Historical Marker Series

Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission

Page 182 of 190 — Showing results 1811 to 1820 of 1892
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Glenwood Elementary and High School was established in 1951 as one of Georgia's first public consolidated schools for African Americans. Part of a statewide equalization effort to improve school buildings and preserve segregation, Glenwood became the only p…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12CR_lannahassee_Preston-GA.html
Lannahassee, near the Indian village by that name on Lannahassee Creek, was the first white settlement (1836) after the Creek Indians left the area to migrate westward. About 1851 the town moved a mile or two away and became McIntosh. When the County of Kin…
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This name was given to the large settlement here because of its many churches. Shiloh Baptist, still active, was constituted in 1835. Smyrna Presbyterian, constituted July 28, 1838, was active until 1925. Church Hill Methodist was here from 1838 until 1898.…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12DW_confederate-memorial-day_Columbus-GA.html
The first Confederate Memorial Day service in Columbus was held on this site (St. Luke Methodist Church) on April 26, 1866. The program was under the auspices of the Ladies' Memorial Association, which was organized in the early Spring of 1866 for the purpo…
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Walter F. George was born 1.5 miles north in a sharecropper's cabin. George was a teacher near Preston, then a lawyer and judge. From the Georgia Supreme Court he ran for the unexpired term of Senator Thomas E. Watson in 1922. George served 34 years in the …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12MY_marion-bayard-folsom_McRae-GA.html
Marion Folsom, business leader and civil servant, was born on this site on November 23, 1893. In 1914 he joined the Eastman Kodak Company where he helped design one of the nation's first company sponsored retirement insurance plans. Appointed by President F…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12OZ_sand-hill-missionary-baptist-church_Douglas-GA.html
This church was organized in 1857. The first sanctuary, made of logs, was situated near the still-present old well. A number of Coffee County's prominent citizens were early members of the church and are buried within the cemetery, including William Dent, D…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12QM_talmadge-home_McRae-GA.html
This house was the home of two distinguished Governors of Georgia — father and son. Eugene Talmadge, b. Sept. 23, 1884 in Monroe Co. served as Chief Executive 1933-37, 1941-43, and was elected for a fourth term, 1947-51, but died in Dec. 1946 befor…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12QT_ozias-church-bethlehem-church_Fitzgerald-GA.html
Ozias Primitive Baptist Church was constituted July 14, 1832. Elders Wilson Conner and John Martial were the Presbytery. Members were John McDonald, Randall McDonald, Elijah Hunter, Penelope Hunter, Catherine McCall, Mary McDonald, Elizabeth McDonald. The R…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM12RC_jefferson-davis_Eastman-GA.html
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (132 miles NE, where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed enroute to t…
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