Camp Pinckney

Camp Pinckney is a Georgia historical marker in Charlton County.

On Ga 40 about 2 miles east of Folkston.

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Camp Pinckney, a short distance southwest of here, was for many years an important boat landing on the St. Marys River. A ferry operated at that point, and passengers and mail traveling the King's Road north from St. Augustine crossed the river here. It was also an important landing for transferring freight being shipped by boat. Camp Pinckney is said to have been named for Captain Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, who encamped here with his troops on an expedition against the Lower Creeks. One of the first turpentine camps in this section was located at Camp Pinckney.

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Historical maps covering this location

1764 · Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1842 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1917 · Boulogne, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie, 1764, covering the location of Camp Pinckney, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie, 1764, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Camp Pinckney

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