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Around 1794 Col. William Bird built what may have been Georgia's first woolen mill and iron foundry at these Ogeechee shoals, splitting granite for the millrace with fire and water. Sherman's troops burned the mill in 1864.
Historical Marker
Shoals on the Ogeechee
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About this site
Shoals on the Ogeechee is a historical marker in Jewells Mill, Warren County, erected in 1957. It is one of 14 historical markers documented in Warren County, among 120 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.2546, -82.7551 near Jewells Mill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shoals Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fellowship Cemetery, Mineral Springs Cemetery, and Wilson 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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