General John Clark once maintained a plantation next to old Ft. Clark (present Blockhouse Church site) and later became Governor of Georgia. He served as Foreman of the Grand Jury at Jacksonville, Ga., (Telfair Superior Court) in 1816. General John Coffee was a Congressman from Jacksonville, Ga., who, with Thomas Swain, built the Coffee Road from Jacksonville, Ga., to Tallahassee, FL in 1822-24. He served in Congress with Davy Crockett. Gen. Coffee was only dead man ever elected to Congress; voters didn't know he had already passed away. Gen. Mark Lea Willcox was an Indian fighter and served in many elected capacities including both houses of the Georgia legislature; he was also co-founder of the Georgia Supreme Court. [This history marker placed at Jacksonville, Ga., May 17, 2002, at site of old Sims Store.]