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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMALI_pennington_Madison-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community ofPennington The Pennington Community was named for the Pennington family who first acquired land from ceded Native American territories. In 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAL5_madison_Madison-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community ofMadisonNamed in honor of U.S. President James Madison, the town of Madison was established as the permanent seat of Morgan County and incorpo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKW_seven-islands-road_Madison-GA.html
The Seven Islands - Alabama Road - was an important emigrant route to the west. Travelers from northeast Georgia and the upper Carolinas followed this trace to the Mississippi Territory, Louisiana, and later Texas.
Originally an important link …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJS_godfrey_Madison-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community ofGodfreyThe town of Godfrey was incorporated by the Georgia Legislature on July 25, 1906. However, this community has much older roots. Local …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJH_the-stoneman-raid_Madison-GA.html
Closing in on Atlanta in July 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, found its vast fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest." To force an evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's cavalry [US] (2112 men and 2 guns) to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJF_the-march-to-the-sea_Madison-GA.html
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah — the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Right Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJB_antioch-baptist-church_Madison-GA.html
Three miles from here in a grove of oaks Antioch Baptist Church was established in a primitive log cabin, Sept. 18, 1809. Soon a building 40 x 60 was erected on 4-1/2 acres of land including the original site.
In Sept. 1827, 4,000 people includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9ZD_oliver-hardy-genius-of-comedy_Madison-GA.html
Oliver Norvell Hardy, of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy, lived in the Turnell-Butler Hotel which once stood on this corner. He was born in Harlem, Georgia, on January 18, 1892. The family was in Madison by that February, and may have moved here …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8OW_apalachee_Madison-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County places this Marker here to commemorate the community of ApalacheeThe name Apalachee is derived from the Indian Tribe that was part of the Creek Confederation, though there is no evidence that this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5T2_joshua-hill-home_Madison-GA.html
Joshua Hill, noted Georgian of the Civil War and Reconstruction, was born in 1812 in the Abbeville District, S.C. He studied law and come to Ga. to practice, settling in Madison after living in Monticello for a time. Having strong Whig and Unionis…