Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....Godwin, John October 17, 1798 - February 26, 1859
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Author: John H. Martin

John GODWIN, builder of the first bridge across the Chattahoochee, was a native
of North Caorlina, but removed from Cheraw, S.C., to Columbus after making the
contract to build the bridge.  He did not reside immediately in the city for any
length of time, but went over into Alabama, and lived in the immediate vicinity
of Fort Ingersoll, a little military post on the hill upon which the Baptist
Church in Girard now stands [1875].  A number of business men of Columbus lived
there at that time, transacting their business in town during the day, and
sleeping across the river at night.  Mr. GODWIN was a man of much mechanical
skill, and became quite famous as a bridge builder.  He was a most useful man in
a territory such as this when he removed to it, and though he is now dead, some
of his works of public improvement 'live after him.'  He acquired a quantity of
valuable land in Russell county, and made some improvements far in advance of
those common in the country at that time.  He never filled or sought public
office.  He died in February, 1859, at the age of 61 years.

Additional Comments:
From "The Making of a Modern City: Columbus Georgia, 1827-1865," by John H.
Martin (1875, reprinted 1972), Volume I, p. 43.  John GODWIN is buried in the
Godwin Cemetery at the corner of 17th Avenue and 13th Place in Phenix City,
Russell Co, AL.

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