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Screven County's seat from 1797 until decline pushed it to Sylvania by 1847, Jacksonborough survives chiefly in the 1815 home of Seaborn Goodall, court clerk and Methodist pioneer. Legend holds Dow cursed the town but blessed Goodall's house.
Jacksonborough is a historical marker in Sylvania, Screven County, erected in 2014. It is one of 27 historical markers documented in Screven County, among 107 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.8271, -81.6246 near Sylvania. The nearest cataloged historic site is The 14th Corps (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include The Goodall House, Washington's Route, and Jacksonboro.
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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