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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CMX_the-savannah-road_Midville-GA.html
The Savannah Road. Camp in the Pine Barrens. On Monday, November 28, 1864, while elements of the Federal 20th Corps were destroying sections of the Central Railroad of Georgia at Bartow (aka Speir's Turnout), Major General William T. Sherman was t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y7A_pine-barren-crossroads_Midville-GA.html
This Native American trail crossing at Georgia Highway 56 (itself a 19th century road) was a major route in colonial times. It is named the "Old Savannah Road." Starting in Savannah, it crossed the Ogeechee River, running west and south of it, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GD_old-sunbury-road_Swainsboro-GA.html
The highway bearing southeastward is the Old Sunbury Road, one of the longest vehicular routes of post-Revolutionary Georgia. It was opened in the early 1790's from Greensboro via Sparta and Swainsboro to the Town of Sunbury, a port on the Midway …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME3I_emanuel-county-patriot-park_Swainsboro-GA.html
( South Plaque)Gratefully Dedicated to The Patriotic Memory of American Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Emanuel County Wilson Drew???Jacob Durden David Edenfield???Ephriam Herrington???James Moore Joseph Sumner???Reuben ThompsonPresented byThe Go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDZX_summerville_Summertown-GA.html
Summertown originated as Summerville in the 1850's as a summer refuge from malaria by well-to-do families of Burke County. They built elaborate summer homes and established historic Summerville Academy, charter March 4, 1856. A post office was gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDTP_home-of-george-leon-smith-ii_Swainsboro-GA.html
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives for 29 years and Speaker of that body for 11 years, longer than any other man. He was the 12th Georgian in History to lie in state at the Rotunda of the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia. The World Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDQ6_swainsboro-georgia-veterans-memorial_Swainsboro-GA.html
[VFW Emblem Plaque]Dedicated To the Glory of God andTo All Veterans Who HaveServed Their Country In Peace or War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDP4_emanuel-county_Swainsboro-GA.html
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 10, 1812 & December 6, 1813, is named for David Emanuel, Governor in 1801, several times a legislator, and President of the Senate. A place 1 mile from the center of the County was designate…