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Photo Gallery: Branch Bank of the State of Georgia at
Eatonton
Marker text:
In the Dec. 4, 1818 Georgia Journal directors of the Bank of
the State of Georgia at Savannah announced a meeting on Jan. 1, 1819 to
appoint 7 directors and a cashier for the branches established at Eatonton
and Greensborough. Branch Banks were already in operation in Augusta,
Washington and Milledgeville. Directors appointed for the Eatonton branch
were: John J. Smith, Irby Hudson, William Flournoy, Thomas Hoxey, Wilson
Williams, A(ugustus) Haywood and W(illie) Abercrombie. John Hudson was made
cashier. The cashier advertised for bids to build a brick building, Feb. 18,
1819.
Lot no. 4, Square D is directly opposite this marker. The Branch Bank at
Eatonton purchased the western half of the lot Aug. 28, 1819 and the eastern
half Feb. 13, 1823. There is no definite information for any bank building
until 1847 when Tunis Tenison and James M. Broadfield erected a two story
brick building as a business house and residence for the cashier.
When the bank failed in 1866 the property was turned over to the Bank of the
STate of Georgia at Savannah. Their assignees sold it to George W. Wardwell
Sept. 24, 1869. With little remodeling and few additions the building became
the residence of Mr. Wardwell and his family until 1962. The property was
then sold for commercial use and the house was demolished.
Erected 1977 by Eatonton-Putnam County Historical Society, Inc.
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