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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QT_colonels-island_Midway-GA.html
Until about 1778 this island was called Bermuda, but afterward called Colonel's Island because of the large number of colonels having plantations here. Major plantations included "Woodville," "Herron's Point," "Maxwellton," "Suligree," "Maybank,: …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRYB_in-memory-of-button-gwinnett-and-dr-lyman-hall_Midway-GA.html
Members of the Midway Colony Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Governors of Georgia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXT_kilpatrick-and-mower-at-midway-church_Midway-GA.html
On Dec. 13, 1864, Murray's brigade of Kilpatrick's cavalry division (USA), scouting in the right rear of Gen. Sherman's army, which was then closing in on Savannah, moved south into Liberty County. After driving back the 29th Georgia Cavalry Batta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9O_the-old-sunbury-road_Midway-GA.html
The bustling seaport of Sunbury wasonce the largest city of this region ofGeorgia. Sunbury was the destination for many trading ships loaded with cargo from regions around the world. Rum,sugar, and slaves arrived from the WestIndies. Clothes, tea,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAH4_general-james-screven_Midway-GA.html
On November 24, 1778, General James Screvenwas mortally wounded in a battle fought near this spot. With General Screven in the actionwere Major James Jackson, Colonel John White,Capt. Celerine Brusard and Capt. Edward Young,with 100 Continental…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA32_dorchester-academy-boys-dormitory_Midway-GA.html
his Georgian Revival building, built in 1934 to replace an earlier structure destroyed by fire, was once part of an extensive school campus begun in 1871 by the American Missionary Association. The school, founded to serve the educational needs of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA30_dorchester-academy_Midway-GA.html
Formal education of blacks started with the Freedmen's Bureau in Liberty County. The Homestead School was continued with the aid of the American Missionary Association (AMA) and support of Reconstruction legislator William A. Golding. The AMA star…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62E_union-brotherhood-society_Midway-GA.html
(Front text)William Mckinley Walthour, Sr. founded the Union Brotherhood Society or "The Society" in March 1932 to help provide for a proper burial of Negro citizens. During this period of segregation and Jim Crow Laws, Negroes were uninsured and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM625_the-famous-sunbury-masonic-oak_Midway-GA.html
[West Face]:Northeast of this spot stood the famous Sunbury Oak of early Colonial Masonic legend. The tree is said to have been of tremendous size and provided an ideal place for safe, comfortable campsites. The legend of the Sunbury "Masonic" …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM61X_midway-cemetery_Midway-GA.html
Has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
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