Historical Marker

The Johnson-Blalock House

Jonesboro · Clayton County · Erected 2008

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The Story

The antebellum home of attorney and secession delegate James F. Johnson; it served as a Confederate commissary and field hospital during the 1864 Battle of Jonesboro, in the countryside long tied to 'Gone with the Wind.'

About this site

The Johnson-Blalock House is a historical marker in Jonesboro, Clayton County, erected in 2008. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Clayton County, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5239, -84.3544 near Jonesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lee's Corps Withdrawn (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Clayton County, Battle Of Jonesborough, and In Memoriam Fr. Emmeran Bliemel, O.S.B. Chaplain.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.5239, -84.3544 · Jonesboro, Clayton County

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