Ellicott's Mound
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 30° 31.090 W 082° 13.670
17R E 382194 N 3376845
On GA 94 near the Florida State Line.
Waymark Code: WMNJKR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2015
Views: 5
Ellicott`s Mound, 5 miles north, at the head of the St. Marys River, was erected February 27, 1800, to mark the boundry between the United States and Spanish Florida, as set fourth in the Treaty of 1795 with Spain. Major Andrew Ellicott noted surveyor of Pennsylvania had been appointed U.S. Commissioner to survey the boundary. Prevented by Indians from running the line west from the Chattahoochee, he sailed around Florida and up the St. Marys to the edge of Okefenokee Swamp where he erected the mound.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: A-3
Date: None
Sponsor: Works Progress Administration
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