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Need a break from the fast pace of your everyday life style?
Come and relax in beautiful historical Warren County. The natural beauty of Warren County is perhaps the first thing that visitors notice. The majority of the 176,000 acres that comprise the County area are brimming with loblolly pines, dogwood, sweet gums and maple trees. These mighty forests provide habitation for a multitude of deer, quail, wild turkey and other small game. The grandeur of nature is further exhibited along the banks of the lazily flowing Ogeechee River that forms the western boundary of Warren County. The quiet campground of Rocky Comfort Plantation and others offer the natural setting for peaceful meditation.
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If touring and sight-seeing is preferred, the Warren County Library houses the Mill Branch Indian Artifact display. Items in this display represent the entire prehistoric span from approximate 7800 BC to 1450 AD. Please, stop by the Depot Welcome Center to pick up an historic driving tour brochure featuring beautiful and interesting spots throughout the county.
The Old Burkhalter Home (pictured above) is a must-see. Revolutionary War Solider Jacob Burkhalter built the first colonial house in Warren County, with the columns of the porch being the square type used in that day. General Lafayette visited Warrenton in 1824 and spent two weeks being nursed back to health in the Burk halter Home. Before his departure, a grand ball was held in his honor.
The Ogeechee River Mill (pictured above) has been in operation since 1826 and still grinds the corn like it did many years ago.
In the early 1900's, land was donated in Warren County for the building of a campground for religious purposes. This land is the present day Fountain Campground (pictured above). Services have been held at the campground since 1932 on the third Sunday in August. Families from far and near have a homecoming and bring covered dishes.
In the early 1800's, William Shrivers established the first cotton mill in the county. The old unique building now serves as a "craft shop" called Country Treasures with a small garden on the property. It is located on Ansley Road behind the home of Kenneth & Barbara Ansley.
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Sports enthusiasts can find a place to spend their favorite pastimes, too. For the hunter, the woodlands of the county offer a variety of small and large game. Warren County has several membership hunting clubs as well as the very well-known commercial hunting preserve, Come Away Plantation in Norwood. The angler can wet his hook in the Ogeechee River or in any of the small streams and ponds in search of catfish, bass and other fish. After of short drive through the Warren County, you will be at Clarks Hill Lake.
Several stagecoach stops are found in Warren County including the Old Stagecoach Inn (pictured above) which is still standing from the colonial days and is located on East Warrenton Road. Visit the "Birthplace of the Idea of Rural Free Delivery" seven miles northwest of Warrenton in Norwood. Drink the water from Beall Springs, a resort at the turn of the century. The water would supposedly make ill visitors well again. Another must-see is the Ogeechee River Mill that is still in use today.
Little Briar Church is the oldest church in the County. It was established in 1777, sixteen years before the birth of the County. Little Briar Church was also the 4th Baptist Church organized in Georgia. The Johnson Family Plantation was owned by William Johnson. William Johnson was born in Southampton County, Virginia around 1750. He enlisted in the Army on February 13, 1776 and was discharged February, 1778. Johnson was a corporal in the 4th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Elliott and Col. Robert Lawson. William and his wife, Lucy Rosannah (Reece) Johnson traveled from Virginia in the late 1700's and settled in this area of Georgia. The family plantation was a working farm for eight generations, doing very well during the cotton farming era. It has only very recently given up its farming heritage. |
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