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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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9Y_bishop-james-osgood-andrew_Washington-GA.html
James Osgood Andrew was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, on May 5, 1794, about 400 yards N.E. of this marker, the son of Rev. John Andrew and Mary Cosby Andrew. He was licensed to preach in the Ellam Methodist Episcopal Church, Broad River Circuit,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6VG_battle-of-kettle-creek_Washington-GA.html
The Battle of Kettle Creek, fought here on February 14, 1779, was one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War in Georgia. At that time, the State was almost completely under British control. Col. Boyd with 600 British sympathizers (…