John McIntosh Kell
Near this site was the home of Captain John McIntosh Kell, Executive Officer of the Confederate cruisers Alabama and Sumter. After entering the United States Navy at the age of 17, he served in...
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Doc Holliday - Solomon Street Dental Office
Doc Holliday Solomon Street Dental Office John Henry “Doc” Holliday inherited a portion of this property and allegedly practiced dentistry here while in Griffin. Thought to be originally owned by...
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History of Griffin, Georgia
History of Griffin, Georgia The city of Griffin, Georgia, was founded on June 8, 1840 by General Lewis Lawrence Griffin, a former state legislator, General in the Georgia militia, railroad man...
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Old McIntosh Road
This tablet marks the Old McIntosh Road Part of the Three Notch Trail blazed by the Creek Indian Chief William McIntosh Slain in 1825, because of his friendship for the White Man Erected...
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Rotary International
Rotary International Centennial Project In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Rotary International, the members of the Rotary club of Griffin raised over $100,000, and in...
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Founding of Griffin
From a stump near the town spring, now covered by the embankment of the railroad, on June 8, 1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City...
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Spalding Grays
The Spalding Grays, as Co. D. 2nd Batt. Inf., was the first military unit from Spalding County to be mustered in to the Confederate Army. It was followed by 8 regular and several...
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Confederate Camp
Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens, named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of Confederacy, was about ½ mile from here on McIntosh Road. Nearly all troops in the Confederate Army from...
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Confederate Camp Milner
Most Georgia troops for the Confederate Army were mobilized in Griffin. Camp Milner, the Cavalry Camp, was named for Ben Milner, prominent Spalding County man who gave financial aid in...
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Confederate Cemetery
Stonewall Cemetery is located on part of a plot given as a burial site by Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin when he founded Griffin in 1840. Several hundred Confederate and one Union soldier, casualties...
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Spalding County
Spalding County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1851 from Fayette, Henry and Pike Counties. It was named for Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), native of Frederica. One of the earliest cotton and...
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Confederate Camp
Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens was named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy. Nearly all troops in Confederacy Army from Georgia were mobilized here and at...
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Lewis Lawrence Griffin
Born in South Carolina, October 3, 1974, Lewis Lawrence Griffin moved to Georgia with his widowed mother in the early 1800´s. He fought in the Georgia Militia under General Daniel Newman...
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The City of Griffin
The first city government of Griffin, founded in 1840 by General Lewis Lawrence Griffin, was authorized in 1843 when the General Assembly of Georgia granted it a charter. The charter was accepted...
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Ringold Community
Older than Spalding County, Ringold Community grew around the two-story Ringold Masonic Lodge 90 building erected here in 1852. The lodge was established Oct. 31, 1849 at what became Walkers Mill...
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