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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8H8_botsford-church-1773_Waynesboro-GA.html
Botsford Church, Constituted in 1773 by the Rev. Edmund Botsford, was the second Baptist church in Georgia. Originally located 25 miles below Augusta, known as the New Savannah Church, it was moved about 10 miles to this place after the Revolution…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM50K_old-quaker-road_Waynesboro-GA.html
The highway bearing left is the Old Quaker road, on of Georgia's earliest vehicular highways. It was opened about 1769 to provide a direct way from Savannah to a Quaker settlement centering around Wrightsboro in today's upper McDuffie County.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4XN_the-cavalry-actions-at-waynesboro_Waynesboro-GA.html
Late on Nov. 26, 1864, elements of the 3rd Cavalry Division (USA), Brig. Gen. J.L. Kilpatrick, USA, of Gen. Sherman`s army, reached the railroad bridge north of Waynesboro and partially burned it before being driven off by troops of the Cavalry Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4XM_colonels-twiggs-and-few_Waynesboro-GA.html
In Honor Of The Men Under CommandOf Colonel Twiggs And Colonel FewWho Victoriously Defended TheCause Of The American RevolutionAt The Battle Of Burke JailIn 1779 Erected by the Georgia Society and the Edmund Burke Chapter Daughters Of The American…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4XK_lost-burke-county-men-s-s-otranto_Waynesboro-GA.html
This tablet is placed to perpetuatethe memory of Burke County (Ga) men who, in theservice of their country in the World War,lost their lives in the sinking of theS.S. OTRANTO, October 6th 1918Wm. Broadus Carter, Wm. D. HerringtonAugustus Frazier,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WO_waynesborough_Waynesboro-GA.html
On July 31, 1783, an Act was passed by the General Assembly meeting in Augusta to lay out a town, Waynesborough, on reserved or private land. Commissioners named (Thomas Lewis, Sr., Thomas Lewis, Jr., John Duhart, Edward Telfair, John Jones) were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WN_burke-countys-8-governors_Waynesboro-GA.html
Historic Burke County, formerly St. George`s Parish, claims 8 Ga. Governors by birth, residence or marriage. JOHN HOUSTOUN (1744-1796), Rev. patriot, member of Continental Congress, Gov. 1778-1779 & 1784-1785, was born near present Waynesboro. LYM…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WB_burke-county_Waynesboro-GA.html
Burke County, an original county, was created by the Const. of Feb. 5, 1777, from Creek Cession of May 30, 1733. In 1758, it had been organized as the Parish of St. George. Originally, it contained parts of Jefferson, Jenkins and Screven Counties.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UV_washingtons-southern-tour_Waynesboro-GA.html
Traveling from Savannah to Augusta on his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington stopped in Waynesboro on May 17. Departing from Savannah two days earlier, Washington lodged at "one Spencers " in Effingham County, fifteen miles north o…