W. D. Conyers

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The town of Conyers in Rockdale County is named for W. D. Conyers, a banker and railroad director who purchased the land on which the town was later established. He donated the land, with the stipulation that whiskey never be sold on it, for the construction of a railroad and depot in 1845.

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W. D. Conyers

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