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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…