"Callaway Place" - 1814.

"Callaway Place" - 1814. (HM6Y2)

Location: Rocky Face, GA 30740 Whitfield County
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N 34° 44.938', W 85° 6.194'

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Jesse Callaway, soldier of 1812, son of Joseph Callaway, soldier of '76, lived in this house from 1852 to 1867. The house, built with bricks made on the place, remained in the family until after 1900. It is said to have been built about 1814. Callaway, born in Wilkes County in 1796, was a Sergeant in Capt. Jones' Co., Col. Booth's Regiment, Ga. Militia, 1814~15. He was married 4 times and had 18 children, most of them having living descendants in Ga. Deeding this house to his son John in 1867 he moved to another house on his land 2 miles north, where he died in 1875 and is buried in a family cemetery.
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HM NumberHM6Y2
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number155-29C
Year Placed1954
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 11:02am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 673621 N 3846843
Decimal Degrees34.74896667, -85.10323333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 44.938', W 85° 6.194'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 44' 56.28" N, 85° 6' 11.64" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2326-2432 GA-201, Rocky Face GA 30740, US
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