What is the history of Moultrie, Georgia?
Colquitt County became the 115th county in Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia by an act of the Legislature on February 25, 1856. It was named after Walter Terry Colquittt, a minister, statesman and lawyer who was admired as a military leader in the mid 1860’s. In 1879, a charter was adopted and 50 acres in the center of the county was made the county seat. It was named Moultrie, after Gen. William Moultrie, a Revolutionary War hero. During the American Civil War Colquitt County raised several companies of Confederate troops, particularly Company H, 50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. In all more than 100 citizens of Moultrie and Colquitt County have died in military service over the last 150 years. Founders of naval stores started harvesting the timbers in the late 1890’s. They set up turpentine stills and built tram roads, allowing for the railroad to come into the territory. The Boston and Albany Railroad (Georgia)Boston & Albany line, which later became the Georgia Northern Railway, was the f
