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The Battle of Kettle Creek

[ Side 1] On this hill the Fourteenth Day of February 1779 the Battle of Kettle Creek was fought [ Side 2] This battle of the American Revolution in which the British were severely defeated...

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Fort Washington Park

Fort Washington Park is the site of a stockade built by the family of Stephen Heard, governor of Georgia - 1781. Cherokee and Creek Indians had ceded their land on June 1, 1773, and the...

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Mary Willis Library

This library was Georgia`s first free (without a subscription fee) public library. Founded in 1888 by Dr. Francis T. Willis in memory of his daughter, it opened in 1889. Willis also created an...

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He Wouldn't Run

J. Rufus Kelly, 18, was a member of Co. B. 14th Ga. Infantry, Confederate Army. At Jericho ford, when the 14th had orders to fall back, young Kelly kept advancing, waving his hat and rifle...

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Ball's Ferry

On Nov. 24, 1864, the 1st Alabama Cavalry [Federal] reached Ball´s Ferry (1/4 mile N) to secure it for the passage of the Left Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman´s army [Federal], which...

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Ball's Ferry

On Nov. 23, 1864, Maj. Gen. C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia, was in Oconee (No. 14, CRR), 10 miles N. with a mixed force [Confederate] of 1200 men and 6 guns (including the Corps of Cadets,...

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Ramah Church

Ramah Primitive Baptist Church on South Fork of Commissioner´s Creek was constituted June 10, 1809 by the Brethren Gaylord and McGinty with ten members. Educational, social, and cultural...

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The Stoneman Raid

In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman´s Army [USA] closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest." He sought to force its fall by sending...

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McIntyre

On the night of Nov. 23, 1864, Hq. 17th Corps [USA] , Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, was established at McIntyre (old Station No. 16, CRR), 2 miles NE, after moving forward from Gordon (old No. 17)...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15th, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, MAj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army [USA] moved in two wings. The left wing...

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Wilkinson County

This County was created by Acts of the Legislature May 11, 1803 and Dec. 7, 1805. It is named for James Wilkinson, Revolutionary General, and formed from part of the lands acquired from the Creeks...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 21, 1864, with the arrival of Smith´s Division, 17th corps, preceded by the 1st Alabama Cavalry [USA] which met with only sporadic resistance, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of...

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The Evacuation of Gordon

On Nov. 20, 1864, Maj. Gen. H. C. Wayne, Adjutant General of Georgia, found that telegraphic communications with Macon had been cut by the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman´s Army [USA], which had left...

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Toombsboro

On Nov. 22, 1864, the Left Wing (15th and 17th Corps. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, USA) of General Sherman´s army [Federal], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the...

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Intersection of Many Roads

Intersection of Carolina, West Florida and Savannah Lower Creek Indian Trails. Traditional Indian village site and burial grounds. Early white settlement and haven for refugee families in 1812...

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Robert Toombs

To Honor the memory of Robert Toombs July 2, 1810 - Dec. 15, 1885 United States Senator Secretary of State, C.S.A. Brigadier General, C.S.A. Patriot and Statesman For whom the towm of...

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Major John Hatcher (1757-1835)

Near this site is the plantation and grave site of John Hatcher, Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War soldier and statesman. From 1780 to 1800 he served in Candler´s Refugee Regiment of Richmond...

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Worth County

This County created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 20, 1853 is named for Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Worth of Mexican War fame under whose command served Maj. William A. Harris, a leader in the organization...

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Thigpen Trail

Thigpen Trail, oldest military road in Georgia, was cut by James Thigpen to transport military supplies to Col James Moore, former Carolina governor. It followed a well beaten trail of the Indians...

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1703-'04 Thigpen Trail

1703-'04 Thigpen Trail 1929 Military road from Georgia Mountains to St. Marks Florida Cut by James Thigpen for Col. Moore of Carolina Erected by Barnard Trail Chapter, DAR, Sylvester, Ga. Plaque...

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