2024 Map of Glennville SW

About this map

The Altamaha River winds through the borderlands of Tattnall, Long, and Wayne Counties, defining a landscape of cypress swamps and riverine islands. This 2024 map documents the historic river crossing at Beards Bluff, where the Beards Bluff Ferry once linked the northern banks to the southern reaches near Strickland Bight. The interior terrain is a complex network of wetlands and namesake basins, including Mushmelon Creek, Watermelon Creek, and the expansive Black Swamp. For genealogists, the map preserves the location of rural burial grounds like Padgett Cem and Pigot Branch Cem, alongside the Ebenezer Free Will Cem in the northeast corner. These sites, often located at the terminus of local roads like Ed Cadanner Rd NE, serve as primary markers of early settlement patterns in this corner of the Georgia coastal plain.