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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQOO_george-washington-towns_Talbotton-GA.html
George Washington Towns was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, May 4, 1801, and died in Macon, Georgia, July 15, 1854. A lawyer and resident of Talbotton, Georgia, Towns served as state legislator, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Georgia (1847-51).…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLO_straus-home-site_Talbotton-GA.html
Here stood the small frame house in which Lazarus Straus and his family lived when they came to Talbotton in 1854. Seeking a new home in America after leaving Bavaria, Straus visited Talbotton during a "court week" and decided to make his home amo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPL4_double-bridges_Woodland-GA.html
An ante-bellum Alabama Rd. crossing of Flint River at Owens Island, 1.25 mi. N. of the old DuBignon Ferry & 2.5 mi. N.E. of this point.
Wilson's Cav. seized Columbus Apr. 16, 1865. On the 17th, Minty's div. was sent to blaze a trail to Macon. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP1V_old-belleview_Woodland-GA.html
Ante-bellum settlement on the Old Alabama Rd., between the Chattahoochee at Columbus & the Flint River at the Double Bridges.
Columbus was seized by Federal Cav. under Gen. James H. Wilson, April 16, 1865. The next day Minty's div. was sent fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6S_old-federal-road_Junction-City-GA.html
The Federal Road across the Creek Indian County, western Georgia's first vehicular way, passed here leading from Fort Hawkins (now Macon) to the Alabama River above Mobile. The trace, which followed closely the course of the earlier noted Lower Cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6R_first-session-supreme-court-of-georgia_Talbotton-GA.html
At Talbotton on Jan. 26, 1846, the first meeting of the Supreme Court of Georgia was held in the dining hall of the old Claiborne Hotel which stood one block west of this marker. Judge Hiram Warner and Judge Eugenius A. Nisbet were present. Judge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6Q_talbot-county_Talbotton-GA.html
Talbot County was created by Act of Dec. 14, 1827 from Muscogee County. Originally, it included part of Taylor County. It was named for Matthew Talbot (1767-1827), member of legislature, member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of Ga.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI67_straus-home-site_Talbotton-GA.html
In 1854, Lazarus Strauss brought his wife and four children to Talbotton to their first home in America. Here he established a store, the first in a series that led to Macy's, one of the leading department stores in the world. Straus and his sons,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI66_straus-home-site_Talbotton-GA.html
After leaving Bavaria, Lazarus Straus dispensed his merchandise over several states searching for home for his family. In 1854, he, his wife, and four children settled in a comfortable house one block from here. An expert merchant and a learned ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI3J_zion-episcopal-church_Talbotton-GA.html
The edifice has been spared modernization and is a perfect replica of a typical English rural parish church of the Tudor-Gothic period.
The altar, communion rail, lectern-pulpit, and prayer desk are handmade of native walnut. The entire structu…