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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP9_the-defense-of-the-oconee-bridge_Tennille-GA.html
On Nov. 19, 1854, Maj. A. L. Hartridge, CSA, arrived from Savannah with 186 men and 2 guns [CS] to defend the railroad bridge against raiding parties from Gen. Sherman's army [US], then on its destructive March to the Sea. Next day, he was joined …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGS1_sherman-and-hardee-at-tennille_Tennille-GA.html
Late on Nov. 24, 1864, Lieut. Gen. Wm J. Hardee CSA, arrived in Tennille to consult with Maj. Gen. H.C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia as to the advisability of further resistance along the line of the Oconee River, already reached by Gen. Sherman's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGS0_tennille_Tennille-GA.html
Tennille, the highest point, on the Central of Georgia Railroad, between Macon and Savannah, named for a public spirited citizen, Mr. Francis Tennille, was called for a number of years, Station No. 13. The land for the Right of Way, which made the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGF_jefferson-davis_Sandersville-GA.html
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (68 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed enr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFW_rev-j-d-anthony_Sandersville-GA.html
James Danelly Anthony entered the Methodist ministry at the 1847 Georgia Conference and after 50 years of service retired in 1897. He had 12 different charges and was 4 times Presiding elder for separate districts, one being the Sandersville Distr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFS_saunders-store_Sandersville-GA.html
The present site of the building, which stands on the corner of South Harris Street and West Haynes Street, was the location of Mr. Mark Sander's store at the crossing of roads. On December 19, 1793, the Legislature of Georgia authorized that a ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFL_old-city-cemetery_Sandersville-GA.html
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFI_governor-thomas-w-hardwick_Sandersville-GA.html
Governor Thomas William Hardwick, lawyer and statesman, spent most of his life in this city. Born in Thomasville, Dec. 9, 1872, he graduated from Mercer in 1892 and from Lumpkin Law School, U. of Ga., in ?93, in which year he was admitted to the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGE0_washington-county-courthouse_Sandersville-GA.html
Washington, Georgia's ninth county and first in the nation to be named for George Washington, was created in 1784 for granting land to soldiers for Revolutionary War services. Court House Square, located on the old stage coach road from Louisvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGDQ_masonic-temple_Sandersville-GA.html
A beautiful reproduction of the Greek Temple Athene, erected in 1855-56 for the Masons, of brick, hand-made by slaves, stood on this corner. An appeal by Mr. James D. Anthony and Dr. James R. Smith — Methodist Ministers — and Mr. Pincu…
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