Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State|Country: , ga us

Page 2 of 2 — Showing results 11 to 20 of 20
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF9O_liberty-chapel_White-Plains-GA.html
About 1786, John Bush built a brush arbor as a community center for camp meeting at what was then called "Crackers Neck." From this grew Liberty Chapel, "Cradle of Methodism" for this section. In 1797, Rev. James Jenkins, leader in the early day o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAF9_sheriff-l-l-wyatt_Greensboro-GA.html
[Marker Front]:This 1895 jail is named for the legendary Sheriff, Loy Lee Wyatt, who enforced the laws in Greene County for fifty-two years until his death in 1977. Sheriff L.L. Wyatt was born on January 2, 1904, in Paulding County. He was recruit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAAO_fort-mathews_Greensboro-GA.html
About two miles South, in the fork of the Appalachee and Oconee rivers, stood Fort Mathews, built in 1793. From this fort, Thomas Houghton observed the activities of General Elijah Clark and his land hungry followers as they built forts and fortif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAAM_old-greene-county-gaol_Greensboro-GA.html
The old rock jail in the rear of the Court House is patterned after the bastilles where prisoners were housed and punished a hundred or more years ago. Built of granite about two feet thick, it is two stories in height and has a trap door in the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAAI_site-of-wayside-home_Union-Point-GA.html
Here in 1862-1864 was located the Wayside home, operated by 14 gallant Confederate women of this city. More than one million meals were served to Confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines, passing thought this town. More than ten thousand Confede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA84_great-buffalo-lick_Union-Point-GA.html
This site is described in the treaty signed by the Creek and Cherokee Indians at Augusta, Georgia, in 1773. Here began the survey of the ceded lands.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KJ_william-c-dawson_Greensboro-GA.html
A native of Greene County, then on Georgia's Indian frontier, he was educated in the law and admitted to the bar in 1818. The remainder of his exemplary life was spent in the public service as legislator, Captain of Volunteers in the Indian War of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KB_bishop-george-foster-pierce_Greensboro-GA.html
Born February 3 in 1811 near Greensboro, George Foster Pierce was converted while at the University in Athens; in 1830 he followed his father, Dr. Lovick Pierce, into the Methodist ministry. He was first assigned twenty-two preaching stations on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9K9_unknown-confederate-dead_Greensboro-GA.html
Forty ~ five unknown Confederate soldiers, "known but to God," are buried in this cemetery. These men died of wounds or disease in the Confederate hospitals in Greensboro, 1863 ~ 1865. These hospitals were the Dawson, Bell, Polk, Court House, Coll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9K7_first-commissioner-of-agriculture_Greensboro-GA.html
In 1874, the Georgia Department of Agriculture was established by Act of the Legislature with Thomas P. Janes serving as its first Commissioner, 1874-79. Commissioner Janes, born 1823 in present Taliaferro County, (formerly the eastern part of …
PAGE 2 OF 2