Blairsville in Union County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Souther Mill

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 3, 2023

1. Souther Mill Marker

Inscription. Jesse William Souther was born on March 12, 1813. Around 1850 he built a water powered mill. A head of water turned two turbine wheels. One wheel ran a grist and flour mill and the other a sawmill.

This restoration by Theodore Thomas commemorates the childhood visits of his mother, Frankie Roseanne Vandiver Thomas, to her Uncle Jesse's mill to have the family corn ground into meal.

Erected by Mountain Life Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is March 12, 1813.

Location. 34° 52.49′ N, 83° 57.362′ W. Marker is in Blairsville, Georgia, in Union County. It is at the intersection of School Street and Owenby Street, on the left when traveling east on School Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 25 School Street, Blairsville GA 30512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Union County War Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Union County Georgia War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Original Clock & Bell Mechanism (approx. 0.2 miles away); Union County Honor Roll World War I (approx. 0.2 miles away); Union County

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Union County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Union County Jail (approx. 0.2 miles away); Greetings from Union County (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blairsville.

Also see . . . Union County Historical Society - Mountain Life Museum. (Submitted on August 7, 2023.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 3, 2023

2. Souther Mill Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 311 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 7, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.