| Georgia (Fayette County), Fayetteville — 56-4 — Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church | | | Today’s Flat Rock AME Church originated in 1854 as a place of worship for slaves on nearby Spears Plantation, and it is believed to be the oldest African-American congregation in Fayette County. Originally known as Rocky Mount, the church moved after the Civil War and was known for a time as Scufflefield. By 1898 the church, now called Flat Rock AME, and the adjoining cemetery were established at this location. Like many African-American churches during the era of segregated schooling, Flat . . . — Map (db m22973) | | Georgia (Fayette County), Fayetteville — 56-3 — Governor Hugh M. Dorsey — (1871-1948) | | | Hugh Manson Dorsey was born in Fayetteville, and was admitted to the Georgia bar at the Fayette County Courthouse in 1894. After practicing law at his father’s firm, Dorsey became solicitor general of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit in 1910. In this capacity, he prosecuted the 1913 murder case against Leo Frank. During his two-term governorship (1917-1921), Dorsey oversaw the wider implementation of the county unit system of election favoring rural areas; appointed Richard R. Wright, Sr. to direct . . . — Map (db m10074) | | Georgia (Fayette County), Peachtree City — 56-1 — Holly Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church | | | This church was organized in 1897 near the banks of Camp Creek in an unincorporated area of western Fayette County. Until the first sanctuary was constructed here on land and with building materials donated by Flem Arnall, services were held under a brush arbor and in homes. In the early years worship services were held once a month. From 1897 until desegregation in the 1960s, the church also operated a school here for the community’s black children, grades 1-7, with donated text books. The . . . — Map (db m22971) | | Georgia (Fayette County), Senoia — 56-2 — Starr's Mill | | | The property that became Starr’s Mill was owned by Hananiah Gilcoat who built the first mill here before his death in 1825. This site, on Whitewater Creek, was less than a mile from the boundary between Creek Indian lands and the State of Georgia. Hilliard Starr, who owned the mill from 1866 until 1879, gave the site its current name. After the first two log structures burned, William T. Glower built the current building in 1907. This mill operated until 1959, using a water-powered turbine, . . . — Map (db m10073) | | Georgia (Fayette County), Tyrone — Palmer Family Cemetery | | | This family cemetery was established October 24, 1845, when Barbara Jane, the infant of John and Barbara Morris Palmer, was buried here. John Palmer acquired the property - lot 116 in the 7th District of Fayette County, Georgia, in October, 1844. Here are buried John Palmer, his wife, their descendants and relatives, including members of the Hobgood,
Martin, and Yates families. — Map (db m14563) |
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