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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGXD_phillips-mills-baptist-church_Washington-GA.html
On June 10th, 1785, 16 members met in a mill on this site owned by Joel Phillips, a Revolutionary soldier, and organized Phillips Mills Baptist Church. The Rev. Silas Mercer, leader of the group, became the first pastor of the church, and served i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGX4_old-inn-site_Washington-GA.html
This building stands on the site of one of the most popular inns of the early stagecoach days. Under it are the ancient handhewn timbers, hand made brick and massive beams of the inn basement. In the basement is the rock vault with heavy iron door…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWI_wilkes-county_Washington-GA.html
Wilkes County, an original County, was created by the Constitution of Feb. 5, 1777 from Creek and Cherokee Cessions of June 1, 1773. At first, it contained all of Oglethorpe, Elbert, Lincoln, and parts of Taliaferro, Hart, Warren, and Madison Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWE_popes-chapel-united-methodist-church_Tignall-GA.html
The Methodist Society, which was later organized into Pope's Chapel Church, was first organized in August 1786 by Thomas Humphries at the home of James Marks located in what is now Elbert County about 1 ½ miles Northeast of Baker's Ferry on B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVR_fishing-creek-baptist-church_Washington-GA.html
Fishing Creek Baptist Church, the second of this denomination to be constituted in the upcountry of Georgia, was organized in 1782, under the leadership of the Rev. Sanders Walker, who became its first pastor. It was one of five churches represent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVO_grants-meeting-house_Washington-GA.html
On this site the first Methodist church building in Georgia was erected in 1787. Daniel Grant and his son, Thomas, prosperous merchants of this area, were its builders.
Bishop Asbury often visited the Grants at their home nearby, on his trips …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGP4_the-cedars_Washington-GA.html
The high hill on which The Cedars stands was a home - site for the Indians before the arrival of white men. Not long after the Revolutionary War, Anthony Poulin, a Frenchman of noble birth who came to the aid of the Georgians against the British, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOT_gilbert-alexander-house_Washington-GA.html
In the 1780's Felix and William Gilbert, Virginians, camped in a beautiful grove here and were so pleased with the scenery that they returned later to take land grants. In 1808 they erected the brick portion of this house, one of the oldest brick …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7L_mary-willis-library_Washington-GA.html
This library was Georgia's first free (without a subscription fee) public library. Founded in 1888 by Dr. Francis T. Willis in memory of his daughter, it opened in 1889. Willis also created an endowment for the library and donated his personal col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMERH_kettle-creek-battleground_Washington-GA.html
One and one-half miles North and one-half mile West is War Hill, site of the Battle of Kettle Creek, one of the decisive battles of the Revolutionary War.
It was at Kettle Creek, on February 14, 1779, that Col. John Dooly, Col. Elijah Clark and…