Kiokee Church, the first Baptist Church to be constituted ion Georgia, was organized in the Spring of 1772, by Rev. Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist denomination in Georgia. A...
Damascus Baptist Church, organized July 29, 1820, was constituted by Samuel Cartlledge and Wildner Hilman. First members were Jeremiah Blanchard, James Ramsey, Jeremiah Roberts, Sara...
Sharon Baptist Church was founded in 1799. The first pastor, Abraham Marshall, who served the church until his death in 1819, probably constituted the church. this building, the second on the...
Columbia County, named for Christopher Columubus, was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1790 from Richmond County. Originally, it contained parts of McDuffie and Warren Counties. Settled by Quakers...
Shiloh Methodist Church, the outgrowth of the earliest known Methodist place of worship in this community, has had a church building on this site for over 125 years. Originally, services...
BASIL NEAL - SOLDIER OF ´76 ´Happy Valley,´ homesite and burial place of Basil Neal, Revolutionary soldier, lies one-half mile off this highway in the direction the arrow points. Basil Neal or...
This totem pole which dramatizes the fact that Colquitt is Georgia’s number one agricultural county was conceived by Mr. W. B. (Ed) Aycock, Sr., pioneer and inspirational leader since 1909. The...
Olde Greenfield Church Used as a Hospital and Recruiting station during the War Between the States. This marker placed by Moultrie McNeil Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Date 1929...
1703-04 THIGPIN TRAIL 1932 MILITARY ROAD FROM GA. MTS. TO ST MARKS, FLA. FOR COL. MOORE OF CAROLINA ERECTED BY JOHN BENNING CHAPTER, D.A.R. MOULTRIE, GA. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original...
Visionary Louis Friedlander, purchased the "Corbett Farm" in 1936 being 340 acres. Believing that Moultrie would need room to grow, he began planning its orderly growth, to the South. In order to...
The Murphy families were among early pioneer settlers who migrated from Duplin and Sampson Counties, North Carolina to this area between the 1790´s and early 1800´s. This area and surrounding land...
Saint James Pallbearers Cemetery No. I Organized February 19, 1920 Colquitt County Georgia - City of Moultrie Trustees Thomas Thompson John Adams M.S. Moses Z. H. Logan Officers Louis R....
This site, along with 19,600 acres, was purchased through a state land lottery, September, 1843-44, by Rev. Eli Graves, formerly of Vermont. In March, 1848, all was sold to his brother,...
Rev. Gregory grew up in the Greenfield community and served as pastor for the church from 1951 to 1990. We credit him with preserving the history and historic church site. His extensive...
This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 25, 1856, is named for Hon. Walter T. Colquitt who had recently died. A famous lawyer and Methodist preacher, he served in Congress...
This church was organized in 1857. The first sanctuary, made of logs, was situated near the still-present old well. A number of Coffee County´s prominent citizens were early members of the church...
Wesley Raymond, Robert Richardson and others founded a school here in 1939 to teach basic flight skills to college students. With the start of World War II, the school became the 63rd...
Organized at Douglas High School on this site, in 1930 Founder - Dr. Jesse Lee Fortney, Superintendent of Douglas Public Schools Faculty Sponsor - Miss Agnes McNair Adult Advisors - Misses Kate...
This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 9, 1854, is named for Gen. John Coffee who served in the Indian Wars and was a Member of Congress in 1833-36. He built the ´Old...
Coffee county was created by an act of the Georgia legislature Feb. 9, 1854, and made up of portions of Clinch, Ware, Irwin and Telfair counties. Named for Gen. John Coffee, of Telfair county,...