Parkertown - 1832

Parkertown - 1832 is a Georgia historical marker in Hart County, dedicated 1954.

Located on Shoal Creek Church Road (County Route 245) near Hartwell.

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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.

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Historical maps covering this location

1776 · Map Of North And South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers. (Northern Section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · State of South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Pendleton District, South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of North And South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers. (Northern Section), 1776, covering the location of Parkertown - 1832, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of North And South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers. (Northern Section), 1776, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Parkertown - 1832

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