The March to the Sea
On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman´s army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at...
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Old Sunbury Road
The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-reolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790´s...
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Old Sunbury Road
The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-reolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790´s...
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Johnson County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 11, 1858, is named for Gov. Herschel V. Johnson. The County Site is named for John B. Wright, pioneer resident. Johnson, Governor from 1853 to...
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Cavalry Action At Buckhead Church
On Nov. 28, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division [USA]. Brig. Gen. J. L. Kilpatrick. USA, was driven south from Waynesboro by the Cavalry Corps. Army of Tennessee [CSA]. Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler....
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Sherman at Millen
On the night of Dec. 2, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi [USA] Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman. USA, camped on the west bank of Buck head Creek near the bridge. During the late afternoon of...
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Scarboro
This is one of the older settlements in this part of Georgia having been established sometime prior to 1840 and receiving its name from Enoch or Hardy Scarborouogh of Screven County. In 1839 it...
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Millen
The city of Millen began about 1835 at a site 200 yds. N. of this marker as the road side inn of Robert Hendricks Gray. In Nov., 1851 the Wayne borough and Augusta Rail Road was extended to...
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Jenkins Courthouse
Jenkins County was organized from territory cut from Burke, Screven, Bulloch, and Emanuel counties in 1905, and officially began its function as a new political unit on Jan. 1, 1906. The...
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Big Buckhead Church
This church, near Buckhead Creek, from which it derives its name, was probably organized before the Revolution by Matthew Moore, Baptist minister whose loyalist sympathies led him to leave...
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Old Buckhead Church
4.3 miles west of this point stands Old Buckhead Church. The present structure built around 1845 housed one of the oldest Baptist Congregations in the United States. The Buckhead Church...
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Ways Baptist Church and Stellaville School
Ways Baptist Church was established in 1817. Originally known as Darcy´s Meeting House, the church was formed by members of the Brush Creek Church. In 1868 Ways Church organized the Stellaville...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
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 Georgia State highway Department and the...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Nation´s Armed Forces who served in World War II. SPONSORED BY THE GARDEN CLUB OF GEORGIA IN COOPERATION WITH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....
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Louisville, Georgia 1786-1986
Chartered in 1786, the City of Louisville was named in honor of King Louis XVI in appreciation for the help he gave the colonies during the American Revolution. From 1796 to 1805,...
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