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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VX_the-sunbury-cemetery_Midway-GA.html
( Left Text )The plan of Sunbury consisted of three community-owned squares: King's Square, Meeting Square, and Church Square. You are standing in the area that was once Church Square. This 350 by 350-foot area held the church to the north and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UW_the-dead-town-of-sunbury_Midway-GA.html
As General James Oglethorpe explored thisarea along the Medway River in 1734, hemarveled at its potential for a seaport city.Captain Mark Carr was a member of Oglethorpe's regiment and an early settler in this area of Georgia. As trade increasedin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UV_simon-munro_Riceboro-GA.html
In the family cemetery on this plantation, Westfield, Simon Munro, donor of the silver communion service used for many years in old Midway Congregational church, is buried. Early in the Revolutionary War, Simon Munro, a resident of St. John`s Pari…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5US_liberty-county_Hinesville-GA.html
Liberty County, an original county, was created by the Consitution of Feb. 5, 1777 from Creek Cession of May 20, 1733. It had been organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. John, St. Andrew, and St. James, the theatre of many important events durin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UR_brigadier-general-james-screven_Midway-GA.html
This Stone Marks The Spot Where Repose The Remains Of Brigadier GeneralJames ScrevenIn recognition of whose lifeand services The Congressof theUnited Stateshas reared a monument in this cemetery.He was a gallant officer who thoughbut twenty eight…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UM_brigadier-general-daniel-stewart_Midway-GA.html
This Stone Marks The Spot WhereBeside His Wife And ChildrenRepose The Remains Of Brigadier GeneralDaniel Stewartin recognition of whose lifeand services The Congressof theUnited Stateshas reared a monument in this cemetery.He was one of the youth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UK_james-screven-and-daniel-stewart_Midway-GA.html
[North Face]:1750 ? ? ? ? ? 1778Sacred to the Memory ofBrigadier GeneralJames Screvenwho fell, covered with wounds, atSunbury, near this spot, on the 22ndday of November, 1778. He diedon the 24th day of November, 1778,from the effects of his wound…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5U5_first-african-baptist-church_Riceboro-GA.html
The First African Baptist Church, the oldest black church in Liberty County, had its origins in the North Newport Baptist Church, founded in 1809. In 1818 the North Newport Church, composed of both white and black members, purchased this site and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5SB_riceborough_Riceboro-GA.html
Near the old North Newport Bridge, a short distance East of here, the Court House Square for Liberty County was laid out by Act of February 1, 1797. Riceborough was then the Seat of justice for Liberty County, and a Court House and Public Building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RR_leconte-botanical-gardens_Riceboro-GA.html
Five miles west of here on the old Post Road, the southern most postal route in America, is the site of the home and botanical garden of Louis LeConte, naturalist, mathematician, and scholar, for whom the famous LeConte Pear was named. A native of…
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