgia" and "Architecture--Georgia--Monroe County"; holding institution "Georgia Archives". The image itself (seen only as the catalogue thumbnail) shows a frame house with a long front porch under trees, with several people standing in front of it.
What it says, against the tree
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles C Webb | House | Built "before 1849 by Charles Webb," in "the northern part" of Monroe County | Died 23 May 1849 at Blount, Monroe, Georgia; buried in the Webb Cemetery, Blount | new (the house); agrees with his Monroe County residence |
| Mary Jane Webb | Married name | "Mary Jane Webb Ham (Mrs. Erasmus Rucker)" | Spouse Erasmus Rucker Ham (1830–1897) | agrees |
| Mary Jane Webb | Residence, about 1898 | Photographed at the Webb house, Monroe County | 1860 and 1880 in Proctors district, Monroe; died 10 June 1909 at Blount, Monroe | agrees (new detail: at her grandfather's house) |
| Mary Jane Webb | Grandchildren | Two girls in the photograph were her grandchildren (not named) | no descendants recorded under her in the export | context |
| Erasmus Rucker Ham | Wife | Named as Mrs. Ham's husband | Spouse Mary Jane Webb | agrees |