Near Whitesville in Troup County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Jones Crossroads
Photographed by David Seibert, November 14, 2004
1. Jones Crossroads Marker
Inscription.
Jones Crossroads. . Troup and Harris County residents first settled at the crossroads of the LaGrange-Whitesville-Columbus Stagecoach route and the West Point to King's Gap Road in the late 1820's. Named for local landowner, Christopher Columbus Jones (1831-1904 and his son Monroe, Jones Crossroads once had several flourishing businesses, including a cotton gin, a racehorse track, a tavern, and a U.S. post office called Paulina. Monroe Jones established the rock store in 1903 which members of the Avery Family have owned and operated since the 1920's. Just south of here is Union Baptist Church, established in 1838, and the site of Union Academy and the Jessie Wisdom Institute.
Troup and Harris County residents first settled at the crossroads of the LaGrange-Whitesville-Columbus Stagecoach route and the West Point to King's Gap
Road in the late 1820's. Named for local landowner, Christopher Columbus Jones (1831-1904 and his son Monroe, Jones Crossroads once had several flourishing
businesses, including a cotton gin, a racehorse track, a tavern, and a U.S. post office called Paulina. Monroe Jones established the rock store in 1903 which members of the Avery Family have owned and operated since the 1920's. Just south of here is Union
Baptist Church, established in 1838, and the site of Union Academy and the Jessie Wisdom Institute.
Erected 1994 by Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Troup County Historical Society.
Location. 32° 52.176′ N, 85° 2.1′ W. Marker is near Whitesville, Georgia, in Troup County. It is at the intersection of Georgia Route 18 and Whitesville Road ( Route 219), on the right when traveling west on Georgia Route 18. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: West Point GA 31833, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
The rock store at the crossroads, dating from 1903
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 3,827 times since then and 141 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on December 13, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2. submitted on September 20, 2010, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
