Overview
Location
South side of White Oak Creek in Camden County, Georgia
Date Constructed/ Founded
not determined
Associated Surnames
John Morrison
Historical notes
It was a cotton and corn plantation and Mr. Morrison owned a number of slaves. The place is still spoken of as the old Morrison place. The following account was found in official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Volume 16, and was furnished by Tom Dickey of Atlanta: "U.S.S. Mary Sanford, St. Andrews Sound, Georgia, October 16, 1864.
Sir: I respectfully report going up the Big Satilla River with my command on the evening of the 13th instant, drove the pickets from Penniman's Mills, and anchored for the night at that place to wait for the return of Acting Master Gillespie, commanding the U. S. bark Braziliera, who had gone up the White Oak River (Creek) with two boats and 20 men from his command and one boat and 2 officers and 10 men from this vessel to take the negroes from captain John Morrison's plantation that were harvesting corn at that place for the Confederate soldiers stationed in that neighborhood. Captain Gillespie returned in safety to this vessel on the morning of the 14th instant bringing with him all the negroes from the Morrison Plantation, forty-seven in number.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Z. Kempton Acting Master, Commanding."
Associated Slave Workplaces
none
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References
The above information was taken from Camden County, Georgia, CAMDEN'S CHALLENGE, A History of Camden County, Georgia, Compiled by Marguerite Reddick, Edited by Eloise Bailey, 1976, page 51.
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