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Old Post Road

This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched against Fort Tonyn. The first...

This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched against Fort Tonyn. The...

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Grave of General Wiley Thompson

GRAVE OF GENERAL WILEY THOMPSON 4 bl. E. General Wiley Thompson, considered the ablest and most humane of the agents to the Seminole Indians of Florida, was ambushed and killed near the agency at...

GRAVE OF GENERAL WILEY THOMPSON 4 bl. E. General Wiley Thompson, considered the ablest and most humane of the agents to the Seminole Indians of Florida, was ambushed and killed near the agency at...

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Elbert County

Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec. 10, 1790, Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement...

Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec. 10, 1790, Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement...

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Old Dan Tucker

Rev. Daniel Tucker owned a large plantation on the Savannah River and is buried near his old homesite, ´Point Lookout´, six miles from here. Born in Virginia, February 14, 1744, Daniel Tucker came...

Rev. Daniel Tucker owned a large plantation on the Savannah River and is buried near his old homesite, ´Point Lookout´, six miles from here. Born in Virginia, February 14, 1744, Daniel Tucker came...

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Falling Creek Baptist Church

In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist...

In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist...

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Coldwater Methodist Church

In the late 1770´s, a large caravan of Virginians, including a Methodist preacher, traveling south in search of a new home, settled in this neighborhood. In the company were the Adams, Alexander,...

In the late 1770´s, a large caravan of Virginians, including a Methodist preacher, traveling south in search of a new home, settled in this neighborhood. In the company were the Adams, Alexander,...

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March to the Sea: Ebenezer Creek

One mile north, on December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis crossed Ebenezer Creek with his 14th Army Corps as it advanced toward Savannah during Gen. William T....

One mile north, on December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis crossed Ebenezer Creek with his 14th Army Corps as it advanced toward Savannah during Gen. William...

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William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777

DEEP SOUTH REGION WILLIAM BARTRAM TRAIL TRACED 1773-1777 John and William Bartram, naturalists, explored Ebenezer and Effingham County on their Savannah-Augusta travels. ERECTED BY Effingham...

DEEP SOUTH REGION WILLIAM BARTRAM TRAIL TRACED 1773-1777 John and William Bartram, naturalists, explored Ebenezer and Effingham County on their Savannah-Augusta travels. ERECTED BY...

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1790 Effingham County Methodist Camp Ground

Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia- from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sister´ Ferry Road on land of George...

Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia- from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sister´ Ferry Road on land of...

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Camp Davis, Military Instructional Camp, C. S. A.

Camp Davis was one of three Camps of Instruction authorized January 1862, by Governor Joseph B. Brown of Georgia, to enlist, determine fitness for duty, and train for the Confederate States of...

Camp Davis was one of three Camps of Instruction authorized January 1862, by Governor Joseph B. Brown of Georgia, to enlist, determine fitness for duty, and train for the Confederate States...

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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...

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...

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....

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 of...

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...

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. A...

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 County...

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 County...

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....

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...

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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