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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5XD_saint-johns-lodge-number-six_Midway-GA.html
Saint John`s Lodge Number Six, of Sunbury, Free and accepted Masons, was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia, April 21, 1777, in Masonry 5777. Under an Act of the Legislature of Georgia, February 6, 1796, The Grand Lodge was incorporated and g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VZ_sunbury-cemetery_Midway-GA.html
In this cemetery are buried men and women whose lives contributed much to the early history of Georgia.
Among these were the Rev. Wm. McWhir, D.D., and his wife. the Rev. Mr. McWhir was for 30 years the Principal of the famous Sunbury Academy. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VX_the-sunbury-cemetery_Midway-GA.html
( Left Text )The plan of Sunbury consisted of three community-owned squares: King's Square, Meeting Square, and Church Square. You are standing in the area that was once Church Square. This 350 by 350-foot area held the church to the north and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UW_the-dead-town-of-sunbury_Midway-GA.html
As General James Oglethorpe explored thisarea along the Medway River in 1734, hemarveled at its potential for a seaport city.Captain Mark Carr was a member of Oglethorpe's regiment and an early settler in this area of Georgia. As trade increasedin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UR_brigadier-general-james-screven_Midway-GA.html
This Stone Marks The Spot Where Repose The Remains Of Brigadier GeneralJames ScrevenIn recognition of whose lifeand services The Congressof theUnited Stateshas reared a monument in this cemetery.He was a gallant officer who thoughbut twenty eight…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UM_brigadier-general-daniel-stewart_Midway-GA.html
This Stone Marks The Spot WhereBeside His Wife And ChildrenRepose The Remains Of Brigadier GeneralDaniel Stewartin recognition of whose lifeand services The Congressof theUnited Stateshas reared a monument in this cemetery.He was one of the youth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UK_james-screven-and-daniel-stewart_Midway-GA.html
[North Face]:1750 ? ? ? ? ? 1778Sacred to the Memory ofBrigadier GeneralJames Screvenwho fell, covered with wounds, atSunbury, near this spot, on the 22ndday of November, 1778. He diedon the 24th day of November, 1778,from the effects of his wound…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RL_the-story-of-the-bell-at-dorchester-academy_Midway-GA.html
The Midway Congregational Church bell played a very important role in the lives of Dorchester Academy students. It kept time by ringing with an echo that could be heard seven to ten miles away. The bell rang every day at six, seven, eight, nine, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RK_midway-congregational-church-1872-present_Midway-GA.html
The Old Midway Congregational Church, twomiles east on U.S. Highway 17, was formed by whites (Puritans & Congregationalists )when they settled in Liberty County. They were driven to church by their black slaveswho were allowed to sit in the church…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RG_s-c-l-c-and-the-voter-education-program-1962-1970_Midway-GA.html
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Dorchester Cooperative Center played a key role in the struggle for civil rights and the vote.
In 1954, Septima Clarke, a school teacher from Charleston, SC and Esau Jenkins, a farmer and school bus driver from Johns Isla…