![]() ![]() Earlier this year I also purchased the J M Johnson house and the store fronts on the property. one which the Prayer Breakfast Meets in weekly. I purchased the three store fronts across the road from this property about 6 years ago. My name is Sammy Colston, I grew up just outside of Kite, and live here now. I spent many happy hours in this house and many of the Kite children played here! It’s walls hold many wonderful voices! I am so glad that the house is now being restored by Sammy Colston who I knew as a child. In 1900, Kite, Georgia became a boom town but sadly, those days have gone. Johnson’s daughter (Annie Mae Johnson, Palmer) was my mother. A blacksmith’s shop was attached to the end of the line of buildings. The sixth was given to the Town of Kite for a City Hall and jail. Johnson, and the fifth store was a confectionery shop (bakery). The third building was a Barber Shop: the fourth was a general merchandise store, operated by James Willis Johnson, the brother of J. The second building was Johnson’s Millinery Shop, Ladies Fine Dresses and Hats, staffed by Minnie Clark Johnson, Amanda Johnson Tapley, and Roxy Johnson Kight. Johnson’s Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Groceries, Buggies, and Wagons. ![]() He also built the commercial stores that lined Montgomery Street in front of the house in Kite, Georgia. He built it between 18 as a gift to my grandmother, Minnie Clark Johnson. The house was built by my grandfather, John Morgan (J. ![]() My name is Rose Maria Palmer Davis and I grew up in this house. ![]()
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