Confederate Gun Shop
Confederate Gun Shop Which made Dickson-Nelson rifles 1864 - 1865 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: David Seibert.
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Old Coffee Road
The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here, running some 120 miles from the Ocmulgee River via today´s Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to...
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Blue Star Memorial
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Sharon~Raytown Garden Club In cooperation with American Legion, Roy Dozier Post 8 The Ogeechee Studio and...
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Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church was organized April 10, 1813. The first pastor was Samuel Strange; first clerk was John Collins; first deacons were Frederick Holland, John Collins, and H.H....
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Beards Creek Church
The Beards Creek Church was orderly constituted on December 29, 1804, by the Rev. John Gooldwire, the Rev. John Standford, the Rev. Isham Peacock, and the Rev. David Hennesy, all orderly...
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Gen. John B. Gordon
General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), CSA, lawyer, statesman, owned this farm, "Beechwood", from 1888 until his death. Here he raised Texas ponies, goats, horses and cattle. For a time he lived...
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General Andrew Jackson
This boulder commemorates the historical fact that General Andrew Jackson, with his command of nine hundred Georgia Militia and friendly Creek Indians, occupied the Indian village of...
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Battle of Echowanotchaway Swamp Monument
This boulder marks the site of the Battle of Echowanotchaway Swamp between State Troops and Creek Indians July 25, 1836. Erected by Stone Castle Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of...
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Chenube Indian Village
1827 Site of Chenube Indian Village Erected by the Stone Castle Chapter of the DAR 1936 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: huntinkat.
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Crowell Electricity
In 1936, a group of farmers in the Crowell area investigated the possibility of bringing electric service to the community. In 1937, they formed Taylor County Rural Electric Cooperative with...
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William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777
William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777 In 1775 during the travels of botanist William Bartram he first discovered golden St. John´s wort (his Hypericum aureum) near this site on Patsiliga Creek...
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Talmadge Home
This house was the home of two distinguished Governors of Georgia - father and son. Eugene Talmadge, b. Sept. 23, 1884 in Monroe Co. served as Chief Executive 1933- 37, 1941- 43, and was elected...
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Telfair County
Telfair County was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1807 from Wilkinson County. Originally, it contained parts of Coffee and dodge Counties. It was named for Gov. Edward Telfair (1735- 1807). Born...
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Jacksonville
The first County Seat of Telfair County, Jacksonville, was named for General Andrew Jackson. From 1807 to 1812 court met in various homes. In 1812 a courthouse was erected on the site of the...
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World Record Bass
Approximately two miles from this spot, on June 2, 1932, George W. Perry, a 19-year old farm boy, caught was to become America`s most famous fish. The twenty-two pound four ounce largemouth...
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Cullen Boney Descendents
Cullen Boney and his wife, Phoebe Williams migrated from North Carolina and settled in the China Hill community of Telfair County in the eighteen twenties. He had three children: Mary Jane Boney...
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Confederate Gun Shop
When the states of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee grew short of arms in 1863, Governor Shorter of Alabama and President Jefferson Davis persuaded Major O. O. Nelson of...
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Major General James E. Livingston
Major General James E. Livingston United States Marine Corps Graduate of Lumber City High School 1957 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his...
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Dedicated in Honor of Those Who Answered the Call
Dedicated in honor of those who answered the call of duty in the service of our Country and in memory of those who gave their lives to guaruntee our freedoms. November 1968 Plaque...
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Old Herod Town
On this site stood Herod Town, one of the last Indian villages in this section to remain after the coming of the white man. According to longstanding local tradition, when General Andrew Jackson...
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