Francesville

After the death of Benjamin Hawkins, the old Indian Agency began to degenerate. Then Frances Bacon of Massachusetts, who married Hawkins' daughter, Jeffersonia, brought new life to the area by founding the town of Francesville. He sold lots on what was then known as the Federal Wire Road. Eventually the little town had dry goods and grocery stores, a wagon factory, a blacksmith shop, a drugstore, a church, a public school, a tavern, and a post office. Between 1830 and 1850, Francesville had a white population of about 100. With the building of a railroad from Macon to Columbus, Francesville disappeared and has never been rebuilt.

This page was last updated Saturday, January 22, 2005

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