BLUNT RESERVATION AND FIELDS

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

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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BLUNT RESERVATION AND FIELDS

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