Bolton Facts
STATE R.R. SURVEY
July 4, 1837
Near here began the survey for the State R.R. (W&A) by Chief Engr. Stephen H. Long and Asst. Engr. Abbott H. Brisbane.
Trial lines were run to the Etowah River 38 mi. N. to determine if a Chattahoochee River crossing here would conform to levels established between Hog Mt. to the South & the Allatoona Range near the Etowah.
Failing to find suitable grades, other trial lines not only fixed the crossing at Bolton 25 mi. down stream, but placed Atlanta where it is. 060-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952
 
-- 1782 Indian village - Standing Peachtree at junction of    
     Chattahoochee River and Peachtree Creek 
-- James Montgomery - first white man to settle in the area,
   about 1821 - which at the time was DeKalb County
-- Standing Peachtree post office opened 1825 relocated
   in 1842 and named Boltonville
-- school started in 1865 - new school built 1932
-- first house built in “Atlanta”
-- first church established in “Atlanta” on
   Caseys Hill in Crestlawn Cemetery
-- incorporated Dec. 20, 1893
-- other names - Fulton - Boltonville -
   Iceville (for the Atlanta Brewery and Ice Co.)
-- named for Charles L. Bolton - state RR Commissioner
-- annexed to city of Atlanta in 1952 
-- 1st indoor gym in Fulton Co.
-- LaDawn Lane is the Old Marietta Rd. -
   one of original roads that formed Atlanta’s 5 Points
-- Bolton Drive In Theatre -- 1956 - 1973
   was at Marietta Blvd. and Chattahoochee Ave.
Nov. 23, 1904 - Edith Maud Gable married Joseph R. Cochrane in Bolton
April 10, 1906 - Frederick Gable - born in Bolton
Thomas Moore was postmaster of Boltonville
Hon. J. David Collins was Mayor of Boltonville 1870
 
 
1865 Map
( Notice that Bolton is on the north side of the Chattahoochee River )
also notice Fulton
 
1899 Map
Notice now, Bolton is on the south side of the Chattahoochee River,
also notice Payton and Chattahoochee
This is some of the people and families that we don’t have much, or anything about. If you know anything about any of these families, please help to keep the stories of  
 
from being forgotten.
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G.C. Beard
John C. Burdette
W.W. Cantrell
R.C. Chambers
D.P. Daniels
Charles Duewell
Dr. W.C. Fisher
Charles Gillette
C.B. Grambling
Dr. Sam Green
J.H. Griggs
A.J. Ivie
C.G. Lawrence
Will Mauldin
Duncan McDonald
Dr. Paul McDonald
Lacy M. McGriff
W.W. McGriff
Oscar Mills
Virlyn B. Moore
James Moore
Dr. Roy Moss
E.E. Redd
R.B. Seagraves
Charles D. Thomason
R.D. Webb
Alex A.Whitley
W.J. Wood
H.L. Wilson
Mrs. Jessie Chambers
Mrs. Eunice Chestnut
Miss Reggie Sue Daniel
Miss Leona Gary
Mrs. Ethel Grogan
Mrs. Clara Hardeman
Mrs. Alice Hopkins
Mrs. Alice Hudson
Mrs. Lillian Ivie
Mrs. Jessie Lord
Mrs. Ruth Logan
Mrs. Eva B. Mauldin
Mrs. B.V. McKenzie
Mrs. Lerah Mitchell
Mrs. V.B. Moore
Mrs. Redd
Mrs. Boulah Reed
Mrs. Marian Sharpe
Mrs. Webb
Mrs. Sarah Whitley
Mrs. Alline Williams
R.M.Williams
Mrs. Vera Wilson
 
 
Charles Poss
William McClellan
Charles
Gillette
1908
 
D.P. Daniels
1914
 
Dr. Paul
McDonald
1913
 
Duncan
 McDonald
1924
 
Viryln B. Moore
1909
 
James Moore
1910
 
Charles
Deuwell
1916
 
Oscar
Mills
1911
 
J. H.
Griggs
1901
 
G. C.
Beard
1924
 
A. J. Ivie
1924
 
Will
Mauldin
1924
 
W. J.
Wood
1924
 
H. L.
Wilson
1924
 
Charles D.
Thomason
1915
 
Dr. W. C.
Fisher
1902
 
Dr. Sam
Green
1903
 
R. B.
Seagraves
1907
 
C. B.
Grambling
1904
 
Casey
Collins
DeFoor
Gentry
Greer
Hughes
McDonald
Montgomery
Moore
Shumate
 
1885 Map
Notice Boltonville is on  north side of the Chattahoochee River
Part of the official uniform of the Boy Scouts of America was designed in 1923, by a husband and wife of Collins U.M. Church. Mr. Charles H. Mitchell, ( Baldy ), was Scout Master of Troop 101, known as Troop 1 in N.W. Atlanta, the Bolton community.  He designed the community strip to identify the troop. Mrs. Mitchell designed the merit badge sash, to avoid removing the badges from the sleeves when a scouts shirt was laundered.
 
 
Joseph A. Bohannon
25 years 7 months 10 days
8 /18 /1900 -- 3/28/1926
Father - J. A. Bohannon
Mother - Nancy E. Davies
Male - Caucasian
Certificate # - 6414
Flour Bell Bond
9 months 25 days
2/11/1925 -- 12/6/1925
Father - Elmer Bond
Mother -Mamie Roberts Bond
Caucasin - Female
Certificate # - 32390
Bowen
9/29/1926 -- 9/29/1926
Father - J. W. Bowen
Mother - Lora Hollingsworth
Caucasian - Male
Certificate # - 24093
Annie Kate Bowles
3 years
8/12/1923 -- 10/4/1926
Father - W. B. Bowles
Mother - Kate Black Bowles
Caucasian - Female
Certificate # - 24087
Death Certificate
Died Bolton - Fulton Co.
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Death Certificate
Died Bolton Fulton Co.
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Death Certificate
Died Bolton - Fulton Co.
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Death Certificate
Died Bolton Fulton Co.
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In 1900, Bolton had a population of 124.
 It had a money order post office, with
rural free delivery, a school, and some mercantile establishments.