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Wayne County

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,...

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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 Town and Country Garden Club Sandersville, Georgia IN COOPERATION WITH The Garden Club of Georgia,...

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Old City Cemetery c.1831

HAS BEEN PALCED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit:...

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Rev. J. D. Anthony 1824-1899

James Danelly Anthony entered the Methodist ministry at the 1847 Georgia Conference and after 50 years of service retired in 1897. He had 12 different charges and was 4 times Presiding elder for...

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Colby Smith [Side 1]

Colby Smith, a Revolutionary War soldier who was prominent in America´s War of Independence settled in the 89th District in 1798 and was granted property by the Governor of Georgia in Honor of his...

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Giles Cross Roads

In 1805, this site was settled by the family of Alexander Giles (1793-1873) who moved from Warren County to Washington County after the Creek Indian Cessation [Cession]. The farm`s borders were...

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1805 Deepstep United Methodist Church,

Traces its beginning to the Methodist Society held at home of pioneer William Hicklin around 1805, and the 1825 Hicklin Meeting House Roll with 32 members recorded by Rev. Tillman Snead,...

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Jared Irwin (c.1750-1818)

Jared Irwin, Statesman and twice Governor of Georgia, moved from Mecklenburg Country, N.C to Burke County, Ga. as a child. Commissioned a brigadier general during the Revolutionary War,...

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Governor Thomas W. Hardwick

Governor Thomas William Hardwick, lawyer and statesman, spent most of his life in this city. Born in Thomasville, Dec. 9, 1872, he graduated from Mercer in 1892 and from Lumpkin Law School, U. of...

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Riddleville

In this locality was one of the four academic of Washington County authorized by the State of Georgia and known as the Riddleville Academy. Mr. Anderson Riddle, a prominent citizen of...

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Jefferson Davis

On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (85 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly...

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Saunders Store

The present site of the Sandersville Drug Company was the location of Mr. M. Saunder´s store at the crossing of roads. On Dec. 19, 1793, the Legislature of Georgia authorized that a central place...

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President Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America and party camped near here in a wooded area, when trying to reach Mobile, in his flight from Federal Soldiers. The party,...

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Masonic Temple

A beautiful reproduction of the Greek Temple Athene, erected in 1855-56 for the Masons, of brick, hand-made by slaves, stood on this corner. An appeal by Mr. James D. Anthony and Dr. James...

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Warthen

Washington County, which once embraced all the territory from the Cherokee corner North, from the Ogeechee to the Oconee and the Liberty on the South, was surveyed in 1784. Soon the...

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First Court in Clinch County

About 1 mile south of here, the first Court and Election in Clinch County were held in 1850, in the home of Jonathan Knight. Pursuant to the Act creating Clinch, Commissioners appointed met in the...

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Tennille

Tennille, the highest point, on the Central of Georgia Railroad, between Macon and Savannah, named for a public spirited citizen, Mr. Francis Tennille, was called for a number of years, Station...

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Sherman and Hardee at Tennille

Late on Nov. 24, 1864, Lieut. Gen. Wm J. Hardee CSA, arrived in Tennille to consult with Maj. Gen. H.C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia as to the advisability of further resistance along the line of...

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Irwin's Crossroads

On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [USA], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the sea, crossed the Oconee River at...

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The Defense of the Oconee Bridge

On Nov. 19, 1854, Maj. A. L. Hartridge, CSA. arrived from Savannah with 186 men and 2 guns [CSA] to defend the railroad bridge against raiding parties from Gen. Sherman´s army [USA], then on its...

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