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Albert C. Lewis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 314

Scope and Contents

Included in this small collection are the blueprints for the house at 1534 Eberhart Avenue. It is a two story dwelling, with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths plus servant's bath. The six-sheet blueprint package does not list an architect.

A book entitled The Bench and Bar of Georgia: Memoirs and Sketches by Stephen F. Miller, vol. II, 1858 is included in the collection. The front piece is stamped "please return to L.W. Smith, agent, Talbotton, Ga." There is no apparent connection to either of the resident families. Folders 2-7 all relate to the Towns family.

A letter addressed to Mrs. Smisson from Sarah Q. Smith (Mrs. Edgar L.) in Washington, Georgia is also included. It is in response to a query about General George N. Towns of Wilkes County. Another document from the DAR concerns the same Towns family of Virginia. A John Townes of Talbot County is mentioned in both this document and an inserted piece of paper in the book referring to his will.

The last document included is titled a "Tribute of Respect", which seems to be an excerpt from the minutes of the Muscogee County (Georgia) Superior Court, May 30, 1863, a tribute to Coronel Levi B. Smith of Talbot County. Perhaps this Smith is of the same family of L.W. Smith mentioned in front of book.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1829 - 1937

Biographical / Historical

Albert C. Lewis was born in 1893 in Michigan to English parents. His wife's name was Dorothy V and their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born in 1927. In 1930 the family lived in Daytona Beach, Florida. By 1936 they were in Columbus, Georgia living at 2131 Forest Court, in the Wynnton neighborhood. Albert was a purchasing agent for Tom Huston Peanut Company. The house at 1534 Eberhart Avenue was finished by 1937 when it appears in the city directory. The Lewis family were living there in 1940 but were gone by 1945, when Wilbur Glenn resided there. The 1940 census values the home at $15,00 0. Albert Lewis died in 1947.

The second part of the collection concerns the ancestry and heritage of the Towns family, George Towns, John Towns and Martin Towns, early settlers of this area.

Extent

.33 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

See also: MC 6 - Henry Benning Collection

There was a Land: A Story of Talbot County, Robert H. Jordan

A Rockaway in Talbot County, William H. Davidson

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States