- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Samuel Griswold
- Date of Original:
- 1860
- Subject:
- Industrialists--Georgia--Griswoldville
Businessmen--Georgia--Griswoldville
Slaveholders--Georgia--Griswoldville
Executives--Georgia--Griswoldville
Civic leaders--Georgia--Griswoldville
Businesspeople--Georgia--Griswoldville
Griswold, Samuel, 1790-1867 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jones County, Griswoldville, 32.87069, -83.48879
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Samuel Griswold, one of the South's leading cotton gin manufacturers, founded Griswoldville, an industrial village in Jones County. The town was located on the Central of Georgia Railway, and Union general William T. Sherman's forces destroyed it during the March to the Sea in 1864.
Photograph of Samuel Griswold, one of the South's leading cotton gin manufacturers. He founded Griswoldville, Georgia, an industrial village in Jones County. The town was located on the Central of Georgia Railway, and Union general William T. Sherman's forces destroyed it during the Civil War campaign known as the March to the Sea in 1864. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/griswoldville/m-10579/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Laura Nelle O'Callaghan
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/griswoldville
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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