Union County Historical Society
Blairsville, Georgia
Woody Gap School in Suches
was built on the site of Joseph. E. Brown's boyhood home.
1821 - 1894
Joseph E. Brown of
Union County, Georgia
Brown was the first Georgia official to support public education for all children which at the time did not have popular support. He was a:
• County School Teacher
• Lawyer / Farmer
• School Headmaster
• State Senator
• Circuit Judge
• Trustee, University of Georgia
• Governor, U.S.A.
• Secessionist!
• Governor, C.S.A.
• Political Prisoner/Pardoned
• President, Atlanta Board of Education
• Chief Justice, GA.
• U.S. Senator
Always,
"A man of the people"
To see Gov.Brown's biography
and how his story is connected to oxen,
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