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Georgia Militia at Griffin

On Nov. 15, 1864. Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, was at Lovejoy´s Station (13 miles N) with 2800 infantry of the First Division. Georgia Militia, 3 batteries, and about 250 local reserve cavalry[CSA]...

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Georgia Experiment Station

The Georgia Experiment Station, one of the first State Agricultural Experiment Stations established in the country, was located in Spalding County, Georgia in 1888. the primary objective of its...

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First Grain Elevator

The first grain elevator in Georgia was completed at Orchard Hill in 1946 by the Swint Seed and Grain Co. The original unit with a capacity of 106,000 bushels was filled with the 1946...

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First Paving

Spalding was the first County between Chicago and Miami on the old Dixie Highway with a concrete highway running from county line to county line. A demonstration strip, completed Jan. 30, 1919,...

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Site of U.S. Post Office Reynoldsville, Georgia (Side 1)

On this site was situated the Reynoldsville Post Office from April 5, 1898 to April 20, 1913. The community was named by the Post Office Department in honor of Reuben Arthur Reynolds who served...

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Sabacola El Menor (Side 1)

LOCATED IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, NEAR THE FORKS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FLINT RIVERS, WAS A TOWN OF HITCHITI-SPEAKING LOWER CREEK INDIANS. A SPANISH MISSION, SANTA CRUZ DE SABACOLA EL MENOR,...

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Reuben Arthur Reynolds (Side 2)

This prominent agriculturist was born in Clinton, North Carolina on November 4, 1848. In 1850 he moved with his family to Decatur County, Georgia. At the age of 15 he enlisted in the...

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City of Donalsonville

According to a map `plan of Donalson` dated April 1889, the town was laid out by john earnest Donalson. On December 8, 1897, a charter, signed by Governor William Yates Atkinson, was...

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Seminole County

This county, created by Act of the Legislature July 8, 1920, is named for the Seminole Indians. Members of the Creek Confederacy, the Seminoles (meaning `separatist`) left the main body in Georgia...

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Blue Star Memorial

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Screven County Garden Club Member of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. In cooperation with Veterans...

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General Samuel Elbert

Near this spot, March 3rd, 1779, General Samuel Elbert, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons, commanding 60 Continentals and 150 Georgia Militia, made one...

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1827 Bethel United Methodist Church (Brick Church)

In 1792 Bishop Francis Asbury on his yearly visit to Methodist Societies and Churches in Georgia held services while staying with the Lovetts, owners of Burton Ferry Landing, Savannah River....

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Wesleyanna Memorial Church

Organized 1868 under bush arbor on Stephen D. Lewis farm by Elder Theo. A. Pharr, John Hardy Bolton, Julia Wells Bolton, Stephen D. Lewis, Martha Howard Lewis, Paul Jenkins, Temperance Jenkins,...

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Burton's Ferry

In 1765, Robert Dunn established a ferry here. It became the gateway for settlers from the Carolinas and Virginia claiming grants in the newly opened lands of interior Georgia. In 1772 Dunn sold...

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Jacksonboro

The establishment of Jacksonboro as the county seat of Screven County was authorized by an Act of the General Assembly, Feb. 1, 1797. James H. Rutherford, Francis Jones, Martin Martin,...

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Screven County

Screven County was created by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, December 14th, 1793. It was named for General James Screven. The first county seat and court house was the home of Benjamin...

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The Goodall House

The two story frame dwelling 200 yards west, built in 1815 by Seaborn Goodall, is all that is left of old Jacksonboro. In it, in 1821, the itinerant preacher Lorenzo Dow found refuge when he...

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British Army Crossing

On the morning of March 2nd, 1779, the British Command of Lieut.-Col. Prevost reached the west bank of the creek here after an all night march from Hudson`s Ferry. The bridge had been destroyed by...

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Paris' Mill

The earliest trade center and industrial development in interior Georgia was established here before the Revolutionary War by Francis Paris, Senior. A rick dam was constructed across the creek, of...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive Campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea....

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