Photograph of the home place of Alban and Elizabeth Sewell Willingham, near Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, about 1906
1906 · Vanishing Georgia collection, Georgia Archives (Digital Library of Georgia)
Named here: Alban William Willingham, Elizabeth Paulina Sewell, Ira Willingham, Eva Agnes McCollum
The record at the Digital Library of Georgia
Transcription
The archive's description of the photograph (Digital Library of Georgia catalogue record), exactly as given:
"near Cedartown, ca. 1906. Home place of Abran and Elizabeth Sewell Willingham. In yard Ira and Eva McCollum Willingham. Antebellum."--from field notes
Catalogue fields: date of original "1906"; subjects "Architecture--Georgia--Polk County", "Domestic life--Georgia--Polk County", "Landscape--Georgia--Polk County", "Portraits--Georgia--Polk County"; holding institution "Georgia Archives".
Citation: "[Photograph of home place of Abran and Elizabeth Sewell Willingham, near Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, ca. 1906]," photograph, item plk040-84, Vanishing Georgia collection, Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia; digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia, https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_plk040-84 (digital object https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:plk040-84), accessed 10 November 2026; found through the Digital Public Library of America. Rights: held by the Georgia Archives; the record says to contact the repository about reproduction and use.
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Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Paulina Sewell | Name | Elizabeth Sewell Willingham | Elizabeth Paulina Sewell, wife of Alban William Willingham | agrees |
| Elizabeth Paulina Sewell | Home | Her home place near Cedartown, Polk County, photographed about 1906; the house "antebellum" | Residence Youngs, Polk County, 1880, 1900 and 1910 | agrees (new: the house) |
| Alban William Willingham | Name | "Abran" Willingham | Alban William Willingham | conflicts (a misreading of Alban; see notes) |
| Alban William Willingham | Home | Home place of Alban and Elizabeth, near Cedartown | Residence Polk County 1870; died there 1878 | agrees |
| Ira Willingham | Residence, about 1906 | In the yard of his parents' home place | Born 1874 in Polk County; residence Cedartown 1910 | agrees |
| Eva Agnes McCollum | Marriage | "Eva McCollum Willingham," Ira's wife, about 1906 | Married Ira Willingham 17 January 1906, Calhoun, Georgia | agrees |