Statham House (Barrrow County)
N 33° 57.921 W 083° 35.709
17S E 260215 N 3761349
This town was bought from the Indians for 14 pounds of beads.
Waymark Code: WMNJ5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2006
Views: 24
Built circa 1850. Owned by M. John C. Statham. He provided homes for widows of Civil War Veterans; donated land for right-of-way of railroad; streets for town, and a lot for a Methodist Church - now the city cemetery. Statham, incorporated Dec. 20, 1892, named in honor of its founder, M.J.C. Statham. First Post Office known as Barber's Creek, 1846; then DeLay, 1854; and changed to Statham in 1892. Statham was originally known as Calamit Village, part of the Talasee Colony on the Ocoloco Trail, inhabited by Creek and Cherokee Indians. In 1784 white settlers paid Indian Chief Umausauga 14 pounds of beads for land from Calamit to Snodon and Poganip calling it Beadland.
Type of Marker: Building
Date: JULY 30, 1977
Sponsor: CITY OF STATHAM
Marker #: Not listed
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