Blountsville Marker

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Near Gray in Jones County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Blountsville

By David Seibert, November 7, 2009

1. Blountsville Marker

Inscription. On Nov. 18, 1864, Blair’s 17th Corps of the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Ocmulgee River at Seven Islands (12 mi. NW of Hillsboro) and marched via Monticello and Blountsville toward Gordon. The more direct roads were already crowded with the troops and trains of the 15th Corps and Kilpatrick’s cavalry division.

On the night of the 20th, the 17th Corps camped at Blountsville and along the road to Haddock with its advance guard near Fortville, well abreast of the 15th Corps which had reached Clinton that day.

Erected 1957 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 084-16.)

Location. 33° 6.593′ N, 83° 28.9′ W. Marker is near Gray, Georgia, in Jones County. Marker is at the intersection of Eatonton Highway (U.S. 129) and Blounts Chapel Road, on the left when traveling north on Eatonton Highway. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gray GA 31032, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. A different marker also named Blountsville (a few steps from this marker); Howell Cobb Plantation (approx. 5.7 miles away); Cobb's Quarter, Sherman's Campsite (approx. 5.7 miles away); James C. Roberts Municipal Complex (approx. 7.6 miles away); Jones County (approx. 7.7 miles away); Sunshine Church II (approx. 7.8 miles away); The Stoneman Raid (approx. 7.9 miles away); Planter’s Academy (approx. 7.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Gray.