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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2834_hopewell-baptist-church_Milton-GA.html
Spiritual home to many of the area's first families, Hopewell Baptist was constituted on April 14, 1851, with 15 original members. The church joined the Hightower Baptist Association in June 1851. Members first met in the home of Rhoda Byrd Rogers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2833_double-branch-voting-district-courthouse_Milton-GA.html
This structure served the Birmingham community as one of seven militia district courthouses in Milton County. Rolls were maintained of eligible males between the ages of 15 and 50 who could be called up in times of emergency. The Courthouse also s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2832_boiling-springs-primitive-baptist-church_Alpharetta-GA.html
In November 1837 fen original members chartered the Articles of Boiling Springs Primitive Baptist Church, the first church of its denomination in North Georgia. The original church was a log structure. The first pastor was John Wayne. Solomon Peek…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282X_mcconnell-chadwick-homestead_Roswell-GA.html
Circa late 1830s, homestead of Brigadier General and State Senator Eli McConnell and his wife Savilla Garrison. This house was one of the first in the original Cherokee County, established in December 1832. Governor Troup authorized McConnell to m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282W_reese-house_Milton-GA.html
The Cantrell and Nallie Reese House was built in 1912 by the Reese family. Cantrell was the son of Ervin and Ann Devore Reese. Nallie was the daughter of John Broadwell, a prominent cotton farmer and merchant. These were early settlers in the area…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282V_broadwell-building_Milton-GA.html
Circa 1902 Local cotton farmer, John Broadwell built this structure with brick manufactured nearby. John's half-brother, Newport H. Broadwell, Jr., operated the original dry goods store. Later the building served many uses: lodging for travelers, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282U_rucker-cotton-gin_Milton-GA.html
Joel Jackson (J.J.) Rucker (1880-1960) founded the Rucker Cotton Seed Company and subsequently built a cotton gin at this location, circa 1930. Farmers entered the rear of the gin with their wagonloads of cotton, where it was weighed, combed, wash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282T_john-b-broadwell-house_Alpharetta-GA.html
John B. Broadwell was the great grandson of Jesse Broadwell, an early (1838) settler of the area. Jesse obtained four land lots (160 acres) in Crabapple. John was an agriculturalist who developed prize-winning Broadwell Big Boll cotton (aka Double…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282Q_providence-baptist-church_Milton-GA.html
The original church building, a log cabin, was constructed by Abner Phillips and Joseph Walker. The first organized service took place on December 20, 1834. At the meeting, Solomon Peek and Peter Kuykendall were elected elders. Drucilla Walker and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282O_willis-cass-tucker-jr-home_Alpharetta-GA.html
This clapboard house was built in 1899 by Willis Cass Tucker, Jr., and his wife Dealphia Jane Wheeler on an original 40-acre land lot from the 1832 lottery of Cherokee Indian lands. It typifies turn of the century Georgia farmhouses. Tucker sold i…
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