Georgia:  Columbia County: Blanchard Monument 
Ray Owens Road 
Appling, Georgia 

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Submitted by Glenda W. Peterson 

Date Read December 7, 2001 

Blanchard Monument 
Ray Owens Road 
Appling, Georgia 

The Blanchard Monument is located North about 1/10 of a mile on the left 
from the address 3304 Ray Owens Road. 

The Monument is white and about eight foot tall. There is something 
written on each of the four sides. 
Thomas Blanchard 
Born Aug. 13, 1840 
Died March 1, 1905 
Interred at Sharon 
Baptist Church 
Inventor, 
Engineer, 
Mechanic, 
Farmer 
Erected in 1905 
by his son 
L. E. Blanchard 
One of God's 
Noblemen