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Builder of the Nation

This steam locomotive was prsented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to...

This steam locomotive was prsented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to...

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The Baptist Church of Jesus Christ at Crooked Creek

The Baptist Church of Jesus Christ at Crooked Creek Founded on this site July 23, 1803, this small church appeared to have little chance for survival. Two hundred years later, she remains because...

The Baptist Church of Jesus Christ at Crooked Creek Founded on this site July 23, 1803, this small church appeared to have little chance for survival. Two hundred years later, she remains because...

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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. IN COOPERATION WITH Department of Transportation of Georgia AND The Four...

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION WITH Department of Transportation of Georgia AND The Four...

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Jackson County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 11, 1796, is named for James Jackson who later became Governor in 1798-1801. A soldier of the Revolution he served in Congress 1789-91 and...

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 11, 1796, is named for James Jackson who later became Governor in 1798-1801. A soldier of the Revolution he served in Congress 1789-91...

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Killed on this Spot: May 10, 1865

Killed on this spot May 10, 1865 John Rupert, Companyc, 4th Michigan Cavalry, Federal Army. Drafted at age of 21 at Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan. Buried at Abbeyville, Georgia, remains...

Killed on this spot May 10, 1865 John Rupert, Companyc, 4th Michigan Cavalry, Federal Army. Drafted at age of 21 at Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan. Buried at Abbeyville, Georgia,...

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Dorminy's Meeting House, Young's Meeting House, Brushy Creek

Dorminy´s Meeting House was constituted December 17, 1831, on a site 1 mile Northwest of Irwinville, near the home of John B. Dorminy, Sr. The Church was of the Primitive Baptist faith, and the...

Dorminy´s Meeting House was constituted December 17, 1831, on a site 1 mile Northwest of Irwinville, near the home of John B. Dorminy, Sr. The Church was of the Primitive Baptist faith, and the...

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Jefferson Davis

On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington Georgia (178 miles NE), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Soon thereafter, with a small...

On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington Georgia (178 miles NE), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Soon thereafter, with a small...

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Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park

On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the present...

On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the...

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Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park

On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the present...

On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the...

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Old Coffee Road

This highway leading north and south at this point is the Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this section. Beginning at Swains Ferry on the Ocmulgee River, it ran this way to...

This highway leading north and south at this point is the Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this section. Beginning at Swains Ferry on the Ocmulgee River, it ran this way...

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Irwin County

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 15, 1818 and December 21, 1819, is named for Gov. Jared Irwin who served from 1806 to ´09. He helped revised the State Constitution in 1789...

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 15, 1818 and December 21, 1819, is named for Gov. Jared Irwin who served from 1806 to ´09. He helped revised the State Constitution in...

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Governor John Houston

Born near Waynesboro in 1744, Houston was the son of Sir Patrick Houston and Priscilla Dunbar. He was elected in 1775 to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and served on Georgia´s...

Born near Waynesboro in 1744, Houston was the son of Sir Patrick Houston and Priscilla Dunbar. He was elected in 1775 to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and served on...

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Flint Electric Membership Corporation

Flint Electric Membership Corporation provided electrical service to Wellston, Georgia in 1939. Population about 43 people. In 1943, when the name was changed to Warner Robins, a major commandment...

Flint Electric Membership Corporation provided electrical service to Wellston, Georgia in 1939. Population about 43 people. In 1943, when the name was changed to Warner Robins, a major...

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Perry United Methodist Church 1826

Organized as part of the South Carolina Conference in 1826, this church by 1830 was head of the Perry Circuit in the newly formed Georgia Conference and after 1866 in the South Georgia Conference....

Organized as part of the South Carolina Conference in 1826, this church by 1830 was head of the Perry Circuit in the newly formed Georgia Conference and after 1866 in the South Georgia Conference....

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Perry Methodist Church Organized

The first edifice was erected in 1827 on site which is now Evergreen Cemetery. The second building was located in 1846 on the front hakf of this square and faced Washington St. The present...

The first edifice was erected in 1827 on site which is now Evergreen Cemetery. The second building was located in 1846 on the front hakf of this square and faced Washington St. The...

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Houston County

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 15 & December 24, 1821, is named for John Houston, Governor in 1778 & 1784, who served in the Continental Congress in 1775 & ´76. In 1774 he...

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 15 & December 24, 1821, is named for John Houston, Governor in 1778 & 1784, who served in the Continental Congress in 1775 & ´76. In 1774...

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Kilpatrick’s Raid at the Nash Farm

Kilpatrick's Raid at the Nash Farm August 20, 1864 As the last of Minty’s skirmishers withdrew, Kilpatrick and Eli Murray realign King’s 3rd and 5th Kentucky to confront the quiescent Confederate...

Kilpatrick's Raid at the Nash Farm August 20, 1864 As the last of Minty’s skirmishers withdrew, Kilpatrick and Eli Murray realign King’s 3rd and 5th Kentucky to confront the quiescent...

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Shingleroof Campground

Shortly after this section of land in Henry County was ceded to the State of Georgia by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1823, camp meetings were held here under brush arbors....

Shortly after this section of land in Henry County was ceded to the State of Georgia by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1823, camp meetings were held here under brush...

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Locust Grove Institute 1894-1929

Born in 1894 of a community mass meeting called for the purpose by J.W. Graham, Pastor of the Locust Grove Baptist Church, Locust Grove Institute was started as a coeducational school by the...

Born in 1894 of a community mass meeting called for the purpose by J.W. Graham, Pastor of the Locust Grove Baptist Church, Locust Grove Institute was started as a coeducational school by the...

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Cavalry Skirmish at Bear Creek Station

On November 16, 1864, Murray´s brigade of Kilpatrick´s cavalry [Federal] struck the advance of Iverson´s cavalry [Confederate] at Lovejoy´s Station, 4 miles North and drove it south to Bear Creek...

On November 16, 1864, Murray´s brigade of Kilpatrick´s cavalry [Federal] struck the advance of Iverson´s cavalry [Confederate] at Lovejoy´s Station, 4 miles North and drove it south to Bear Creek...

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