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Kilpatrick at Cork

On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatrick´s cavalry division which was covering the right flank of Gen. Sherman´s army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton), 30 mi. NW, down...

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Sherman's Right at Indian Springs

On Nov. 17, 1864, the 15th Corps, leading the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman´s army [Union] on its March to the Sea, marched through McDonough to Jackson. Below Locust Grove (16 mi. NW), Woods´ and...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 17th, the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman´s army (U) marched from McDonough to Jackson, enroute to Planter´s Factory on Ocmulgee River where it was to cross next day. To relieve congestion on...

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Iron Springs

On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman´s army, which had marched south from Atlanta on Nov 15th on its destructive March to the sea, reached Jackson...

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Crossing the Ocmulgee

On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman´s army [Union], which had marched south from On the morning of Nov. 18, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th...

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The Right Wing at Jackson

On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman´s army [Union], which had marched south from Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the...

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Butts County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 24, 1825, is named for Capt. Sam Butts killed in the Indian War of 1814 at the Battle of Chalibbee. At Indian Springs, now a State...

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Washington's Southern Tour

Traveling from Savannah to Augusta on his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington stopped in Waynesboro on May 17. Departing from Savannah two days earlier, Washington lodged at...

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Shell Bluff

Shell Bluff on the Savannah River 15 miles northeast has been famous since Indian days because of its outcrops of fossil shells including those of giant oysters. These lived in the Eocene sea that...

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Site of Planters Electric Membership Corporation

On August 5, 1936, an organizational meeting of the Planters Electric Membership Corporation was held in the Bellevue Plantation commissary building. Those present and elected to become officers...

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To Honor George Washington

To Honor George Washington Who Lodged Here May 17-18, 1791. The game is yet in our own hands; to play it well is all we have to do – nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality...

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Bark Camp Church

Constituted in the early part of 1788, Bark Camp Baptist Church was a center for culture and hospitality in Bark Camp, one of the oldest settlements in Burke County and a community of wealthy and...

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Burke County's 8 Governors

Historic Burke County, formerly St. George´s Parish, claims 8 Ga. Governors by birth, residence or marriage. JOHN HOUSTOUN (1744-1796), Rev. patriot, member of Continental Congress, Gov. 1778-1779...

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Burke County

Burke County, an original county, was created by the Const. of Feb. 5, 1777, from Creek Cession of May 30, 1733. In 1758, it had been organized as the Parish of St. George. Originally, it...

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First Presbyterian Church

Scotch Presbyterians of St. George´s Parish, now Burke County, by 1760 had organized churches at Brier Creek, Old Church (formerly Episcopalian) and Walnut Branch. In 1771 Rev. Josiah Lewis became...

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Botsford Church-1773

Botsford Church, constituted in 1773 by the Rev. Edmund Botsford, was the second Baptist church in Georgia. Originally located 25 miles below Augusta, known as the New Savannah Church, it...

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Old Quaker Road

The highway bearing left is the Old Quaker road, on of Georgia´s earliest vehicular highways. It was opened about 1769 to provide a direct way from Savannah to a Quaker settlement centering...

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Sardis Baptist Church

On Sept. 28, 1803, a group of men living in Burke County near Beech Branch Meeting House, "found to be in the true Baptist faith", by a presbytery of Rev. Henry Hand and Rev. John Ross,...

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Bellevue Plantation

Dating from a royal grant by King George III to Samuel Eastlake in 1767, Bellvuew Plantation has been owned continuously by the Carswell family since 1833. The year in which the house was built is...

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Sherman's Left Wing

On Dec. 4, 1864, Kilpatrick´s cavalry division [Union] of Gen. Sherman´s army, supported by two brigades of Baird´s infantry division of the 14th Corps, drove units of Wheeler´s cavalry...

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