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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9G_first-methodist-church_Washington-GA.html
Organized in 1819, this Church is an outgrowth of Grant's Meeting House, the first Methodist Church building in Georgia, erected 5 miles E. in 1787. In 1820, the Methodists built the first church building in Washington. It was shared by other deno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH83_washington-presbyterian-church_Washington-GA.html
The Presbyterian Church at Washington was organized in 1790, under the Presbytery of South Carolina, with the Rev. John Springer as first pastor. Services were held in private homes, in the Court House, the Academy, and in the Methodist Church, un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6P_site-of-wilkes-county-academy_Washington-GA.html
This is the site of Wilkes County Academy, built in 1797. The Academy was authorized by the Legislature in 1783, one of the first public schools charted by the State of Georgia. Commissioners were: Stephen Heard, Micajah Williamson, Robert Harper,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH65_jesse-mercers-home_Washington-GA.html
This was the home of Jesse Mercer, pioneer Baptist preacher and largest contributor to the founding of Mercer Institute at Penfield, now Mercer University of Macon.
Jesse Mercer, born in North Carolina Dec. 16, 1769, was the son of Rev. Silas M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH58_the-battle-of-kettle-creek_Washington-GA.html
(Side 1)On this hill the Fourteenth Day of February 1779 the Battle of Kettle Creek was fought
(Side 2)This battle of the American Revolution in which the British were severely defeated checked their invasion of Georgia
(Side 3)The victoriou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH46_holly-court_Washington-GA.html
This lot, originally sold by the Town Commissioners in 1804 to John Griffin, was later owned by Henry Anthony.
This structure combines two separate houses. The back part probably dates from 1817; the front was moved by oxcart from 7 miles out …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0G_site-of-presbyterian-poplar_Washington-GA.html
200 feet east here was held the first ordination of a Presbyterian minister in Georgia, July 22, 1790, when John Springer was ordained and installed pastor of Smyrna, Providence and Washington churches by a Commission of the Presbytery of South Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0F_first-presbyterian-ordination-in-georgia_Washington-GA.html
In the shade of a giant poplar tree which stood 200 feet East of this spot, on the 22nd of July, 1790, the Rev. John Springer was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and installed Pastor of Smyrna, Providence and Washington churches. This was th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZV_campbell-home_Washington-GA.html
This was once the home of two distinguished Georgians — father and son.
Duncan G. Campbell was noted for drafting the treaty that removed the Cherokee Indians from Georgia and also for introducing in the Georgia Legislature the first bil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZ8_1911-wilkes-county-jail_Washington-GA.html
On December 5, 1911, the first person was hanged on the third floor gallows. The hanging occured before the jail was dedicated in January 1912.