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Established in 1821, Johnstonville was the first county seat of Monroe County. It was named for the Johnston family which came here from South Carolina. The old home place of John Johnston, the original settler, is still standing and still in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIRT_lamar-electric-membership-corporation_Barnesville-GA.html
Dedicated August 11, 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Rededicated to service 1988 E.J. Martin, Jr., PresidentW.H. Averett, Jr., V. PresidentJ.H. Gunnels, SecretaryH.B. Cromer, TreasurerJ.H. Barnes, Jr. J.C. CaldwellF.C. Chapman W.C. E…
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On August 11, 1938, as many as 50,000 people gathered in the stadium of Gordon Military College for an address by President Franklin Roosevelt dedicating the Lamar Electric Cooperative, a project of the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administrat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIRR_lamar-electric-membership-corporation-incorporating-board-of-directors_Barnesville-GA.html
REA Project 75 was chartered in February 1937 and was energized August 11, 1938, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It became Lamar Electric Membership Corporation. This day, January 23, 2005, as we change the name to Southern Rivers Energy, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH94_barnesville-blues_Barnesville-GA.html
Co. B - 121st InfantryBarnesville, Georgia"Old Gray Bonnet"This memorial is dedicated to all who served with the Barnesville Blues. This company served actively as a part of Georgia's National Guard in four wars. They fought numerous long, hard, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH93_lamar-county_Barnesville-GA.html
Lamar County was created by Act of State Assembly August 17, 1920. It was named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, lawyer, Colonel in the Confederate Army, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Interior and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The first…
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In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville: Kingsville Hospital, Surgeon B. N. Avent. Kingston Hospital, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V.S. Hopping. This hospital was moved from Kingston, Georgia. Medical College H…
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During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in Barnesville. This marks the site of the main hospital. A marble headstone marks each so…
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As Wilson's Federal Cavalry moved toward Macon, near this spot on Wednesday, April 19, 1865, some of them attacked a small Confederate force, "The Dixie Rangers." Greatly outnumbered, "The Rangers" fought with gallantry, gradually withdrawing from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJ6_gachet-home_Barnesville-GA.html
The historic Gachet home is situated at the crossing of Towns and old Alabama Roads, called Milner Cross Roads. This road was also an Indian trail. Benjamin Gachet, a French nobleman, fled from a San Domingo revolution and settled in what is n…
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