BLUNT RESERVATION AND FIELDS
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N 30° 26.599 W 085° 02.599
16R E 687891 N 3369536
A marker in Blountstown, Fl.on Highway 20
Waymark Code: WM75WN
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2009
Views: 23
This is the western boundary of a reservation set aside by the treaty of Fort Moultrie and given to John Blunt (Blount) one of the six principal chiefs of the Florida Indians. The Apalachicola River was the eastern boundary. The treaty was ratified January 2, 1824. Signers of the treaty were William P. Duval, James Gadsden, Bernard Sequi, Nea Mathla, John Blunt, Tuski Hajo, Mulatto King, Emathlochee and Econchatimico. Blounstown was named after him.
Marker Number: F120
Date: 1964
County: Calhoun
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Calhoun County Board of County Commissioners
Website: Not listed
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