Davis' March to Rome
May 16, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.C. Davis´ div. (14th A.C.) left Sugar Valley via roads west of the Oostanaula River to outflank Johnston´s forces retreating from Resaca. Davis had been informed that...
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Farmer's Bridge Armuchee Creek
May 15, 1864. Minty´s Brigade of Garrard´s Cav. scouting toward Rome in advance of the infantry column, Davis´ div. (14th A.C.) encountered Brig. Gen. L.S. Ross´ Texas brigade (Jackson´s...
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Floyd Springs
Garrard´s Cavalry, having left Villanow, May 14, 1864, passed Floyd Springs May 15, enroute to Farmer´s Bridge & Rome. After scouting toward Rome, the Cav. withdrew & camped here. May...
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Hermitage
Home of Joseph Watters (1792 - 1866), pioneer settler in Floyd County; an admirer of Andrew Jackson, he named it ´Hermitage.´ A settlement of that name is 1mi. S. E. May 17, 18, 1864: Brig. Gen....
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DeSoto In Georgia
In May 1539 Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd of swine reserved for famine. Fired by his success in Pizarro´s conquest of Peru. De Soto...
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Original Cabin
This cabin, birthplace of The Berry Schools, (now Berry College and Berry Academy) was built as a playhouse for Martha Berry and her brothers and sisters shortly after the Civil War. Here, in...
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Medora Field Perkerson Author- Newspaper Columnist
Medora Field (1892 - 1960) was born nearby on the site of the present Lindale Baptist Church. In her early twenties she became a member of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine staff, and...
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Georgia School for the Deaf
In 1833, a deaf man, John Jacobus Flournoy, of Jackson County, great grandson of Jacob Flournoy, a French Huguenot, urging education for the deaf, interested Governor Wilson Lumpkin and the...
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Floyd County
Floyd County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 out of Cherokee County. Originally, it included parts of Chattooga, Polk and Gordon Counties. Early settlers came from Tenn., S.C., and older parts...
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Georgia's Paul Revere
Along this road John H. Wisdom rode from Gadsden, Ala. to warn that a Federal force of over 2,000 men was approaching Rome to occupy the town, destroy foundries making ammunition for...
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Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church
Today´s Flat Rock AME Church originated in 1854 as a place of worship for slaves on nearby Spears Plantation, and it is believed to be the oldest African-American congregation in Fayette...
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Governor Hugh M. Dorsey
Hugh Manson Dorsey was born in Fayetteville , and was admitted to the Georgia bar at the Fayette County Courthouse in 1894. After practicing law at his father´s firm, Dorsey became solicitor...
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Starr's Mill
The property that became Starr´s Mill was owned by Hananiah Gilcoat who built the first mill here before his death in 1825. This site, on Whitewater Creek, was less than a mile from the...
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Holly Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church
This church was organized in 1897 near the banks of Camp Creek in an unincorporated area of western Fayette County. Until the first sanctuary was constructed here on land and with...
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World’s Longest Courthouse Bench
Removed from Fayette County Courthouse during reconstruction and modernization of interior 1965 Hand hewn, heart pine center beam Used 1825 to 1965 58 feet long Plaque courtesy...
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Skirmish at Shakerag
Just before dawn, July 30, 1864, during a daring cavalry raid to cut the last two railroads supplying Atlanta, Union Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook ordered the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry to halt...
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The Holliday-Dorsey- Fife House
Built in 1855 by Doctor John Stiles Holliday this house has tied to important Georgia personalities such as the legendary "Doc" Holliday, Georgia Governor Hugh Manson Dorsey, and famous...
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Untitled (Palmer Family Cemetery)
This family cemetery was established October 24, 1845, when Barbara Jane, the infant of JOhn and Barbara Morris Pa;mer, was burid here. John Palmer acquired the property - lot 116 in the...
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Fayette County
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 15 and December 24, 1821, is named for the Marquis de LaFayette, famous French General who came to this country to fight under General...
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William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist
William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist One of the leading Unionists in the state during the Civil War, William Clayton Fain was born in Georgia in 1825. A Fannin County lawyer and...
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