Jones COUNTY GA Towns - HADDOCK File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Copied with permission from "History of Jones Co., GA," by Carolyn White Williams Typed by Barbara Shore HADDOCK Haddock is located in the eastern part of the County on the Dixie Hwy and the Georgia RR in Pope's district, 358 military district. The RR was one of the first in the county being built in 1871. Convicts were used for labor. The highway was paved in 1928. The town is built in a valley with the historical old Bowen home on one hill and the Haddock Junior High School on the other. Haddock takes its name from Caswell HADDOCK and his wife Milbry Barnes HADDOCK, the earliest settlers in this section and it was from a part of their plantation that Haddock was built. Milbry J. BARNES a daughter of James BARNES, was married to Caswell HADDOCK Jan. 13, 1835 by Nathan PASMORE, JP. Prior to her marriage Milbry lived with her parents on their plantation near Bradley. After her marriage to Caswell HADDOCK, the couple moved to this plantation also owned by her father. This plantation contained 1,350 acres of land. With her to her new home she brought a number of slaves also given to her by her father. At his death Mar. 10, 1859, James BARNES deeded this plantation to Milbry Barnes HADDOCK and her children. Caswell and Milbry HADDOCK reared a large family. Their children were Jimmie (killed in the Battle of Bull Run), Victoria, Rebecca, Bluford, Jeannie, Thomas, Joseph, Ella, Christiana and William. Sherman passed through this plantation on his march from Atlanta to the sea, burning the warehouse where several years cotton crops were stored, killing livestock and plundering as he went. His army made its headquarters at the Bowen home about a mile away. After the building of the Georgia RR, Samuel ANCHORS and his family moved to Haddock, then only a flag station. John D. ANCHORS, a son, started out west and stopping to tell his parents good-bye, met and fell in love with Christiana HADDOCK, daughter of Caswell and Milbry. The plans for the trip west were abandoned and John D. ANCHORS and Christiana HADDOCK were married. They built their home near the RR, this was really the first house ever built in the present site of Haddock. This house was build about 1872. At the death of Milbry Barnes HADDOCK in 1885, the estate was divided among her children. At this time ten acres were sold at public auction, divided into lots for a section of the town of Haddock. This section was laid off in blocks and the streets names. The first store in Haddock was built by GOLDSTEIN, this was followed closely by a grocery store owned by Caswell HADDOCK. Other early merchants were George WALKER, John D. ANCHORS, and Richard BULLINGTON. In 1882 Henry J. FINNEY moved to Haddock and was joined by his brother James T. FINNEY in 1884 when they jointly opened a mercantile business. The first schoolhouse built in Haddock was built by John D. ANCHORS in 1884 as a semi-private school. The school was a one-room frame building, taught by Sue NORMAN whose salary was paid by John D. ANCHORS and Henry NEWSOME. Other children in this section were given the advantage of an early education. As years passed and more families moved to Haddock, this school no longer met the requirements and so in 1892 the Jones County Board of Education purchased a plot of land from Susie PHILLIPS, daughter of Ella HADDOCK and a larger school was built. John D. ANCHORS and J.T. FINNEY were the first trustees of this school. In time this school also proved insufficient and in 1908 David d. BATCHELOR gave one and one-half acres of land and a brick building was erected. Trustees at this time were E. W. COLEMAN, C.W. MIDDLEBROOKS, and C.H. KELLER. This building was used until 1934 when the county with the aid of the Federal Government built a model Junior High School which the citizens of Haddock prize highly. The first cotton gin in Haddock was owned and operated by Robert COOX, this was a traveling gin. When all the cotton in one section was ginned, he would take his gin apart, pack and move on to the next community. Thus he made his annual visit to each section. The first gristmill in Haddock was owned by John DUPREE. Cy BROWN (a negro) ran the first blacksmith shop. The Blount home so called for Colonel James H. BLOUNT who last made his home there is located about a mile from haddock. This is one of the oldest homes in the vicinity of Haddock and still retains much of its charm and dignity, the architectural plan is of colonial type and especially beautiful is the old winding staircase in the front hall. This home was built for General GORDON by Daniel PRATT. General GORDON sold this home to Thomas O. BOWEN of Clinton. Thom. BOWEN and his wife who was a BLOUNT of Clinton, made their home here. In November 1864, Sherman made his headquarters here with this family. Mrs. Sally MATHIS, one of our oldest citizens was then little Sally BOWEN of about five years of age. Mrs. BOWEN had two brothers who were outstanding citizens. James H. BLOUNT who was for 25 years Congressman from this district and Dr. Horatio BOWEN of Clinton. This home after many years was sold to Colonel James H. BLOUNT later owned by his daughter Mrs. Walter D. LAMAR of Macon. Other early settlers in Haddock were the LESTERS, BONNERS, GODARDS, CHAMBERS, MIDDLEBROOKS, PITTS, MORRIS, PHILLIPS, HUFFS, CALIFFS, BIVINS, ANDREWS, CLARKS, MERCERS, SPEIGHTS, FINNEYS and PURSLEYS. At first there were no churches in Haddock. The Methodists attended at Fortville and the Baptists at Blountsville. In 1900 the Fortville Methodist Church was moved to Haddock. For several years the Methodists and Baptists held services in this church, some Baptist services were also held in the K. P. Hall. In 1912 the present Baptist church was built. This is of wooden structure and painted white. In 1913 the present Methodist church was built. This church is built of brick and is much superior to the first building. The building committee were: J.T. FINNEY, J.A. PITTS, S.H. HADDOCK, T.R. TURNER, and J.A. MIDDLEBROOKS. Augustus ERNEST was pastor at this time. The first peach orchard in Haddock was set out by John D. ANCHORS in 1903. A few years later J.T. FINNEY set out an orchard. Around 1905 the town was incorporated. Henry T. FINNEY was the first mayor. The aldermen were: John D. ANCHORS, S. H. HADDOCK, T.R. TURNER and C.W. MIDDLEBROOKS. Charlie ROBERTS was the first town marshall. Haddock is not incorporated today. In 1910 ROSS built the first telephone exchange. Daniel HADDOCK succeeded him in this business. Today his niece Ellen BONNER is the owner. Haddock has always received excellent service from this company (now a part of county system owned by Ralph LINEBERGER). In 1912 a part of the business section of Haddock was destroyed by fire. The buildings lost at this time were stores owned by H.J. and J.T. FINNEY, S.H. HADDOCK, H.C. PEARSON and J.N. HOLLOWAY, R.H. KINGMAN and R.B. BONNER'S Market. This same year saw the enlargement of the residential section. A part of Christiana Haddock ANCHORS estate was bought by C.W. MIDDLEBROOKS, divided into lots and sold at public auction. In May 1936 the Georgia Power Company extended the power line from Gray to Haddock. Today Haddock is a thriving little town of about 500 inhabitants. (1957). The business section is composed of three general merchandise stores owned and operated by J.A. and J.D. MIDDLEBROOKS, J.A. PURSLEY and C.W. FINNEY; a garage owned by J. V. MERCER; Post Office, Ga. Depot, Haddock Gin Co. and Jones County Bank. The Jones County Bank is the oldest bank in the County, G.A. SMITH is present and the Cherokee Products Co. owned by Logan, Albert, Ernest and Mrs. BLOODWORTH, is located northeast of Haddock. Tarver Smith Lumber Company, is another industry in Haddock. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.