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To Honor George Washington

To Honor George Washington Who Lodged Here May 17-18, 1791. The game is yet in our own hands; to play it well is all we have to do – nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality...

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Bark Camp Church

Constituted in the early part of 1788, Bark Camp Baptist Church was a center for culture and hospitality in Bark Camp, one of the oldest settlements in Burke County and a community of wealthy and...

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Burke County's 8 Governors

Historic Burke County, formerly St. George´s Parish, claims 8 Ga. Governors by birth, residence or marriage. JOHN HOUSTOUN (1744-1796), Rev. patriot, member of Continental Congress, Gov. 1778-1779...

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Burke County

Burke County, an original county, was created by the Const. of Feb. 5, 1777, from Creek Cession of May 30, 1733. In 1758, it had been organized as the Parish of St. George. Originally, it...

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First Presbyterian Church

Scotch Presbyterians of St. George´s Parish, now Burke County, by 1760 had organized churches at Brier Creek, Old Church (formerly Episcopalian) and Walnut Branch. In 1771 Rev. Josiah Lewis became...

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Botsford Church-1773

Botsford Church, constituted in 1773 by the Rev. Edmund Botsford, was the second Baptist church in Georgia. Originally located 25 miles below Augusta, known as the New Savannah Church, it...

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Old Quaker Road

The highway bearing left is the Old Quaker road, on of Georgia´s earliest vehicular highways. It was opened about 1769 to provide a direct way from Savannah to a Quaker settlement centering...

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Sardis Baptist Church

On Sept. 28, 1803, a group of men living in Burke County near Beech Branch Meeting House, "found to be in the true Baptist faith", by a presbytery of Rev. Henry Hand and Rev. John Ross,...

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Bellevue Plantation

Dating from a royal grant by King George III to Samuel Eastlake in 1767, Bellvuew Plantation has been owned continuously by the Carswell family since 1833. The year in which the house was built is...

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Sherman's Left Wing

On Dec. 4, 1864, Kilpatrick´s cavalry division [Union] of Gen. Sherman´s army, supported by two brigades of Baird´s infantry division of the 14th Corps, drove units of Wheeler´s cavalry...

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The Cavalry Actions at Waynesboro

Late on Nov. 26, 1864, elements of the 3rd Cavalry Division [Union], Brig. Gen. J.L. Kilpatrick, USA, of Gen. Sherman´s army, reached the railroad bridge north of Waynesboro and partially burned...

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Cavalry Skirmish at Thomas' Station

On Dec. 3, 1864, Kilpatrick´s cavalry division [Union], supported by Baird´s division, 14th Corps, moving on the extreme left of General Sherman´s army, reached the Augusta and Savannah Railroad...

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The 14th Corps at Lumpkin's Station

On Dec. 3, 1864, after a hard march across Buckhead, Rocky Beaver Dam and Rosemary creeks from camps N. of Birdsville and W. of Buckhead Church, the 14th Corps [USA], Maj. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, USA...

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Sherman at Midville

On Nov. 14th, 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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Waynesborough

On July 31, 1783, an Act was passed by the General Assembly meeting in Augusta to lay out a town, Waynesborough, on reserved or private land. Commissioners named (Thomas Lewis, Sr., Thomas Lewis,...

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Old Quaker Road

This highway has been following closely the course of the Old Quaker Road, one of Georgia´s earliest vehicular thoroughfares. It was opened about 1769 to link Savannah, the colonial capital, with...

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Croatan Indian Community

In 1870 a group of Croatan Indians migrated from their homes in Robeson County North Carolina, following the turpentine industry to southeast Georgia. Eventually many of the Croatans became tenant...

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Willow Hill Elementary School for Negroes / A Georgia Equalization School

Willow Hill Elementary School for Negroes A Georgia Equalization School Willow Hill School was established in 1874 during Reconstruction as one of the first schools for African Americans...

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Blue Star Memorial Highway

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Bulloch council of Garden Clubs and Oleander District of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. in...

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Upper Black Creek Church

Upper Black Creek met each month on the third Sunday and Saturday Before from the time she was organized in 1802 until the Church elected to meet every Sunday in 1957. Conference was every...

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