| Georgia (Jefferson County), Bartow — 81-8 — General Wood's Fort | | | On a high knoll, overlooking the surrounding
land, stood the home of General Solomon Wood,
Revolutionary soldier. Near this home, General
Wood built a blockhouse for the protection of
his family and neighbors. When there was any
sign or sound of Indian trouble, a large bell,
loud enough to be heard for two miles, would
summon everyone within hearing range to the
shelter of the fort. General Wood is buried near
the site of his home and fort, now part of
" Victory Farm. " — Map (db m21217) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Bartow — 81-9 — Old Savannah Road — ← → | | | The highway crossing here is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee River. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below today's Milledgeville, along the course of a former trading path to the Creek Indians of western Georgia and eastern Alabama. It is believed General Oglethorpe traveled this part of the Indian trail in 1739 on his way to treat with the Indians at Coweta Town, on the Chattahoochee River below Columbus in present . . . — Map (db m21216) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Bartow — Site of Fort Wood | | | And home of
General Soloman Wood.
1756 - 1815
Officer of the American
Revolution. Pioneer, and first Senator
of
Jefferson County. — Map (db m21332) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Bartow — 81-13 — Spier's Turnout | | | On Nov. 28, 1864, Jackson's division, 20th Corps
(Williams), of Gen. Sherman's army [USA],
destroyed the railroad from Davisboro, No. 12,
CRR, to Spier's Turnout (Bartow), No. 11, CRR,
while Geary's division and the First Michigan
Engineers were destroying the railway
facilities at Davisboro and five miles of track
west of that point. That night, Hq 20th Corps
was established in Bartow.
Next day, the two infantry divisions and
Michigan Engineers destroyed the track and
all . . . — Map (db m21209) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — 081-3 — "Yazoo Fraud" | | | The notorious "Yazoo Fraud" act was passed and later repealed in the old State Capitol that stood here 1794-1807. The 1794 Georgia legislature sold
35,000,000 acres of land along the Yazoo River in what is now Alabama and Mississippi at 1½ cents per acre. James Jackson resigned as U.S. Senator to run for the Georgia legislature and urge repeal of the Yazoo act. He succeeded in 1796. The act itself and all records of it were burned on the grounds here "with fire from heaven" aided by a . . . — Map (db m13362) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — 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, Louisville served as the first permanent capital of Georgia: the present county courthouse (Louisville is the county seat of Jefferson County) is built on the site of the old state Capitol. The old Market House, perhaps Louisville’s most famous landmark, still stands in the center of town.
This marker erected in . . . — Map (db m15898) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — 081-1 — Market House | | | This Market House was built between 1795-1798 as a publicly owned multi-purpose trading house. Louisville newspapers record sales of large tracts, household hoods, town lots and slaves by sheriffs, tax collectors, marshals and people of the community at the market House.
This square became the hub of the transportation routes that centered on Louisville when the State Capital was located here (1794-1807). Although portions of the structure have been replaced, the Market House has never . . . — Map (db m15900) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — 081-16 — Old Town Plantation | | | The area now called Old Town Plantation is shown on maps dating to the early 18th century. It was called Ogeechee Old Town because of the ancient Creek Indian town that Carolina traders visited before Georgia was founded in 1733. George Galphin of South Carolina received a royal grant of 1,400 acres here in 1767 and established an Indian trading post, cow pens and plantation called Old Town. Under the Galphin, Forsyth and Fitzsimons families the plantation grew to 5,000 acres. The extensive . . . — Map (db m15734) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Wadley — 081-14 — The 20th Corps | | | On Nov. 29, 1864, Jackson`s and Geary's divisions, 20th Corps (Williams), of Gen. Sherman's army, destroyed the railroad from Spier's Turnout (Bartow), No. 11, CRR, through Bethany (Wadley), No. 10 1/2, CRR, to the Ogeechee River. next morning, both the railway and wagon bridges east of Bethany having been burned by the Confederate defenders, Jackson and Geary marched up the west bank and crossed the Ogeechee River at Cowart's Bridge, 2.5 miles SE of Louisville, then turned east to Eden Church, . . . — Map (db m21096) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Wrens — 081-5 — Old Quaker Road | | | The highway crossing here is the Old Quaker Road, one of Georgia’s earliest vehicular thoroughfares. It was opened about 1769 to provide a direct way from Savannah, the Colonial capital, to a Quaker settlement centering around Wrightsboro in today’s upper McDuffie County.
The Quaker Road was one of the longest and most important routes of the Province of Georgia.
Much of the original way remains in daily use. — Map (db m15899) | | Georgia (Jefferson County), Wrens — 81-1 — 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 Brushy Creek Church. In 1868 Ways Church organized the Stellaville School, which was active until the mid 1940s. The only high school in the county outside of Louisville, Stellaville drew students from as far away as South Carolina. The school’s faculty included some of Georgia’s leading educators at that time, such as Professor V.T. Sanford of the Sanford family of . . . — Map (db m13365) |
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