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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13G1_walthourville-presbyterian-church_Allenhurst-GA.html
This church was the first colony to go out from old Midway Congregational Church. The first building was erected in 1820 on land donated by Andrew Walthour. The present one, constructed near the original site in 1884, replaced buildings destroyed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACP_long-county-timeline-mural_Ludowici-GA.html
Altahama River borders Long County andwas a boundry between the Indians andearly settlers. During the RevolutionaryWar, Fort Telfair at Beard's Bluff providedsafety for the colonists. Frontiersmen made a living cutting trees. They fastenedlogs tog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA3H_jones-creek-baptist-church_Ludowici-GA.html
Jones Creek Baptist Church was constituted April 22, 1810, at the Jones Creek Meeting House near this site.
Original members of this church, all former members of Beards Creek Baptist Church were: Charles Flowers, James Clark, Levi Morgan, John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9VN_historic-roads-and-indian-trails_Ludowici-GA.html
At this point, two historic roads, the Darien to Milledgeville and the King Road, merged to form what is now Highway 301. The Darien to Milledgeville Road, established before 1816, later became a part of the Darien to Macon Stage Road. The King Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SF_long-county_Ludowici-GA.html
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 14, 1920, is named for Dr. Crawford W. Long who first used ether as an anaesthetic in a surgical operation, at Jefferson, Ga., March 30, 1842. Born in Danielsville Nov. 1, 1815, Dr. Long was a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SE_franklinia-altamaha_Jesup-GA.html
The Franklin Tree (Franklinia Altamaha)was discovered by John Bartram, thefirst Native American Botanist, onOctober 1, 1765.It was located about18 miles south of here in the swamplands of the Altamaha River.This treewas named after Benjamin Frankl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O5_the-defense-of-the-altamaha-bridge_Jesup-GA.html
On Dec 1, 1864, while General Sherman's army was on its destructive march to the Sea, the Fourth Brigade, Georgia Militia, Brig. Gen. H. K. McKay, reached Morgan's Lake (0.7 mile SE) to defend the Savannah and Gulf (ACL) RR bridge over the Altamah…