Note: The following is one of a series of columns exploring the importance of rivers, ferries, bridges and waterways in the early history of Georgia and Bulloch County. Ebenezer Jencks, the mastermind behind the Ogeechee Canal, built a bridge near the ferry service he had bought from the Lanier family. Some locals nicknamed it "Junk's Ferry."
Bulloch History with Roger Allen: Toll bridges spring up across Ogeechee, Canoochee rivers