Joshua Lee

Joshua Lee (HMZZQ)

Location: Lakeland, GA 31635 Lanier County
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Country: United States of America
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N 31° 2.17', W 83° 5.745'

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(1782-1855)

Joshua Lee built the first grist mill on this location in c1830 in what was Lowndes County. He owned five and one half land lots (2.690 acres) which were not yet free of Indians. He built a low-level dam across a stream flowing through his property. The water flooded the land around the ancient cypress trees where a natural pocosin existed probably as a result of tidal action of the ocean thousands of years ago. His mill afforded the farmers a place to grind their grain and gin their cotton without going a great distance. The Mill was located on the old stagecoach road from Waycross to Thomasville. Farmers and merchants who gathered at this location established it as a trade center. A post office in 1838 established the town of Alapaha, but changed to Milltown in 1857 and later to Lakeland in 1925. The legacy of this property is the remembrance of the pioneers who came to this land and created a community, and of their descendants who wish to protect the land.
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Year Placed2004
Placed ByThe National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century John Howell Sr Chapter and descendants of the Lee family
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 2:36am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 299981 N 3435496
Decimal Degrees31.03616667, -83.09575000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 2.17', W 83° 5.745'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 2' 10.20" N, 83° 5' 44.70" W
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Area Code(s)229
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1051-1099 W Main St, Lakeland GA 31635, US
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