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Historic Taverns on this Road

Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of ´one Spencer.´ the occasion was Washington´s Southern tour, and he was travelling in his carriage...

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Bethany

The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty´s Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160...

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The Rev. John Martin Bolzius The Rev. Israel Christian Gronau

In this cemetery are buried the Rev. John Martin Bolzius and the Rev. Israel Christian Gronau, ministers who came to Georgia with the first company of Salzburgers. In March 1734, the Rev. Mr....

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Old River Road

The Old River Road, one of Colonial Georgia´s leading thoroughfares and the first highway to connect Savannah and Augusta, passed here. It was initially opened as a horse path by direction...

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Jerusalem (Ebenezer) Church 6 mi.

Built in 1767 - 69 by Lutheran Protestants who came to Georgia in 1734 after being exiled from Catholic Salzburg in Europe, the church is officially name Jerusalem Church. It stands on the site of...

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John Adam Treutlen

On these lands stood the home of John Adam Treutlen, the first Governor of Georgia after the State obtained Independence, being elected in 1777 under the first Constitution of Georgia....

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Sherman's Right Wing

On Dec. 8, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army (US), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effington...

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Sherman's Left Wing

On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman´s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham...

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Sherman at Zion Church

On the night of Dec. 8, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, was established here at Zion Church. Hq. Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O.O....

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Old Ebenezer

About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer -- the stone of help. General...

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Two Historic Savannah River Ferries

On the Savannah River, near here, two historic Ferries operated in Colonial Days, linking South Carolina and the Northern overland trade paths with Georgia and the routes leading South to...

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Sherman's Right Wing

On Dec. 6, 1864, the 15th Corps [US], the extreme right of Gen. Sherman´s army on its destructive March to the Sea, camped near Jenk´s Bridge on Great Ogeechee River, east of Blitchton. On...

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Goshen Church

Goshen Church was built about 1751. It was served by the early pastors of the Salzburgers, and later for a short time by the Moravian missionaries. The church remained a part of the Ebenezer...

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Early Baptists at Tuckasee King

Soon after 1767, the Rev. Benjamin Stirk, who had been baptized at the Orphan House, visited Tuckasee King and, finding a number of Baptists there, began to preach to them. As there was then no...

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Effingham County

This is one of the eight original Counties created by the Georgia Constitution in 1777 and is named for Lord Effingham who was an ardent supporter of Colonial Rights. By Act of Feb. 26, 1784,...

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Skirmish at Cow Creek

Near here, on August 27, 1836, Georgia Militia companies commanded by Col Henry Blair, Captain Lindsay and Capt. Levi J. Knight, fought a skirmish with Creek Indians and routed them, kiling two...

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Wayfare or Cow Creek Church

WAYFARE OR COW CREEK CHURCH About 200 yards West, on this Road, is Wayfare or Cow Creek Baptist Church. The church was constituted in 1847, and the first annual meeting was held in September...

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Echols County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 13, 1858, is named for Col. Robert M. Echols, for 24 years a member of the General Assembly. He was a President of the Georgia Senate and...

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Blue Star Memorial

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION WITH Magnolia District of The Garden Club of...

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Peanut Monument

The people of Early County, the largest peanut producing center in the world, have erected this monument in tribute to the peanut, which is so largely responsible for our growth and...

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