CARROLL.

This town shows in the old county records, but the memory of it has entirely passed away. It was platted by County Surveyor William C. Butler, August 18, 1836, just a few days after the laying out of Savannah.

The site was the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 16, Coldbrook township. It was a little more than three miles north from Savannah, across the road and a little east of the present Talbot Creek Christian church, on land now owned by J. E. Wallace. Carroll was laid out with a public square and sixteen blocks—a popular size in those days. P. R. Haley, Daniel McNeil, Jr., and Lyman Prentiss owned the townsite.

 

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