Jefferson Davis Cummings, Sr and Ada Lee Cummings

Photo taken about 1956 at 3405 12th Avenue, Columbus Georgia.

As a policeman, Big Jeff ran the chain gang and later was jailer.

Date of Service	Sheriff	County Jailer/Warden
1945 - 1960	Ernest. F. Howell	Jeff D. Cummings
		Harvey J. Davidson
		Jason H. Davidson
		Urban V. Alligood
		Willie Clyde Horne
		Andrew F. Hearn
1944	John D. Skotzky
1938 - 1943	Arthur L. Poole	Waddell D. Layfield
		Jeff D. Cummings
November 10, 1927	"Columbus Stockade Blues" written by Thomas P. Darby and Johnny J. (Jimmy) Tarleton, propelling Columbus to nationwide fame.

Now for the plunge into obscurity. . . . Darby & Tarlton, famous pre-Depression white bluesmen, recorded a two-sided hit in 1927. Both songs became country/folk/bluegrass standards. Name either song.
"Birmingham Jail" and "Columbus Stockade Blues." Tom Darby was from Columbus, GA, Jimmie Tarlton from Chesterfield County, SC. Their 1927 hit sold almost a quarter of a million copies on the Columbia label.