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These crumbling tabby walls remain from William Carnochan's sugar mill and rum distillery, worked by enslaved laborers from 1816 until an 1824 hurricane wrecked it; freedpeople later built a community nearby from its salvaged stone.
Historical Marker
“The Thicket”
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About this site
“The Thicket” is a historical marker in Darien, Mcintosh County, erected in 1957. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.4312, -81.3943 near Darien. The nearest cataloged historic site is King Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cuthbert - Grant Cemetery, Hudson Cemetery, and Hutchinson Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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