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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15C7_confederate-wayside-home-1862-64_Union-Point-GA.html
Commemorating the Confederate Wayside Home 1862-64. Whose activities were carried on by fourteen women of Union Point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AW_first-regimental-reunion-of-confederate-veterans_Union-Point-GA.html
Commemorating the site of the First Regimental Reunion of Confederate Veterans Survivors of the 3rd Georgia Regiment met at the Union Point Fair Grounds July 30-31, 1874
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNX_stagecoach-road_Greensboro-GA.html
Near here ran the old Stagecoach Road from Augusta, Petersburg, Washington and Greensboro to Park's Mill, where a toll bridge crossed the Oconee. After crossing the river the highway diverged — the left fork going to Eatonton, Milledgeville,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNV_greene-county_Greensboro-GA.html
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 3, 1786, is named for Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene, the strategist who ranked second only to Gen. Washington. Born in Rhode Island in 1742, he died at his Georgia plantation in 1786. Seven miles no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1E_historic-springfield-baptist-church_Greensboro-GA.html
Springfield Baptist Church was established on January 27, 1864 prior to the abolition of slavery, and is among the first African-American churches founded in Middle Georgia. Enslaved workers purchased land from Mrs. Nancy Bickers and began monthly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1D_the-burning-of-greensborough_Greensboro-GA.html
During the early years of its settlement, Greensborough and Greene County suffered greatly from depredations committed by Indians who occupied the West bank of the Oconee River about eight miles from here. Most tragic of these was the destruction …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGEY_old-mercer_Union-Point-GA.html
Actuated by a legacy from Josiah Penfield, Mercer University was founded here in 1833 as Mercer Institute. After considering several locations, the Trustees moved the institution to Macon in 1871 and, in 1880, transferred all holdings in Penfield …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGEW_bethesda-baptist-church_Union-Point-GA.html
When Bethesda Baptist Church was organized in 1785, it was known as Whatley's Mill Church, and was in Wilkes County before it was added to Greene in 1802. When the present building was erected in 1818, the name was changed to Bethesda. Jesse Merce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCA_bethany-presbyterian-church_Greensboro-GA.html
Organized in 1786, Bethany Presbyterian Church was the first church in Greene County. Dr. Francis Cummins, Dr. Francis Goulding, and other great ministers preached here. In 1886, Dr. James Woodrow was tried for heresy here in the first "monkey tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWQ_white-plains-baptist-church_White-Plains-GA.html
White Plains Baptist Church was organized in 1806, with all four sanctuaries located here. The current sanctuary was constructed in 1887. Welcoming its first African-American member in 1812, both races worshipped together until 1869. In the late 1…
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