Mary Gay Hoe Historil Marker

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• MARY GAY HOE
• THE MARY GAY HOE
• U.S. CONGRSWOMAN MARY GAY SNLONREPRENTG PENNSYLVANIA'S 5TH DISTRICT
• ‘LIFE DIXIE’MARY ANN HARRIS GAY WAS BORN JON COUNTY, A LTLE NORTH OF WHAT WOULD BEE MAN, 1829. SHE DIED ALONE A MILLEDGEVILLE HOSPAL 89 YEARS LATER.IN THE TERVENG YEARS, SHE’D BE RAISED ON FAY PLANTATNS VAR PARTS OF THE STATE, TABLISH HER OWN HOME DETUR, WNS THE UNN SIEGE OF ATLANTA AND, BY WRG A BOOK SCRIBG HER WARTIME EXPERIENC, BEE AN EARLY CHAMPN OF LOST CSE MYTHOLOGY AND THE CONFERATE MONUMENTS THAT REMA OBJECTS OF NTENTN MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER.GAY’S “LIFE DIXIE DURG THE WAR” WAS FIRST PUBLISHED 1892, NEARLY FOUR S BEFORE THE NTROVERSIAL BLOCKBTER ’S SAID TO HAVE HELPED SPIRE: FELLOW ATLANTAN MARGARET MCHELL’S “GONE WH THE WD.” THE EARLIER WORK PROVIS A HARROWG TALE OF GAY’S SURVIVAL DURG THE WAR, HER PLUCKS THE FACE OF THE “BEASTS” OM THE NORTH, AND HER WORK TO AID AND RE FOR CONFERATE SOLDIERS.THE ATLANTA CONSTUTN PRAISED AT THE TIME AS A “NSPICUO SUCCS.” JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, THE GEIAN THOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS “UNCLE REM” FOLKTAL, DUBBED “ONE OF THE SOURC OM WHICH HISTORY MT GET S SUPPLI.”BUT GAY’S TALE ALSO TAK GREAT PAS TO PAT SLAVERY AS A BENEVOLENT STUTN.CRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESCRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESRIGHT HER TRODUCTN, SHE CLAIMS THAT ENSLAVED PEOPLE “RECEIVED RETURN MORE THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE BONDAGE HAS EVER RECEIVED — AS A UAL THG, GOOD WHOLOME FOOD, FORTABLE HOM AND [CLOTHG], AND TENR TREATMENT SICKNS.” SHE CLAIMS THAT “NO PEOPLE HELD BONDAGE EVER RECEIVED SO MANY BENEFS,” SCRIB SLAVERY AS HAVG EVILS “FAR GREATER TO THE SLAVEHOLR THAN TO THE SLAV.”THIS IS ALL FALSE A UNIVERSAL SENSE, OF URSE. BUT ALSO GAY’S LIFE SPECIFILLY.IN A BOOK PUBLISHED ENGLAND 1854, A FORMER SLAVE NAMED JOHN BROWN SCRIBED AT GREAT LENGTH HORRIFIC TREATMENT ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF GAY’S OWN GRANDFATHER AND UNCLE.IN “LIFE DIXIE,” GAY WR ABOUT A 16-YEAR-OLD ENSLAVED BOY NAMED TOBY WHO DI OF EXHSTN AND ILLNS AFTER HELPG HER SPIR SUPPLI TO CONFERATE FORC.“.. I HELD HIS SOFT BLACK HAND ME,” GAY WROTE, “I THOUGHT OF S WILLG SERVICE TO ‘OUR BOYS,’ AND WEPT TO THK I ULD DO NO MORE FOR HIM, AND THAT HIS YOUNG LIFE WAS GOG OUT BEFORE HE KNEW THE RULT OF THE CEL WAR THAT WAS WAGED BY THE ABOLNISTS!”GAY WAS STUTE AFTER THE WAR, HAVG VTED HER FAY’S FORTUN CONFERATE WAR BONDS. SHE HAWKED HER WRG — CLUDG A SET OF POETRY LATER MOCKED BY MARK TWA “THE ADVENTUR OF TOM SAWYER” — AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL.SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOL CHAPTER OF THE UNED DGHTERS OF THE CONFERACY, AN ANIZATN THAT BEME PRIMARY PROPAGATORS OF A SANIZED VERSN OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR SOUTH AND THE PERPETUATN OF WHE SUPREMACY.IN 1908, A BEFORE GAY’S ATH, THEY STALLED A 30-FOOT MONUMENT TO THE CONFERACY OUTSI OF WHAT’S NOW THE HISTORIC DEKALB COUNTY COURTHOE.IT ME DOWN JT RECENTLY.CRED: CRED: ‘THE FOL POT’
• MARY GAY
• MARY GAY HOE

MARY GAY HOE

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U.S. CONGRSWOMAN MARY GAY SNLONREPRENTG PENNSYLVANIA'S 5TH DISTRICT

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‘LIFE DIXIE’MARY ANN HARRIS GAY WAS BORN JON COUNTY, A LTLE NORTH OF WHAT WOULD BEE MAN, 1829. SHE DIED ALONE A MILLEDGEVILLE HOSPAL 89 YEARS LATER.IN THE TERVENG YEARS, SHE’D BE RAISED ON FAY PLANTATNS VAR PARTS OF THE STATE, TABLISH HER OWN HOME DETUR, WNS THE UNN SIEGE OF ATLANTA AND, BY WRG A BOOK SCRIBG HER WARTIME EXPERIENC, BEE AN EARLY CHAMPN OF LOST CSE MYTHOLOGY AND THE CONFERATE MONUMENTS THAT REMA OBJECTS OF NTENTN MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER.GAY’S “LIFE DIXIE DURG THE WAR” WAS FIRST PUBLISHED 1892, NEARLY FOUR S BEFORE THE NTROVERSIAL BLOCKBTER ’S SAID TO HAVE HELPED SPIRE: FELLOW ATLANTAN MARGARET MCHELL’S “GONE WH THE WD.” THE EARLIER WORK PROVIS A HARROWG TALE OF GAY’S SURVIVAL DURG THE WAR, HER PLUCKS THE FACE OF THE “BEASTS” OM THE NORTH, AND HER WORK TO AID AND RE FOR CONFERATE SOLDIERS.THE ATLANTA CONSTUTN PRAISED AT THE TIME AS A “NSPICUO SUCCS.” JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, THE GEIAN THOR BT KNOWN FOR HIS “UNCLE REM” FOLKTAL, DUBBED “ONE OF THE SOURC OM WHICH HISTORY MT GET S SUPPLI.”BUT GAY’S TALE ALSO TAK GREAT PAS TO PAT SLAVERY AS A BENEVOLENT STUTN.CRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESCRED: GEORGIA ARCHIVESRIGHT HER TRODUCTN, SHE CLAIMS THAT ENSLAVED PEOPLE “RECEIVED RETURN MORE THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE BONDAGE HAS EVER RECEIVED — AS A UAL THG, GOOD WHOLOME FOOD, FORTABLE HOM AND [CLOTHG], AND TENR TREATMENT SICKNS.” SHE CLAIMS THAT “NO PEOPLE HELD BONDAGE EVER RECEIVED SO MANY BENEFS,” SCRIB SLAVERY AS HAVG EVILS “FAR GREATER TO THE SLAVEHOLR THAN TO THE SLAV.”THIS IS ALL FALSE A UNIVERSAL SENSE, OF URSE. BUT ALSO GAY’S LIFE SPECIFILLY.IN A BOOK PUBLISHED ENGLAND 1854, A FORMER SLAVE NAMED JOHN BROWN SCRIBED AT GREAT LENGTH HORRIFIC TREATMENT ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF GAY’S OWN GRANDFATHER AND UNCLE.IN “LIFE DIXIE,” GAY WR ABOUT A 16-YEAR-OLD ENSLAVED BOY NAMED TOBY WHO DI OF EXHSTN AND ILLNS AFTER HELPG HER SPIR SUPPLI TO CONFERATE FORC.“.. I HELD HIS SOFT BLACK HAND ME,” GAY WROTE, “I THOUGHT OF S WILLG SERVICE TO ‘OUR BOYS,’ AND WEPT TO THK I ULD DO NO MORE FOR HIM, AND THAT HIS YOUNG LIFE WAS GOG OUT BEFORE HE KNEW THE RULT OF THE CEL WAR THAT WAS WAGED BY THE ABOLNISTS!”GAY WAS STUTE AFTER THE WAR, HAVG VTED HER FAY’S FORTUN CONFERATE WAR BONDS. SHE HAWKED HER WRG — CLUDG A SET OF POETRY LATER MOCKED BY MARK TWA “THE ADVENTUR OF TOM SAWYER” — AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL.SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LOL CHAPTER OF THE UNED DGHTERS OF THE CONFERACY, AN ANIZATN THAT BEME PRIMARY PROPAGATORS OF A SANIZED VERSN OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR SOUTH AND THE PERPETUATN OF WHE SUPREMACY.IN 1908, A BEFORE GAY’S ATH, THEY STALLED A 30-FOOT MONUMENT TO THE CONFERACY OUTSI OF WHAT’S NOW THE HISTORIC DEKALB COUNTY COURTHOE.IT ME DOWN JT RECENTLY.CRED: CRED: ‘THE FOL POT’

The Mary Gay Hoe is an ial lotn for hostg private parti of varyg siz.

It will no longer bear the name of Mary Gay — the slave-owng, so-lled “Conferate heroe” who once lived there. ”Cred: ‘Life Dixie’Mary Ann Harris Gay was born Jon County, a ltle north of what would bee Man, 1829.

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” The earlier work provis a harrowg tale of Gay’s survival durg the war, her plucks the face of the “beasts” om the North, and her work to aid and re for Conferate Atlanta Constutn praised at the time as a “nspicuo succs. ”But Gay’s tale also tak great pas to pat slavery as a benevolent her troductn, she claims that enslaved people “received return more than any other people bondage has ever received — as a ual thg, good wholome food, fortable hom and [clothg], and tenr treatment sickns.

But also Gay’s life a book published England 1854, a former slave named John Brown scribed at great length horrific treatment endured at the hands of Gay’s own grandfather and “Life Dixie, ” Gay wr about a 16-year-old enslaved boy named Toby who di of exhstn and illns after helpg her spir suppli to Conferate forc.

I held his soft black hand me, ” Gay wrote, “I thought of s willg service to ‘our boys, ’ and wept to thk I uld do no more for him, and that his young life was gog out before he knew the rult of the cel war that was waged by the Abolnists! ”Gay was stute after the war, havg vted her fay’s fortun Conferate war bonds. She hawked her wrg — cludg a set of poetry later mocked by Mark Twa “The Adventur of Tom Sawyer” — as a means of was a charter member of the lol chapter of the Uned Dghters of the Conferacy, an anizatn that beme primary propagators of a sanized versn of the pre-Civil War South and the perpetuatn of whe 1908, a before Gay’s ath, they stalled a 30-foot monument to the Conferacy outsi of what’s now the Historic DeKalb County me down jt ‘The fol pot’The Junr League of DeKalb County purchased Gay’s hoe the late 1970s, savg om stctn by movg om s origal se along downtown Detur’s Marshall Street.

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They rtored the home and add rooms on the back to host muny ’s listed on the Natnal Register of Historic Plac and, until very recently, has been known simply as “the Mary Gay Hoe. ”While chang to the Mary Gay home’s public brandg is a step away om honorg one of the unty’s most famo slaveowners, there may be more work to ’s still a historic marker out ont that pays homage to Gay as a “Conferate heroe. Mary Gay Hoe Endowment Fund Board of Directors, 2012-2017.

Historil Marker Geia 1776Mary Gay HoeAuthor, poet, historian and Conferate heroe - Mary Ann Harris Gay (1828-1918) lived this hoe om 1850 to 1914. Mary Gay Snlon was found neighborg Delaware, police said.

The Mary Gay Hoe MarkerInscriptn. Author, poet, historian and Conferate heroe - Mary Ann Harris Gay (1828-1918) lived this hoe om 1850 to 1914. Mary Ann Harris Gay.

Gay's acunt of the siege of Atlanta spired some of the scen Margret Mchell's "Gone wh the Wd.

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The Mary Gay and Swanton HoThe Swanton Hoe is the foreground. Mary Gay Hoe - Talk of the Town Caterg.

Mary Gay Hoe. The Mary Gay Hoe Detur is an antebellum treasure Metro Atlanta, a perfect place for timate events and weddgs.