Martin DeFoor was an early Atlanta settler

Settler

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In the 1840s he moved his family from Franklin County, Georgia

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 to Panthersville

Panthersville, Georgia

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In 1853 he moved to the Bolton area and took over operation of Montgomery ferry

Historic ferries of the Atlanta area

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and resided at the Montgomery home the rest of his life. It was thereafter known as DeFoor's Ferry. On July 25, 1879 he and his wife, Susan, were brutally murdered there with an axe and the killer was never found.