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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCJ_wayne-county-revolutionary-war-memorial_Jesup-GA.html
Revolutionary War Soldiers Who LivedIn Wayne County
Richard BennettMrs. Sibbiah Earl BlairGeorge CooperJohn FortThomas FullwoodJacob HighsmithJohn KempWilliam KellyJohn KnightMoses Manning, Jr.James MiddletonSolomon MorganJohn MundenWilliam Ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME46_alexander-jackson-gordon_Jesup-GA.html
Born in Ohoopee, Georgia, to Alexander James Gordon and Sarah John Williams Gordon. As a young man Alex floated logs down the Altamaha River to pay his way through medical school. Graduating from the Georgia Medical College at Augusta in 1888, Doc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME33_wayne-county_Jesup-GA.html
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 11, 1803 and Dec. 7, 1805, is named for Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, so called for his daring exploits in the Revolution. A Pennsylvanian, he fought in the South and was elected to Congress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SE_franklinia-altamaha_Jesup-GA.html
The Franklin Tree (Franklinia Altamaha)was discovered by John Bartram, thefirst Native American Botanist, onOctober 1, 1765.It was located about18 miles south of here in the swamplands of the Altamaha River.This treewas named after Benjamin Frankl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O6_doctortown_Jesup-GA.html
To the east of here on the Altamaha River was the site of Doctortown. The name may have been derived from a Muskogean Indian word, "Alekcha," purported to mean doctor. A Creek Indian, "Alleck" is belived to have lived there during the late 1700s. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O5_the-defense-of-the-altamaha-bridge_Jesup-GA.html
On Dec 1, 1864, while General Sherman's army was on its destructive march to the Sea, the Fourth Brigade, Georgia Militia, Brig. Gen. H. K. McKay, reached Morgan's Lake (0.7 mile SE) to defend the Savannah and Gulf (ACL) RR bridge over the Altamah…