Historical Marker

The Goodall House

Sylvania · Screven County · Erected 1953

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The Story

This frame house, built in 1815 by Seaborn Goodall, is the last remnant of vanished Jacksonborough. Legend holds that after townsfolk drove out itinerant preacher Lorenzo Dow, he cursed the town but blessed Goodall, who had sheltered him.

About this site

The Goodall House is a historical marker in Sylvania, Screven County, erected in 1953. 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 32.8274, -81.6223 near Sylvania. The nearest cataloged historic site is Washington's Route (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The 14th Corps, John Abbot, and Jacksonboro.

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

📍 32.8274, -81.6223 · Sylvania, Screven County

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