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☆ Georgia County Seeking to Dismiss Lawsuit by Slave Descendants Over Rezoning of Their Island Homes
  + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Associated Press | Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
The zoning changes doubled the size of houses allowed in Hogg Hummock. Black residents say larger homes in the community will lead to property tax increases that they won’t be able to afford. He added that their lawsuit “is wholly silent on the topic.”Attorneys for the Hogg Hummock landowners who are suing did not immediately return an email message seeking comment Thursday. About 30 to 50 Black residents still live in Hogg Hummock, founded by former slaves who had worked the island plantation of Thomas Spalding. Well over 100 Hogg Hummock residents and landowners packed those meetings to voice objections, but were given just one chance to speak to the changes.
Persons: Hogg, Hogg Hummock, discriminates “, Paul Frickey, Thomas Spalding . Organizations: Hogg Locations: SAVANNAH, Ga, — County, Georgia, McIntosh, Sapelo, Thomas, Savannah, Black
☆ Slave Descendants Face Local Vote on Whether Wealthy Can Build Large Homes in Their Island Enclave
  + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Associated Press | Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Black residents of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island sat mostly silent as McIntosh County commissioners scheduled a Tuesday vote on the proposal. “This plan will be be a giant step in the destruction of the culture of Hogg Hummock,” said Commissioner Roger Lotson, whose district includes Sapelo Island. In 2012, dozens of Hogg Hummock residents and landowners appealed tax increases caused by soaring property values. The current county ordinance limits homes in Hogg Hummock to 1,400 square feet (130 square meters) of heated and air-conditioned space. Hogg Hummock earned a place in 1996 on the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of America’s treasured historic sites.
Persons: Hogg, Hogg Hummock, ”, Roger Lotson, JR Grovner, “ I've, David Stevens, Adam Poppell, Stevens Organizations: ”, Hogg, National Register of Historic Places Locations: DARIEN, Ga, Georgia, McIntosh, Sapelo, Savannah, North Carolina, Florida, Civil, McIntosh County
☆ Georgia officials seek public's help to identify dismembered woman found last month
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
A woman whose dismembered body was found last month in southeast Georgia still hasn't been identified, and officials are asking for the public's help to determine who she was. The woman was found Dec. 2 in the woods of a hunting club in the city of Riceboro in Liberty County. “Additional remains were discovered within a three-mile radius on the hunting club property in Liberty County, as well as McIntosh County. The woman was about 5-10, weighed between 185 pounds and 200 pounds and had brown hair and eyes. Anyone with information is urged to call the bureau’s office in Statesboro at 912-871-1121 or the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office at 912-876-4555.
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