Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended th United States of America SPONSORED BY The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION WITH Oleander District AND Dogwood, Jesup and Ruby Riggins...
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Wheeler County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Aug. 14, 1912, is named for Gen. Joseph Wheeler, famous Confederate Cavalry leader and Major General of Cavalry in the Spanish War. He twice saved...
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Archery, Georgia
This rural community of Archery, established in the 1800´s, consisted of a train stop, houses of railroad employees, the St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, a school for...
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Walter F. George 1878-1957
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...
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Lannahassee
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...
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First Confederate Flag Raising in Georgia
On this Courthouse lawn the first Confederate flag raising in Georgia took place March 31, 1861. Judge David B. Harrell of Webster County, Capt. James Pickett of Red Hill, Dr. Harvis Pickett...
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Webster County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 16, 1853, was originally named Kinchafoonee. It was organized in 1834 at which time Preston was chartered. An Act of February 21, 1856,...
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Alexander Jackson Gordon
Alexander Jackson Gordon Physician — 1862-1943 — Born in Ohoopee, Georgia, to Alexander James Gordon and Sarah John Williams Gordon. As a young man Alex floated logs down the Altamaha River to pay...
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Doctortown
Two miles N.E. of here on the Altamaha river was the site of Doctortown. The name may have been derived from a Muskogean Indian word, `Alekcha`, purported to mean doctor. A Creek Indian,...
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David Gordon
DAVID A. GORDON 1866-1947 EDUCATOR For over 60 years this outstanding Negro was an entrepreneurial, educational, religious, and political leader in Washington County. On this site in 1897 he...
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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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