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VOL. XXXIX. No. 2.
Historical Sketches
Of Towns Located
In Warren County
From Warrenton Clipper r
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
(The last installment of the
, history of , „ Warren r county, , , being .
. , „
prepared by Mrs. W. K Wilhoit,
county historian, appearing in
these columns, was the second
of a series about various towns
located in the county. Follow
ing is a continuation of this se
ries with Warrenton as the sub
jeet of the chapter.—Ed.)
Warrenton
Soon after the county was
created the town of Warrenton
was laid out and in 1798 was
made the county seat.
On page 175 of Marhury and
C rawfords Digest of Lands in
Georgia publislied in 1802 is “An
Act to make permanent the seat
for public buildings for Warren
County.”
The permanent seat for court
house and jail declared to be on
a lot or parcel of land whereon
Sterling Gardner now resides,
which was pointed out and
agreed upon by the late Commis
sioners appointed for that pur
pose. Provided Sterling Card
ner will, within three months af
ter the passing of this act, exe
cute and deliver 1 deed in fee
simple for seven acres to be con
veyed to the Commissioners so
as to carry* into full effect a con
tract heretofore made between
missioners to he
bidder after giving thirty days
„o,,„ i„ three or more pul,tic
places.
(Signed) Jared Irwin, Gov.
Concurred, Feb. 27, 1797.
Following is a copy of the
deed:
of our Lord one thousand
hundred and ninetty-seven and
twentv-first year of American
Independence, between Sterling
(iardner of the t.ounty of War
ren and the State afoesaid of
the one part and the Honorable
the Inferior Court of the Conn
«.v state of the
other part, witnesseth that the
said Sterling Gardner and Polly,
his wife, have given, granted,
conveyed and confirmed and by
these presents doth fully, freely,
absolutely and entirely give,
grant, convey and confirm unto
tne above said Judge of c ,, the In— y
,? L
p„. ferior Court rr „, and , their . success
ors in office, all that tract andV or par
cel of land situate, lying
ing in .the county and state
aforesaid and near Goldwins
Creek, on the road leading to
Augusta, to-wit: Beginning at
from r Zrto?ir d running
sr–Kr - l
ax , 4 *«£ b s zt b L p m
hou„ C d h'° iJSSS lhe°begta- 1 ” U ,7
West, from then» to
.he san.e bei„ e
county purposes to-wit: The
purpose of laying off into lots
tor erecting public buildings and
other purposes. Reserving nev
G Gardner r aiSi? # »ft after nC rtf^Kr the public 4 i lots t0 * ^ are
designated and as for me the
said Sterling Gardner and Polly,
his wife, our heirs, executors,
administrators will, well and
truly warran, and forever defend
wun an ngnts, profits and ad
vantages thereunto belonging, or
the in anywise claim appertaining, against
or claims of any per
the son or persons whatsoever, unto
above said Judge of the In
ferior court and their success
ors in office. In tes.timony
whereof we have hereunto set
our hand and seals this day and
year above written.
Sterling Gardner (Seal)
Polly Gardner (Seal)
J. Tucker, C. S. C., Warren Co.
Together with free privilege to
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timber to complete the public
buildings and also free and en
"f a „£
seven acres.
Recorded the 10th day of
April, 1797. J. Tucker, C.S.C.
Lot No. 4 was selected by
SteHing Gardner, afterward sold
to Col. Win. Stith, of Mayfield,
and after his death was sold for
taxes at which sale Chappel
Heath bought it for $225. ’Tis
the Old Eagle Tavern at present,
A. I). 1858.
The contract for a court house
and jail was let and while the
court house was in course of
construction the courts were
j held in the home of Sterling
Gardner, for the early records
reveal the fact that on June 6 th,
j 790 , court was held in the home
0 f Sterling Gardner,
On July 20th, 1796. March 8 th,
and j u i y 18{h 1797 , r was
held at Warrington.
On July 19th. 1797, it was held
!lt Sterling Gardner’s house and
on August 21st, 1798 it was held
at the court house.
The first law suit in the coun
ty came in 180,8 and was Caswell
Hopson vs. George Smith and
Mountain Hill.
Another suit of the same year
was James French vs. Henry
Cox.
The first w ill was filed in 1794
i )y Benjamin Hubert, a copy of
which will !> e found in the office
0 f the Ordinary in the court
house,
hi 1810 it was incorporated as
[he town of Warrenton. It is
!situated on the Macon branch
and one-half f hours r " ride from
hours ride from Augusta. It is
!? £** etamj. lu te
(hundred J inhabitants. ,
In 1808 Thaddeus Phelps
John and mcrcanSe Rhes-t Howard sT were
in the l i i
At the same time Joseph Lan
‘drum was a merchant in \V 7 ar
rer rfon
other firms were Chapman,
Moore and Chapman, Asa Chap
man, Michel Moore and Abner
Chapman being partners in the
fj n „
Boa,, „„„ ,Bo one
of the merchants in the early
days of the county.
hi 1854 Hubert anil Culver
conducted a drug store in the
building in which Dr. J. C. Jar
r.agin had a drug store for so
many 1 vears
\Ir ,■ Doll 111 Shivprs ^ Imers . had , “ da , a “ ilrv ur . y
goods store where Tanenbauni
"hu.L now operates
and Jones also sold
drygoods in Whitdey’s ’ present
stand.
Smith and Shields handled dry
goods and groceries where the
Citizens Bank now stands and
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pany'nSr'w^'Sie /......„' ,en r nln 8 ’ “ » »*ore
S decked L^shT
Welborn’s dry goods store
was where “31” now is and
Swinney’s Hotel was above it
where now the Mason’s meet.
Al Mayes conducted » grocery
store where F. R. Lowe now sells
groceries.
It will he interesting to con
trast records of the business
hmies of u^o. Warrenton ^Cred of forty
by tbe
of today. It had six general
stores,'two millinery stores, sev
end dress dakers rooms, one
drug store, two hotels, one res
taurant, one carriage shop, two
public gins, blacksmith shop,
one grist mill, one livery stable,
one meat and fish market, sever
a! grocery and provision stores,
one furniture store and a mer
chant tailor. Sixty years ago
there were four saloons in War
renton, where whiskey was
One stood where the
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A1 Mayes and stood where F. R.
Lowe’s store now stands. These
**ore sokl whiskey and a cer
lain amount of liquor was
bought with the family supplies
ofjood. However, on July 1st,
1 ihnan N. Pool, represen
Ld' ve Horn Warren county to
die legislature offered a bill pro
viding for local qption for War
rc» county, which pu.s.tl and
became a law and no rnoic wins
key was legally sold in the
county. Warren county was the
b ,st county in Georgia to pass a
prohibition measure. When it
went into effect a grave was dug
on the court house square anf ]
violin r„t, n n.„| Harley ov t^orn was biiriuwi buried.
A , large crowd assembled „„ , lo , to wit
ness the obsequies which were
elaborate and impressive.
On April 23rd, 1854, a
destructive fire swept over War
r e»ton, destroying the court
bouse with many valuable pa
PJ™ and documents a so most
n
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court house of brick
for years a mule car was op
c ™ 1 ®' 1 ta transport passengers
to Lamak to catch the Georgia
R ailroad train and to bring hack
arrivals and \\ arrenton was of
Ifnjiumorou.sly J,1L ls,u,e town. referred A to Mr. as
BIa(, k was the conductor on this
™ ad and he lived in Warrenton.
This was before the Macon
branch was biffit.
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«nere tneivieinoaist enuren now
^ an .d ^’8 Q s : u Ib,s (•) when was dls the j 4 :onti Macon r ,ued !
J b n ™nch of the Georgia Railroad
vvas completed. When this road
came up to the station it came
JrecUjr Methodist m church front of stood, where at that the
une the church stood just m
fr « nt «/‘he old cemetery located
about !, 00 yar ‘ ls beyond th e pres
en .t rai l roa( t tracks. When the
radroad was ^uilt it came so
dose to the front ot the church
that it was torn down and re-'
rjrs nsrw now
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Warrenton was changed to the
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^ amendment amendment to to the the charter charter in in
, fh 1 » er e are six . d dry goods , stores stores
ll, e proprietors of which are:
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t j emen and j adies and on , h
window of the ladies depart
m€n Vr " t 1 j s the clever mever le.tenng, loderinii “Boh Bob
^ ’ a a telegraphese « ,e 8 ra Pn °m ce ami antl
exp re * s 0 ^cc. A third-c ass
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lie ginneries, two meat markets
j ™ railroad kriESad stations the Geor
and the AUanta
anf j 8avanna h trunk line one
B t j j h severa o7 ] boarding
homes tak C are the floating
p 0 p U ] aBon A j arf , hrick build
^ h th Warwn Countv ‘s
S( k)r High f Schoo, ■' which “ *
both a sfa e an(J
credBed sc bool
Bring us your Job Printing.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Heard Senators And
Governors At Rally
F’ditor dinner-_As to Senator
c.) Stui.h;, plau of handling
the cotton situation, l wish to
, . , . . c pnqtor - s Smith
and 1 birrs and Cmvernor V’ Bbck
™ od , ' °, , Soulh c Carob "f’ f ♦ tb °
Sen dor Smith snoke iust after
the d distinguished i s ti nfiu i s hed senator senator from Horn
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listenina to the South Carolina
senator I believe he has held
his I s nost P )St for '. or twenty U ' ent y y vears ears - and a »«
,
f All L of us know there afaantic must be
0 soRinfl oFthe and
momentous problems that face
th^woil.lModay the world today'
trains bdains kMWS knows that that to to build build a a
structure to stand, the tounda
,. tion must , be made . secure. Gov- ,,
ernor ernor Roosevelt Roosevelt put nnt thirty thirty of ot his ins
la°£ lanto, on on Te the int^sU interests o'! of fhe the
ne ■
can ^ive® cxpSiT’and ^rosJe?
and th e world will he safe for
Democracy, Jesus Christ and His
sssr- '' u>ve ,hy “
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'' CrC in .f""" c ' ,u "! y ’ Evcry
Ihe’^iTof insfance?
farmers and in many
taking awav their land and
homes, the same is a thief and a
robber
Suppose we don’t wait till
Year’s rears Dav JJay to to make make our our
) ever'have"to resfore
time " yau you’ll' " cve r nav e rest °re
tc.the poor and , needy . the goods
^ *“* ° b,a '" ed by
the sun of righteousness
shed abroad in our land
thine is now about to he
Pray let us have a fair and
deal' Sincere’v
Mrs. A RShivers
Warrant on Clipper
To Prosorvo Health
A mail'd own observation, what ha
Ends good of, and what he finds hurt
of, Is the best phjsle to preserve
health.--Ilaoca.
War Vetrans Honored
On Arm$ice Day
The Auxiliary of the Reese
Hyman Post of the American
Legion entertained one of the
largest gatherings of Warren and
Glascock veterans of the World
War on record on Armistice
night at the Community House
in Warrenton. The occasion was
made more enjoyable by the
presence of several visitors from
other sections. Memories of w’ar
days were revived in relating ex
periences and singing the never
to he forgotten war songs. A
magnificent oyster supper was
served after which talks were
made by Dr. A. W. Davis, Com
mander of the Post, Rev. C. M.
Haynes, Chaplain, and Mr. B. C.
Kitchens. Dr. Davis, in outlin
ing the benefits to the veteran,
urged every eligible man to
join.
A rising vote of thanks was
given the ladies for the supper
and for the loyal support which
they have always given the
Reese-Hyman Post. MH. Miath
ews, president of the Auxiliary,
responded, stating that now, as
in the days of the war, the la
dies consider it a privilege to do
whatever they can for the “boys.’*
This annual event is deeply
appreciated by the boys and
eagerly looked forward to each
year.
TWO DAYS FROM PINE
TREE TO PRINTED PAPER
Atlanta, November—Incidental
to an address of Dr. Charles H.
Herty before civic clubs of Au
gusta November 2, various spe
cies of pines were cut from the
state forest near Augusta, shipped
to Savannah where the research
paper plant immediately con
verted them into paper and
shipped the paper to Augusta
where it was printed for distri
bution at the meeting—all with
in 48 hours’ time. This was
intended to demonstrate how
readily the pines of Georgia can
be made available for the man
ufacture of white news print, a
product which the research
plant at Savannah is chiefly in
lerested in promoting.
Leading citizens of Augusta
heard Dr. Herty assert that
southern pines and other woods
are to become the main source
of white news print and book
paper in the future. He told of
the progress of his research
work under the Department of
Forestry and Geological Devel
opment of the State, and was re
ceived enthusiastically by his
audience.
Now Wishes He Had
i
Heard About Sargon
Twenty Years Ago
FT “Right from the start
I Imew that Sargon waa
different from any oth
v a effect! er taken. medicine throughout 1 could I had feel erer lta
mr
whole system, and now
I years for the I flret am time enjoying In M
the beet of health. My
stomach had gotten to
such bad condition I
was afraid nothing
3- would ever correct 1L
I suffered for hours
After every meal I had severs backaches
and was so nervous I could hardly keep
ffoftif .Sargon Soft Mass Pills art tht
finest i ever used and regulated me per
fectly . I wish I had heard of Sargon twenty
years ago (t would have saved me much
s itterlng and a »ot ot money.*’—OrJe L.
Arnold. San Diego, Calif.
This remarkable medicine
may be obtained from Ev
ans Pharmacies, Warrenton,
Ga., exclusive agents for
Warren and Glascock coun
ties.
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No Good for Him
A soft answer may turn away wrath,
but never an Insurance agent.—Chi
cago Evening Post.