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Laurens County, Georgia African-American News Items   There lives an old darkey in Dublin 98 years old is the father and grandfather of 100 children and is still full of life and able to do good work. His name is Richard LAMAR familiarly called "Uncle Dick." Dublin Post, Jan. 7, 1880 [Submitted by: C. Horton]   Tip WILLIS, colored, got hurt in a runaway affair in town last Monday. Dublin Post, Nov. 5, 1879 [Submitted by: C. Horton]   On the plantation of Mr. J. H. YOPP, there is a darkey, Wm. YOPP, who has a 13 year old duck subject to fits of rheumatism. Dublin Post, Thurs. July 25, 1870  [Submitted by: C. Horton]   Peter DADD, colored, has left my employ with out cause and all persons are warned not to employ said Peter DADD, Dublin, GA., June 2, 1879, Chas. W. LINDER Dublin Post, June 4, 1879 [Submitted by: C. Horton]  The body of George PARKS, the colored ferryman who was drowned on the 19th inst. was found lodged on some willow brush last Sunday evening about half a mile above the Dublin Ferry. Dublin Post, Wed. April 30, 1879 [Submitted by: C. Horton] Lucie STANLEY, a colored inmate of the poorhouse, died last Thursday of Neuralgia. Dublin Post, March 19, 1884 [Submitted by: C. Horton]   ©Genealogy Trails