Jesup Sentinel

HISTORY

Newspaper

  • 1876 Jesup sentinel (Jesup, Ga. : 1876) established. Daniel & Lester, editors and publishers.
  • 1896 Wayne County news (Jesup, Ga. : 1896) established.The News Company, editor and publisher.
  • 1911 Jesup sentinel (Jesup, Ga. : 1876) and Wayne County news (Jesup, Ga. : 1896) merge to form Jesup sentinel and Wayne County news. Published by Richard M. Milikin
  • 1913 Changed name to Jesup sentinel (Jesup, Ga. : 1913)
  • 1977 Wayne County press (Jesup, Ga.) and Jesup sentinel (Jesup, Ga. : 1913) merged to form: Press-sentinel. The Press-sentinel is still in publication.

City

County seat of Wayne County

County

Population - Census

  • 1810 676
  • 1820 1010
  • 1830 963
  • 1840 1258
  • 1850 1499
  • 1860 2268
  • 1870 2177
  • 1880 5980
  • 1890 7485
  • 1900 9449
  • 1910 13069
  • 1920 14381
  • 1930 12647
  • 1940 13122
  • 1950 14248
  • 1960 17921
  • 1970 17858

ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG

No titles for Jesup or Wayne County have been digitized by DLG.

FILM HOLDINGS

Jesup sentinel (Jesup, Ga. : 1876) weekly sn 87073057

  1. 1877 - 1894 (scattered issues)
  2. 1880 - 1889 (scattered issues)
  3. Jan 1890 - Dec 1893
  4. Nov 27, 1890 - Aug 29, 1907
  5. 1894 - 1897 (scattered issues)
  6. 1898 - 1901 (scattered issues)
  7. 1902 - 1904 (scattered issues)
  8. 1905 - 1908 (scattered issues)

Wayne County news (Jesup, Ga. : 1896) weekly sn 89053976

  1. Jan 15, 1897 - May 29, 1906
  2. Jun 6, 1906 - Dec 1, 1910

Jesup sentinel and Wayne County news weekly sn 89053978

  1. 1909 - 1913 (scattered issues)

Jesup sentinel (Jesup, Ga. : 1913) weekly sn 89053979

  1. 1914 - 1923 (scattered issues)
  2. Sep 5, 1907 - Aug 1913
  3. Sep 11, 1913 - Jan 1925