- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Guest Mill Pond historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Clinch County
Ponds--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clinch County, 30.91495, -82.70624
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: About 100 yards west of U.S. 441 on a private road, just south of the Atkinson County line (in Clinch County)
Text of marker: "GUEST MILL POND. Site of ante-bellum trading post. Dam constructed in 1840 by Duncan Giddens; acquired by Miles J. Guest, 1858, and enlarged by him. Water power used for grist mill and gin. Election precinct, 1850-1920; Justice of Peace Court held here for area now Clinch, Atkinson and Coffee Counties. East one-quarter mile is Guest Mill Pond Cemetery where Lewis Sanders Nobles, Revolutionary soldier, died 1856, aged 96, is buried. John Williams, C.S.A., was killed by a deserter near here in 1864. Note: This marker is located on private property." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_guest-mill-pond
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_guest-mill-pond
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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