John Abbot
John Abbot, world famed entomologist and
collector of Lepidoptera came to Georgia
from London in 1790, and settled in
Jacksonboro, where he remained many years
collecting Lepidopterous insects. He was sent
to Georgia by a London collector and publisher.
Abbot, besides being an assiduous collector,
was an artist of some note. Many volumes of
his insects in color, with the particulars of their
habits, food and metamorphoses were
published in London. His books are the prized
possessions of many of the world's leading
Universities and Museums.
Abbot died about
1840 and it is thought that his unmarked grave is
not many feet west of this marker.
Marker is at the intersection of Burton's Ferry Highway (U.S. 301) and Waynsboro Highway (State Highway 24), in the median on Burton's Ferry Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
