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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100L_salem-church_Pearson-GA.html
Salem Church was built in 1889 on the Kinnaird Trail — an Indian pathway that later became a stagecoach relay station. Martin S. Corbett was born here on 5-12-1840 and married cousin, Leonora Wealtha Pafford on 11-26-1867. Their home was sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100F_guest-mill-pond_Pearson-GA.html
9lbs. 6oz. 31 inches long
Landed by Baxley McQuaig, Jr.
February 17, 1961
On a Johnson's Spoon
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100E_guest-mill-pond_Pearson-GA.html
Site of ante-bellum trading post. Dam constructed in 1840 by Duncan Giddens; acquired by Miles J. Guest.1858, and enlarged by him. Water power used for grist mill and gin. Election precinct.1850-1920; Justice of Peace Court held here for area now …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXQ_atkinson-court-house_Pearson-GA.html
Atkinson County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1917, out of lands previously in Clinch and Coffee Counties.
The county was organized Jan. 1, 1918. The first officers were J.W. Roberts, Ordinary; Wiley M. Sumner, Clerk Supe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXN_minnie-f-corbitt-memorial-museum_Pearson-GA.html
Here, about 1873, on Lot No. 1, S.J. Henderson built the first residence in Pearson, then the terminus of the Brunswick and Albany R. R. Successively the home of prominent families in early Pearson history, in 1905 it became the residence of Marti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHA9_kinnaird-trail_Pearson-GA.html
Kinnaird Trail, considered the oldest public road in Wiregrass Georgia, follows an Indian trail used before white men came to this country. In Revolutionary days, it was named Kinnaird Trail as the route was used by Indians and traders travelling …