DR_Hanna
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2014
- Location
- North East GA
On a recent visit to the Milledgeville / Eatonton area of GA I found myself staring at two historical markers marking the location of the town of Blountsville.
One marker reads:
The other reads:
If one were to Google Blountsville GA today - there is one additional link to a usgwarchives post which is informative about the town - which apparently was the home of many prominent Georgia families, and more than one educational institution.
Other than "It suffered severely..." I found no information about what happened to it, or when it ceased to exist exactly.
Standing next to the two markers at a crossroads today, a passerby will see not one trace of this town - not a chimney or the remnants of a building of any kind can be seen - just the forest.
I'd be very interested in any information about the fate of this town.
One marker reads:
Near here was Blountsville, an early stage-coach station and post office until after the War Between the States. It suffered severely during the War and the town disappeared. The home of many prominent families, Blountsville was the site of Blountsville Academy, chartered in 1834 with Allen Drury, William E. Ethridge, John W. Stokes, Francis Tufts and John W. Gordon serving as trustees. Blountsville was named for the Blount family, pioneer Georgians. A strong Baptist Church was here, first led by Rev. Benjamin Milner. The Tift, Dumas, Miller, Williams, McCullough and Hurt families were other pioneers.
The other reads:
On Nov. 18, 1864, Blair’s 17th Corps of the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Ocmulgee River at Seven Islands (12 mi. NW of Hillsboro) and marched via Monticello and Blountsville toward Gordon. The more direct roads were already crowded with the troops and trains of the 15th Corps and Kilpatrick’s cavalry division.
On the night of the 20th, the 17th Corps camped at Blountsville and along the road to Haddock with its advance guard near Fortville, well abreast of the 15th Corps which had reached Clinton that day.
On the night of the 20th, the 17th Corps camped at Blountsville and along the road to Haddock with its advance guard near Fortville, well abreast of the 15th Corps which had reached Clinton that day.
If one were to Google Blountsville GA today - there is one additional link to a usgwarchives post which is informative about the town - which apparently was the home of many prominent Georgia families, and more than one educational institution.
Other than "It suffered severely..." I found no information about what happened to it, or when it ceased to exist exactly.
Standing next to the two markers at a crossroads today, a passerby will see not one trace of this town - not a chimney or the remnants of a building of any kind can be seen - just the forest.
I'd be very interested in any information about the fate of this town.