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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNX_stagecoach-road_Greensboro-GA.html
Near here ran the old Stagecoach Road from Augusta, Petersburg, Washington and Greensboro to Park's Mill, where a toll bridge crossed the Oconee. After crossing the river the highway diverged — the left fork going to Eatonton, Milledgeville,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNV_greene-county_Greensboro-GA.html
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 3, 1786, is named for Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene, the strategist who ranked second only to Gen. Washington. Born in Rhode Island in 1742, he died at his Georgia plantation in 1786. Seven miles no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1E_historic-springfield-baptist-church_Greensboro-GA.html
Springfield Baptist Church was established on January 27, 1864 prior to the abolition of slavery, and is among the first African-American churches founded in Middle Georgia. Enslaved workers purchased land from Mrs. Nancy Bickers and began monthly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1D_the-burning-of-greensborough_Greensboro-GA.html
During the early years of its settlement, Greensborough and Greene County suffered greatly from depredations committed by Indians who occupied the West bank of the Oconee River about eight miles from here. Most tragic of these was the destruction …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCA_bethany-presbyterian-church_Greensboro-GA.html
Organized in 1786, Bethany Presbyterian Church was the first church in Greene County. Dr. Francis Cummins, Dr. Francis Goulding, and other great ministers preached here. In 1886, Dr. James Woodrow was tried for heresy here in the first "monkey tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAF9_sheriff-l-l-wyatt_Greensboro-GA.html
[Marker Front]:This 1895 jail is named for the legendary Sheriff, Loy Lee Wyatt, who enforced the laws in Greene County for fifty-two years until his death in 1977. Sheriff L.L. Wyatt was born on January 2, 1904, in Paulding County. He was recruit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAAO_fort-mathews_Greensboro-GA.html
About two miles South, in the fork of the Appalachee and Oconee rivers, stood Fort Mathews, built in 1793. From this fort, Thomas Houghton observed the activities of General Elijah Clark and his land hungry followers as they built forts and fortif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAAM_old-greene-county-gaol_Greensboro-GA.html
The old rock jail in the rear of the Court House is patterned after the bastilles where prisoners were housed and punished a hundred or more years ago. Built of granite about two feet thick, it is two stories in height and has a trap door in the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KJ_william-c-dawson_Greensboro-GA.html
A native of Greene County, then on Georgia's Indian frontier, he was educated in the law and admitted to the bar in 1818. The remainder of his exemplary life was spent in the public service as legislator, Captain of Volunteers in the Indian War of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KB_bishop-george-foster-pierce_Greensboro-GA.html
Born February 3 in 1811 near Greensboro, George Foster Pierce was converted while at the University in Athens; in 1830 he followed his father, Dr. Lovick Pierce, into the Methodist ministry. He was first assigned twenty-two preaching stations on t…