Shacktown
Linked to Fitzgerald
Linked to Fitzgerald
Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, # ben030.
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Settlers from the North, led by Union veteran Philander H. Fitzgerald, established a colony in Ben Hill County. Their initial camp, known as Shacktown, is…
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