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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEH1_dedicated-to-the-memory_Elberton-GA.html
Dedicated To the MemoryOf All CitizensOf Elbert County, GeorgiaWho gave their livesIn the ServiceOfOur CountyWorld War IWorld War IIKorean ConflictVietnam Era1917 - 1975"If ye break faith,weshall have died in vain"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGZ_my-american-soldier_Elberton-GA.html
Remember me as you walk away For you I lived and died this day and in this moment I can recall That as I fell I still stood tall Into the falling night I cry tell them I love them and tell them why I'll not be there to see them grow Or curb the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGY_elbert-countys-dead-in-the-civil-war_Elberton-GA.html
[Center]:In characters of living lightThat tell a wondrous story.Their deeds have brightened many a pageWith never-dying glory. [Left panel]:Thomas J. Ayres Clement Brewer Thompson H. Dye Elijah Allgood John R. Booth Wash W Dye J.H. Alexander M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGX_samuel-elbert_Elberton-GA.html
Elbert County was named in honor of General Samuel Elbert, an outstanding military leader in the Revolutionary War and distinguished Governor of the State of Georgia in 1785-86. Born in 1740, Elbert was orphaned at an early age; achieved notabl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGW_old-seaboard-airline-depot_Elberton-GA.html
[Stone Marker]:Home ofElbert CountyHistorical SocietyBuilt 1910 - Restored 1986 - 1989 [Separate Plaque]:This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGV_elbert-county-courthouse_Elberton-GA.html
The Elbert County Courthouse was built in 1894 and opened in a formal ceremony at the beginning of January 1895, as the third county courthouse building and fourth County site in Elbert County. After the private home of Thomas A. Carter, on Beaver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGU_grave-of-general-wiley-thompson_Elberton-GA.html
General Wiley Thompson, considered the ablest and most humane of the agents to the Seminole Indians of Florida, was ambushed and killed near the agency at Fort King, Florida, December 28, 1835, by Osceola and a band of warriors who opposed removal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGT_old-post-road_Elberton-GA.html
This Road is older than Elberton. Mail was carried over it by Post Riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's Administration. Later a stage coach ran between Elberton & Lexington three times a week, stopping at th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGK_elbert-county_Elberton-GA.html
Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec, 10, 1790. Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement and third largest town in Georgia in its day, is c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16N_battle-of-cherokee-ford_Elberton-GA.html
[Marker Front]:In honor of the brave militia men under Robert Anderson, including Capt. William Baskin, Jr., James Little, John Miller, Joseph Pickens and Lt. Thomas Shanklin, who fought a superior Tory force led by Col. Boyd at the mouth of Van[n…
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