BLOUNTSVILLE  MAP

Blountsville is situated at a junction of roads from Clinton to Eatonton and from Milledgeville to Monticello, it is ten miles from Clinton and sixteen and one-half miles from Milledgeville.  From Milledgeville to Monticello are two roads the one by way of Blountsville is best for it crosses no large watercourses.  The other goes by way of Low's Mill on Cedar Creek and Half Acre.

James Blount is probably the family for which Blountsville got its name. He bought land here before 1817. One deed in 1817, Mar 13, he bought from Stephen Ventress ofr 43,000 a tract of land in 10th Dist Baldwin,now Jones, LL 111 containing 202.5 acres. Jones Co Deed Book G pg 218) He married Elizabeth Roulac. He had an estate in this vicinity and died in 1821. It is supposed that his burial place is on Lot #128, Big Cedar Creek, 10th District.

James Blount left this land to his wife (possibly with a deed or will). Jeremiah Lamar bought much of the estate in 1822, and died in 1822. Both he and his father, John Lamar, who died in 1842 are buried there.

This village at the junction of two stagecoach routes, had a buggy, carriage and wagon shop, a wagon factory, stores and an outstanding Academy.  This village was the center of a wealthy and aristocratic citizenry.  Some of the families who lived here were: BLOUNTS, TUFTS, MILNERS, DRUMAS, MILLER, McCULLOUGH, HURT, CLARK, WILLIAMS, DRURY, GORDON, ETHRIDGE, FARRARS, and SMITHS.

Rev. Benjamin MILNER, son of John MILNER of North Carolina was one of the early Baptist preachers of the County.  His daughter, Mary Parks MILNER married Major John Francis TUFTS.  She gave the land for the Baptist church and shared most of the expense of building it, donating a large Bible for the pulpit. Some of these MILNERS settled at Milner, Georgia, which is named for them.

Thomas Bog SLADE, Baptist minister, and head of the Clinton Female Seminary and later teacher at Wesleyan married Miss Ann BLOUNT (daughter of James)of Blountsville.  The late Miss Alice McCULLOUGH of Round Oak, whose family lived in Blountsville said that the married daughter of the SLADES came to visit the BLOUNTS here and their only child, a little girl became ill and died; she was buried in the flower garden back of the house.  The little marble slab may still be found in the tall shrubs and bushes of the once beautiful gardens.

There was an old tavern, a large two-story building with an outside stair to the upper story where the men travelers stayed.  This had no connection with the lower floor where the ladies stayed.  The building stood on high granite pillars with a retaining wall of granite slabs.  In the yard was an old well sweep.

Strange to say that at this writing (1957) there is not a vestige of the once flourishing village, only a nice State historic marker shows where the town was.

An Official Georgia Historical marker at the US 129 intersection reads: Blountsville - Near here was Blountsville, an early stagecoach station and post office until after the War Between the States.  It suffered severely during the War and the town disappeared.

The home of many prominent families, Blountsville was the site of Blountsville Academy, chartered in 1834 with Allen Drury, William E. Ethridge, John W. Stokes, Francis Tufts and John W. Gordon serving as trustees.

Children of James and Elizabeth Roulac Blount were: John Maule Roulac Blount, Ann Jacqueline Blount (m. Rev Thomas Slade), Lavinia Blount (m. Simrie Rose), Edmund S. Blount, J.M. R. Blount and Thomas H. Blount

Source by permission
"History of Jones Co., GA," by Carolyn White Williams