Floyd County GaArchives Photo place.....Georgia School for the Deaf July 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharlyn Shaw shaw208@comcast.net February 4, 2004, 12:36 am Source: Marker outside of the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/floyd/photos/ph586georgias.jpg Image file size: 11.4 Kb In 1833, a deaf man, John Jacobus Flournoy, of Jackson County, great grandson of Jacob Flournoy, a French Huguenot, urging education for the deaf, interested Governor Wilson Lumpkin and the Georgia Legislature in this educational movement. At first the pupils, few in number, were sent to the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford. Conn. Distance, weather, and the youth of the pupils made that unsatisfactory. On May 15, 1846, with four pupils in a log cabin, with O. P. Fannin, teacher, this school began as a part of the Hearn Manual School at Cave Spring, Georgia. This school grew rapidly and, in 1847, a brick building was erected and dedicated. Later, other additions were made. The school was closed during the War Between the States and used as a hospital by both Confederate and Union forces. It resumed operations in February 1867 and is still supported by the State of Georgia. In 1955, this school had 82 teachers and employees and an income of more than $500,000. Additional Comments: Historic Marker 057-M - 1955 Georgia Historic Commission Georgia School for the Deaf Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb