Category Archives: –SCHLEY COUNTY GA–

Burton House, Ellaville

Burton House by Linda Adams

Robert Burton, one of the pioneer residents of present-day Schley County, sold the original 150 acres on which the town of Ellaville was settled. The town took its name from Burton’s daughter, Ella.

LaCrosse, Georgia

2009

The old C. H. Burt General Store, which may have also been a commissary, is about the only evidence the settlement of LaCrosse ever existed. It’s a rural crossroad in Schley County. A plantation at LaCrosse was first established by Stinson J. Rees in 1856 and the community likely takes its name from the plantation. A post office was in operation here from 1883-1936.

2014