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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CMP_jacksonborough_Sylvania-GA.html
Jacksonborough became the seat of government for Screven County in 1797. For fifty years it was a thriving community, but by 1847 it had declined and the county seat moved to Sylvania. According to legend an itinerant preacher named Lorenzo Dow vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXF_john-abbot_Sylvania-GA.html
John Abbot, world famed entomologist andcollector of Lepidoptera came to Georgiafrom London in 1790, and settled in Jacksonboro, where he remained many yearscollecting Lepidopterous insects. He was sentto Georgia by a London collector and publishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFF0_wesleyanna-memorial-church_Sylvania-GA.html
Organized 1868 under bush arbor on Stephen D. Lewis farm by Elder Theo. A. Pharr, John Hardy Bolton, Julia Wells Bolton, Stephen D. Lewis, Martha Howard Lewis, Paul Jenkins, Temperance Jenkins, Fulton L. Oglesby, Mary Bolton Oglesby and Mary Lewis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMART_middle-ground-baptist-church_Sylvania-GA.html
Middle Ground Baptist Church was constituted July 24, 1827, by the following members; Rev. Moses N. McCall, John R. Thompson, Samuel Newton, George W. Best, Ann Newton, Rhoda Thompson and Alley Anderson. John R. Thompson was the first Deacon and S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQ6_washington-slept-here_Sylvania-GA.html
"Monday, May 16th, 1791" wrote President George Washington in his diary as he recorded the date of his lodging in the Inn of Stephen Calfrey Pearce, 200 yards [note: direction stricken from marker] of this marker. Being forewarned, the Pearces had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAPS_north-newington-baptist-church_Sylvania-GA.html
This church was constituted at Newington Plantation, Chatham County, 1793, in the home of Thomas Polhill. Meetings alternated between the Polhill home near Goshen settlement and the Fox family home near King`s Bridge on the Ogeechee River until 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7HR_general-samuel-elbert_Sylvania-GA.html
Near this spot, March 3rd, 1779, General Samuel Elbert, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons, commanding 60 Continentals and 150 Georgia Militia, made one of the most gallant stands against overwhelming odds of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79Z_1827-bethel-united-methodist-church_Sylvania-GA.html
In 1792 Bishop Francis Asbury on his yearly visit to Methodist Societies and Churches in Georgia held services while staying with the Lovetts, owners of Burton Ferry Landing, Savannah River. In 1811 Bishop Asbury stopped with "David Lovett, Scrive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79X_brick-bethel-church_Sylvania-GA.html
On Dec. 5, 1827 the Rev. Peyton L. Wade conveyed to John Green, John H. Smith, Robert W. Lovett, Richard Herringtom, Sr., Jacob Lewis, Elijah Roberts and John H. Nessmith, Trustees, two and three quarter acres of land on which to build a Methodist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79U_british-army-crossing_Sylvania-GA.html
On the morning of March 2nd, 1779, the British Command of Lieut.-Col. Prevost reached the west bank of the creek here after an all night march from Hudson's Ferry. The bridge had been destroyed by Col. Leonard Marbury's Dragons guarding the rear o…