“By a gentleman from Jefferson
Date
2-13-1812
Newspaper
Augusta Herald
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Augusta, Georgia
Serial Number
752
Abstract
Account of land subsidence at the plantation of Ephrahim Ponder, near Brier Creek. The subsidence was 90 foot of diameter. The earthquake was the February 7, 1812 earthquake.
Transcript
By a gentleman from Jefferson we are informed, that on the plantation of Mr. Ephraim Ponder, near Brier Creek, about 18 miles from this place, a body of earth about ninety feet in circumference sunk, as was supposed on Friday night last-that the earth being held on one side by the roots of a tree at the edge of the opening, sunk in a sloping direction, and that the lower part of it was covered with water, in which bottom was not found with a sixteen foot pole. The gentleman saw the opening, but does not know that any other attempt to find bottom was made, there being no pole at hand, when he was there, longer than the sixteen foot one.
Recommended Citation
"“By a gentleman from Jefferson" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 737.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/737
