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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSD_randolph-county_Cuthbert-GA.html
Randolph County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1828 from Lee County. Originally Randolph County included all of what is now Stewart and Quitman and part of Terrell and Clay Counties. It was named for "John Randolph of Roanoke" (1773-1833), Virgini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWR5_site-of-first-church-building-in-cuthbert-georgia_Cuthbert-GA.html
The first church building in Cuthbert was erected on this site in 1839. Deacons Stephen Lundy and Allen Moye bought this lot from Jane Reynolds in 1837. The congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, constituted in 1831, moved from their former loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWHU_site-of-first-randolph-county-courthouse_Cuthbert-GA.html
The area of this square marks the site of the first and second courthouses of Randolph County. The first, a two-story frame building, was erected in 1836. It was replaced in 1842 by a brick structure with entrances facing in four directions. A hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWHT_andrew-female-college_Cuthbert-GA.html
This institution was founded in 1854 and conducted under the auspices of the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church. It was in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew (1794-1871), a noted pioneer leader of Methodism. Augustus Alden was the first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVTC_andrew-college_Cuthbert-GA.html
Cuthbert is the site of Andrew College, founded here January 1854. Named in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew whose refusal to free his Wife's slaves separated the Northern and Southern Methodist Episcopal Churches (1844). First President - Augustus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8Y_confederate-dead-and-hospitals_Cuthbert-GA.html
Twenty-four Confederate soldiers are buried here. These men, veterans of many hard fought battles, died in the Confederate hospitals located here, 1863-1865. They were the Hood, Hill, Lumpkin, and several temporary ones. Among the gallant Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMEI_benevolence-baptist-church_Cuthbert-GA.html
This church, constituted May 16, 1840, succeeded Walnut Grove, NW of here, (called Mt. Paran when organized, Nov. 1831, with 9 members). In 1840, Missionary Baptists, feeling a need for a separate church, met and accepted 5 acres of land for Churc…