Founding & Town Origins
Where Briarmont began: the town's founding, the county's formation, and the documents and figures at the root of the record.
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Timeline of Briarmont
Timeline of BriarmontThe recorded history of Briarmont Township and Hartwell County — from the first coastal landing to the disappearances that still shadow the county. Dates follow the public record; where the town's deeper history disagrees,…
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Elias Hartwell's Will & Testament
Elias Hartwell's Will & TestamentThe Last Will and Testament of Elias Hartwell is one of the most consequential legal documents in Briarmont’s history. In its accepted form, the will brought Hartwell Timber Company to a formal end, placed…
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Elias Hartwell
Elias HartwellElias Hartwell was one of Briarmont’s earliest and most consequential figures: a timber baron, industrial founder, and man of immense ambition whose will helped shape the town long before Oakridge ever stood upon his…
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Edward Plainview
Edward PlainviewEdward Plainview was born in New York City in 1826. After the Great Fire of 1835 ruined his family, his parents joined the westward movement in search of a new life. The journey was…