North Newington Baptist Church
This church was constituted at Newington Plantation, Chatham County, 1793, in the home of Thomas Polhill. Meetings alternated between the Polhill home near Goshen settlement and the Fox family...
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Cooperville
This village was a center of religious educational and social activity for Southeast Georgia prior to the War Between the States. It was established by William Cooper about 1790 when he acquired...
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Louisville Road
This road was established pursuant to an Act passed by the Colonial Assembly April 2nd, 1770. It connected the early settlement of Queensboro, at the head of Ogeechee River navigation,...
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Washington's Route
President Washington passed here early on the morning of Tuesday, May 17th, 1791, enroute to the home of William Skinner with whom he had breakfast. The Skinner home, still standing (1953), is...
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Washington Slept Here
`Monday, May 16th, 1791` wrote President George Washington in his diary as he recorded the date of his lodging in the Inn of Stephen Calfrey Pearce, 200 yards [direction stricken from marker] of...
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First County Seat
Between 1765 and 1770 a group of settlers, mostly from North Carolina, settled and received grants for land in the vicinity of what is now Rockyford. Among these first settlers were, Benjamin...
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Pond Town
Pond town, named for its proximity to several ponds, had beginnings as a relay station for the stagecoach line which ran from Hamburg to Preston. Some say white men were living in the area...
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Schley County
This county, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 22, 1857, is named for William Schley, member of Congress 1833-35 and Governor 1835-37. Ellaville is named for Ella Burton, daughter of Robert...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and Redbud District IN COOPERATION WITH State Highway Department...
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Center Point Park
This site marks the original center of the City of Conyers, Georgia. On Febuary 16, 1854, Conyers was incorporated by the legialature providing a boundary line of one-half mile radius from...
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Rev. Henry Quigg, D. D.
Born Ireland 1826, Died Conyers, Georgia 1907. A. B., B. D. Erskine College, D.D. Emory University. Ordained September 26, 1856 by Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Pastor Hopewell 1856 -...
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Bald Rock Baptist Church
Bald Rock Baptist Church 1861 – 1994 “Committed to Loving God and helping mankind” The city of Conyers recognizes Bald Rock Baptist Church the oldest African-American church in Rockdale...
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Sherman at Conyers
On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, Morgan´s division, 14th Corps, of the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman´s army [US], which had marched from Atlanta on the 15th on its destructive March to the Sea,...
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Fightin' Joe Wheeler
Near this spot, May 9, 1865, Major General Joseph Wheeler, C.S.A., and part of his staff were captured by Federal troops who were pursuing President Jefferson Davis. Gen. Wheeler was released at...
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Conyers Methodist Church
Conyers Methodist Church was organized in 1852 by Rev. John L. Stewart, Rev. Joel Stansell, Rev. David T. White. The present building, fourth on the site, was dedicated in 1902 by Bishop Warren A....
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