Turnwold, historic plantation in Georgia, USA
Turnwold is a plantation in Putnam County, Georgia, founded in the early 1800s and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property consisted of two houses and agricultural structures, including a print shop where the newspaper The Countryman was published during the Civil War.
Brothers William and Joseph Turner received the land in 1805 through a land lottery and named it Turnwold. William Turner transformed the plantation into not only an agricultural center but also a publishing site, where the only known newspaper printed on a plantation during the Civil War was produced.
The name Turnwold comes from the Turner brothers who received the land in 1805 and named it Turner's field. The plantation served as more than just a farm, functioning as a place where a printing press operated and stories were shared among the people who lived and worked there.
The plantation sits on private land, so free wandering is not possible for visitors. You can only view the buildings and grounds from a distance, typically from the roadside.
Joel Chandler Harris worked here as a young printer and heard stories from enslaved people that later inspired his famous Uncle Remus tales. These narratives, collected on a plantation, shaped an important chapter in American literary history.
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