- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Parkertown - 1832 historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Hart County
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Parkertown
Ghost towns--Georgia--Parkertown - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hart County, 34.3509, -82.96425
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Shoal Creek Church Rd. (245) in north Hart County off Ga. 59
Text of marker: "PARKERTOWN - 1832. Parkertown was founded in 1832 in what was then Franklin County, now Hart County, by Joseph A. Parker who was born in Virginia in 1774 and moved to Elbert County, Ga. in 1796. He later moved to Big Shoal Creek where Jacob Parker & Co. founded by his sons built what is said to have been the first woolen mill in Georgia on the upper shoal. At the lower shoal they constructed a dam and a flour and grist mill together with a cotton gin and a thresher. 073-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_parkertown-1832
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_parkertown-1832
- 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:
-
