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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V5_founders-lot-william-harris_Marietta-GA.html
Oldest grave is on this plot for Wm. Harris? son, William Capers G. Harris (1823-1831). Mr. Harris, a wealthy planter, was a devout Methodist and champion of education. In War of 1812 he served in Capt. Jett Thomas? Co., 2nd, Regt., Ga. Militia. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9UW_rev-thomas-milton-allen_Marietta-GA.html
Prominent minister who was born a slave 1833. He was a charter member of Zion Baptist at its founding in 1866 and its second pastor (1869-1885). In 1885 he organized Cole St. & later Pleasant Grove and Whitlock Avenue Baptist Churches. In 1890 for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9UT_slave-lot_Marietta-GA.html
The only slave burial ground in any major white Georgia cemetery. Here 19 Christian slaves and freed persons of Marietta Christians were buried in unmarked graves ca. 1848-1866. Only four have been positively named, servants of Mrs. Eliza G. Robar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9US_mcleod-vault_Marietta-GA.html
Built in the style of coastal burial chambers in 1854 by Savannah planter Francis Harris McLeod (1784-1864), an investor in Roswell King mills. He was the namesake of his grandfather Francis Harris, first Speaker of 1751 Ga. Colonial Assembly. Six…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9CO_davis-cross-roads_Marietta-GA.html
Site of home of Rev. Gary Davis (1799-1875).
In June 1864, was an outpost of right wing of Sherman forces [US], moving from New Hope Church in Paulding Co. toward the State R.R. and the [CS] leftflank.
Hardee Corps [CS] , on the left, occupi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GB_1916-glover-machine-works-locomotive_Marietta-GA.html
Built by Glover Machine Works of Marietta, this 1916 locomotive was sold to a company in Va. for hauling lumber. In 1921 GMW reassumed possession. It was restored in 1992. Today GMW is in its sixth generation and still makes heavy industrial produ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7E8_hardees-salient_Marietta-GA.html
June 16, 1864. From this point as a pivot, the Confederate line W. to Gilgal Church & Lost Mtn. was swung back to a N. & S. line E. of Mud Creek, thereby making a salient angle — Hardee's A. C. on the left or S; Polk's & Hood's Corps on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7E0_kennesaw-house_Marietta-GA.html
In ante-bellum days, this hotel was a summer resort for planters attracted by the gay social activities of the town. In 1862, J. J. Andrews and his Federal raiders met here to begin the daring Locomotive Chase. Confederate wounded were fed and tre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7BJ_military-action-at-gilgal-church_Marietta-GA.html
On 15 June 1864 Daniel Butterfield's division of Joseph Hooker's XX [20th] Army Corps approached this point via the Sandtown Road (Acworth-Due West Rd.) intending to attack Cleburne's Confederates entrenched here at Burnt Hickory and Sandtown road…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AD_gantt-house_Marietta-GA.html
John D. Gantt came to Cobb County in the 1850s with his parents and siblings, and married in 1858. Although the family's farm was destroyed during the Civil War, they rebuilt and continued to acquire land. Years later, the family built this house,…