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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22QX_privy_Maysville-GA.html
Guernsey ranch owned by A. Luther and Bertha Pittman H. Freeman Donated by: Children and Grandchildren Jefferson 2000
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22QK_the-hurricane-shoals-covered-bridge_Maysville-GA.html
On this site in 1882, the original Hurricane Shoals Covered Bridge was completed, spanning some 127 feet at the cost of a mere $1,433. Vandals burned the old bridge in 1972, spoiling a community landmark and transportation corridor that had been i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDJ_jackson-county_Jefferson-GA.html
This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 11, 1796, is named for James Jackson who later became Governor in 1798-1801. A soldier of the Revolution he served in Congress 1789-91 and in the Senate 1793-95 and 1801-06. He strongly oppos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAD_antioch-united-methodist-church_Nicholson-GA.html
Antioch Church was founded in Jackson County, Georgia in 1799, on land given by the James Glenn family. The original building, along with an 1825 addition, stands to the rear of the present sanctuary forming the "T" and was bricked over in 1954 wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGET_builder-of-the-nation_Jefferson-GA.html
This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to the nation. It was one of the last steam-powered …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG17_the-braselton-family_Braselton-GA.html
In 1876 William H. Braselton, Sr. and his wife, Susan Hosch Braselton, established a 796-acre farm in western Jackson County . The Braseltons' children, Henry, Green, John Oliver, Belle, and Lena , grew up working on the family farm, developing se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF6Q_home-of-governor-l-g-hardman_Commerce-GA.html
Lamartine Griffin Hardman was governor of Georgia from 1927 to 1931. A physician, businessman, manufacturer, and farmer, Hardman served in the Georgia house and senate before becoming governor. In the state legislature, Hardman sponsored legislati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD0I_jackson-trail_Jefferson-GA.html
This is the same road over witch marched the famous Gen. Andrew Jackson.This marker erected April 1926By Georgia Daughters of The American Revolution.Atlanta Chapter Atlanta and Sunbury Chapter Winder.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZI_hoschton-train-depot_Hoschton-GA.html
The four Hosch brothers founded Hoschton in 1881 in the hope of influencing the proposed route of the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad. In 1833 this depot was built on land donated by the brothers. The railroad transformed the town and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZG_the-braselton-school-bell_Braselton-GA.html
Originally located in the bell tower of the Braselton High School, the bell was commissioned by Senator Isaac Frank Duncan for all students from 1920 until 1957. The school was built by the Town of Braselton's founders, and when it closed in 1957,…
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