Blunt Reservation and Fields

Blunt Reservation and Fields is a Florida historical marker in Blountstown, Calhoun County, dedicated 1964.

On Highway 20 on grounds of Old County Courthouse between Cayson and Rauson St., Blountstown

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This is the western boundary of a reservation set aside by the treaty of Fort Moultrie and given to John Blunt (Blount) one of the six principal chiefs of the Florida Indians. The Apalachicola River was the eastern boundary. The treaty was ratified January 2, 1824. Signers of the treaty were William P. Duval, James Gadsden, Bernard Sequi, Nea Mathla, John Blunt, Tuski Hajo, Mulatto King, Emathlochee and Econchatimico. Blounstown was named after him.

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1822 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Unknown (Maps Collection)
1826 · Georgia (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, 1828, covering the location of Blunt Reservation and Fields, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, 1828, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Blunt Reservation and Fields

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