Nutall Rise

[ community, school site & post office (established 5 July 1939 - discontinued 15 Sept 1940 moved to Scanlon) ] Nutall Rise is on the Aucilla River. Here was probably the location of a farm during Spanish days.

Julian Padgett moved to the area of Nutall Rise early in his life. During his career, he was a farmer and sold vegetables at Scanlon, a convict guard and he guarded prisoners at Waylonzo. He was cunited in marriage by two venerable Rocky Ford ministers: Penn Strickland and B. F. Brooks. This occured at Covington, a station on the Seaboard Railroad, about midway between Mt. Gilard Church and Rocky Ford Church.

Nutall Rise had only two families with children who attended school in a little one room school house. In 1929, two families lived there and the entire student body numbered seven. Their teacher was Miss Frankie Logan. The students were; Eva Mae Padgett, Doshia Padgett, Willie Crews, Minnie Lee Padgett, Louise Sheffield, Josephine Sheffield and William Sheffield.

Nutall Rise school was located about thirty miles west of Perry.

The portion of land comprising the Padgett holdings at Nutall Rise were purchased from the Padgetts by Ed Linton and Graham Bird. The buildings located on that site include the old original house, three cabins, boat house, and cafe. The place enjoyed people of this part of the state and Georgia the year round because of the good salt and fresh water fishing, and the hunting in season. The cafe and cottages were in the hands of Talmadge White and Bird and Linton planned further facilities for recreation and comfort.

Nutall Rise is where the Aucilla emerges after flowing some distance underground. Nutall Rise is named for William B. Nutall, who once owned the El Destino plantation about twelve miles east of Tallahassee and just inside Jefferson County.