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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25LD_freemans-mill_Lawrenceville-GA.html
Freeman's MillWelcome to Freeman's Mill, the last operating gristmill in Gwinnett County. From the late 1860s to 1986, Freeman's Mill provided wheat flour, corn meal and feed meal for the county's residents and their animals. Its pond afforded nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1M_memorial-to-the-fallen-of-1836_Lawrenceville-GA.html
In memory of
Gwinnett Company of Mounted
Volunteers, under the command
of Capt. Hammond Garmany who
were slain by Creek Indians
9 June 1836 in a Battle at
Shepherd's Plantation in
Stewart County:
Ens. Isaac Lacy
Sgt. James E. Martin
Pv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0H_in-tribute-to-ezzard-charles_Lawrenceville-GA.html
Native son of
Lawrenceville, Ga.
July 7, 1921
May 28, 1975
Gentleman
Sportsman
Champion
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZW_confederate-veterans-of-gwinnett-county-georgia_Lawrenceville-GA.html
In remembrance
of the citizens
of Gwinnett
County who
honorably served
the Confederate
States of America
"Any people with
contempt for their
heritage have lost
faith in themselves
and no nation can long
survive without pride
in it's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZN_watering-trough-1873_Lawrenceville-GA.html
The First Courthouse Was Built On
This Site Between 1823 And 1824 And
There Was A Well On The Southwest
Corner. People Came By Horse And
Buggy To The Courthouse To Conduct
Business And So A Wooden Watering
Trough For Horses Was Provided Near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFKU_richard-dickinson-winn_Lawrenceville-GA.html
Side 1:Richard Dickinson Winn, a son of Elisha and Judith Cochran Winn, was born January 14, 1816. Gwinnett's first county elections and court sessions were held at his childhood home near Hog Mountain. Winn served as a Justice of the Inferior Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJH_lawrenceville-female-seminary_Lawrenceville-GA.html
The first building erected on this property was completed July 31, 1838 to house the Lawrenceville Female Seminary. The Reverend John S. Wilson was elected first president of the Board of Trustees. The Seminary commenced operations on September 24…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB2M_the-home-of-major-william-e-simmons_Lawrenceville-GA.html
William E. Simmons, one of Gwinnett County's foremost citizens, was born in Lawrenceville on August 26, 1839. After graduating at the top of his class from Emory College, he assumed editorship of the Lawrenceville News. In 1861, he became an offic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB1P_gwinnett-county_Lawrenceville-GA.html
Created in 1818 from Cherokee and Creek cessions, Gwinnett is an original county. Courts, elections, and sheriff sales were held, first, in the home of Elisha Winn, 1 mile east of the Appalachee River. Selected to buy a permanent site for the coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB1N_garrards-cavalry-raid_Lawrenceville-GA.html
On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division [US], Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur, 6 miles E of Atlanta. Garrard's three brigades were guarding bridges over the C…