Historical Marker

Samuel Griswold

Clinton · Jones County · Erected 1954

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The Story

A Connecticut transplant, Samuel Griswold became one of the antebellum South's foremost cotton-gin makers before the war turned his works into a Confederate pistol factory and gave his name to the village destroyed in 1864.

About this site

Samuel Griswold is a historical marker in Clinton, Jones County, erected in 1954. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in Jones County, among 63 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.9972, -83.5592 near Clinton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Clinton Female Seminary (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sherman’s Right Wing, The Stoneman Raid, and Old Clinton.

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

📍 32.9972, -83.5592 · Clinton, Jones County

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