Blunt Reservation and Fields
This is the western boundary of a reservation set aside the by the treaty of Fort Moultrie and given to John Blunt (Blount) one of the six principal chiefs of the Florida Indians. The Apalachicola River was the eastern boundary. The treaty was ratified January 2, 1824. Signers of the treaty were William P. Duval, James Gadsden, Bernard Sequi, Nea Mathla, John Blunt, Tuski Hajo, Mulatto King, Emathlochee and Econchatimico. Bountstown was named after him.
Marker is at the intersection of Central Avenue (Florida Route 20) and Main Street (Florida Route 71), on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
