Near Blakely in Early County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sowhatchee Elementary School

Photographed by David Seibert, August 14, 2011

1. Sowhatchee Elementary School Marker

Inscription. The school was established prior to 1879 and consolidated with Hilton School in 1925. It served as a Free Will Baptist Bible School for young ministers from 1930-1942. Reverend T. B. Mellette was the instructor and Reverend K. V. Shutes was president during that time. In 1942 the school was moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and is currently known as the F. W. Baptist Bible College. Since 1942, the school building has been used for worship, fellowship, and related community activities.

Erected 2005 by Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Early County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 31° 17.067′ N, 85° 0.209′ W. Marker is near Blakely, Georgia, in Early County. It is at the intersection of Still Road (County Route 15) and Zion Church Road (County Route 7), on the right when traveling east on Still Road. The marker is at the school building, across the road from the Zion Free Will Baptist Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Blakely GA 39823, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hilton School (approx. 3.4 miles away); Covered Bridge 2 Mi.

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(approx. 3.7 miles away); Hilton United Methodist Church (approx. 3.7 miles away); Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge (approx. 4.7 miles away); Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge / Fannie Askew Williams Park (approx. 4.7 miles away); Three Notch Trail (approx. 6.1 miles away); Columbia Methodist Episcopal Church, South (approx. 6.3 miles away in Alabama); Centerville United Methodist Church (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blakely.

Photographed by David Seibert, August 14, 2011

2. Sowhatchee Elementary School Marker

Sowhatchee Elementary School Building and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, August 14, 2011

3. Sowhatchee Elementary School Building and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 738 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 16, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.