Twiggs County
Twiggs County was created by Act of Dec. 14, 1809 from Wilkinson County. It was named for Gen. John Twiggs (1750-1816), born in Maryland, resident of Burke County, a leader in the Revolution...
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Ezekiel Wimberley
Major General Ezekiel Wimberly commanding the Twiggs Militia erected and garrisoned three forts along the Ocmulgee River for frontier protection. Born in Bertie County, North Carolina,...
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Stone Creek Baptist Church-1808
Constituted September 3, 1808, this Church was first located two miles from here on a rocky hill overlooking Stone Creek, a tributary of the Ocmulgee. In 1842 the meetings were moved to an Academy...
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Dudley M. Hughes
"Magnolia Plantation" was the home of Dudley Mays Hughes, four times a member of Congress from 1909 to 1917. He was the co-author of the Smith ~ Hughes Vocational Education Bill which was...
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Richland Baptist Church
Richland Baptist Church was constituted Oct 5, 1811 with 4 male and 8 female members. The first pastor was Rev. Micajah Fulghum. In June 1861 the ladies of this church made and presented...
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Battle of Griswoldville: The Big Picture
On Nov. 15, 1864, [Union] Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman left Atlanta on his devastating `march to the Sea.` His force divided into two wings and feinted toward Macon and Augusta while on their way to...
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Geographic Center of Georgia
One and one tenth mile south ~ southeast from this marker is the geographic center of the state. The center is defined as the balance point of a plane or thin sheet of a uniform thickness in the...
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Tarversville
This settlement was named for the Tarver family who settled here more than a century ago. In 1826 a post office was opened as Tarver´s Store and in 1831 the name was changed to...
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Marion
Marion, incorporated in 1816, was the first county seat of Twiggs County. Named for General Francis Marion, the Revolutionary `Swamp Fox`, it was a trading center and metropolis in ante bellum...
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Turner County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18, 1905, is named for Capt. Henry Gray Turner who was captured by Union troops at Gettysburg. A resident of Nashville and later of Quitman,...
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Tenth Street School
Constructed in 1931, Tenth Street School provided an education for African-Americans in all grades. Over the years, graduates distinguished themselves in education, law, medicine, religion,...
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William Hogan Plantation
William Hogan, born January 20, 1804, established a plantation in the 1830´s encompassing much of the present town of Hogansville. When he gave the right-of-way to the railroad in 1849,...
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Troup Factory
Troup Factory, first cotton mill in Troup County, Georiga, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie & Co., of Meriwether County. Water powered carding, spinning...
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Troup County Academy
The first school in Troup County opened in LaGrange in 1828, just months after the county´s organization. Located just east of this spot, Troup Academy shared the lot with Hill View Cemetery. The...
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Jones Crossroads
Troup and Harris County residents first settled at the crossroads of the LaGrange-Whitesville- Columbus Stagecoach route and the West Point to King´s Gap Road in the late 1820´s. Named for local...
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