| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — Camp Lawton |
| |
Site of Camp Lawton
A Confederate Military Prison
built in 1864 to relieve the
overcrowded condition at
Andersonville Prison in Macon
County. Lawton Prison was a
stockade, enclosing 42 acres.
1398 feet by 1329 feet considered
to be the largest in the world.
It was occupied October 10, 1864
but was abandoned the following
November 17 with the approach
of Sherman's army. — Map (db m16577) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — Jenkins County Confederate Memorial |
| | ( South Face )
1861-1865
Erected June 3rd.1909
By
The Wayside Home
Chapter. U.D.C.
In Honor Of Our
Confederate Soldiers,
Whom Power Could
Not Corrupt,
Whom Death Could
Not Terrify,
Whom Defeat Could
Not Dishonor. —
Those Who Served —
The Confederacy
( East Face )
CSA —
Those Who Fought
( North Face )
1861-1865 —
These Were Men Who
By The Simple Manhood
Of Their Lives,
By Their Strict . . . — Map (db m13291) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — 082-2 — Jenkins Court House — ← |
| | 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 first court house was completed in March, 1908 and burned Jan. 5, 1910. The present structure, essentially identical to the first, was rebuilt within the following two years. The building was designed by Lewis F. Goodrick of Augusta and its extravagant Italian Renaissance lines reflect something of the . . . — Map (db m13149) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — 082-3 — 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 Wayneborough and Augusta Rail Road was extended to meet the line laid though here in 1839 by the Central Rail Road and Banking Co., making this spot an important junction on one of the earliest railroad systems in the U.S. Millen was apparently named for McPherson B. Millen, railroad superintendent, Savannah. Dec. 3, 1864, the old inn, the railroad buildings . . . — Map (db m13151) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — Millen Flagpole |
| | This flagpole and flags were placed
here on April 30, 2000 by the
Jenkins County Development Authority
to honor all servicemen who served
in the American Revolution,
World War I, World War II,
The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam War.
and Desert Storm.
Arrangements Committee:
Hubert Reeves, Jr., Frank Edenfield,
E.J. Daniel, Bobby Dwelle, Rev. Bill Coggins — Map (db m13372) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — Millen Fountain |
| | This fountain
was originally in the lobby
of the Estelle Hotel.
The hotel was constructed in 1912
and was located on
Gray Street in Millen, Georgia.
Through the generosity
of several local citizens, the
Jenkins County Development Authority
was able to obtain this fountain
for the Olde Freight Depot Garden
on Cotton Avenue. — Map (db m13340) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — 082-9A — Sherman at Millen |
| | On the night of Dec. 2, 1864. Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi [US].Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman. USA, camped on the west bank of Buckhead Creek near the bridge. During the late afternoon of the 2nd, the 17th Corps (Blair’s) had crossed the creek and burned the railway station, the hotel and several warehouse erected by the Confederate Army. That night, the corps camped in the south of Millen, with the exception of one brigade and the trains, which remained west of Buckhead Creek until . . . — Map (db m13092) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — The Wayside Home |
| |
Was erected near this spot
by patriotic citizens of this
vicinity for the sick and
wounded soldiers and all
weary and hungry wearers
of the Confederate Grey — Map (db m13324) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — The Wayside Home |
| | This boulder is placed by
The Wayside Home Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Jenkins County, Georgia and
The Margaret Jones Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Burke County, Georgia
to perpetuate the name of
The Wayside Home
and as a memorial to the noble woman
who served there with valor and patriotism
The Wayside Home
was established, maintained and operated by,
Woman of Burke County, Georgia
( now Burke and Jenkins Counties )
for the . . . — Map (db m21374) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Perkins — 82-11 — 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 with the British. Buckhead Church was reconstituted Sept. 11, 1787 with James Matthews, pastor, and Sanders Walker and Josiah Taylor acting with him as presbytery. Four church buildings have stood on or near this site. The first was log, followed, in 1807, by a white frame one. A brick church was built in . . . — Map (db m7818) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Perkins — 082-9B — Cavalry Action at Buckhead Church |
| | On Nov. 28, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division Union Brig. Gen. J. L. Kilpatrick, USA, was driven south from Waynesboro by the Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee Confederate Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA. Retreating under constant harassment by Wheeler’s men, Kilpatrick’s command commenced crossing Buckhead Creek east of the church. The rear guard (Second and Third Kentucky cavalry regiments) was attacked before crossing but, supported by the Fifth Kentucky, the Ninth Pennsylvania and the Tenth . . . — Map (db m1496) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Perkins — 082-1 — 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 was organized prior to the Revolution under the leadership of Rev. Matthew Moore. It was re-organized in 1787. The Georgia Baptist Convention met here in 1831 to pass the initial resolution that founded Mercer University.
During the War Between the States the church yard became the scene of a skirmish between . . . — Map (db m21375) |
| Georgia (Jenkins County), Scarboro — 082-5 — 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 became Station No. 7 on the Central Rail Road and served this one of the very oldest rail roads in the United
States as a refueling station for over 30 years.
During the War Between the States, Gen. Sherman’s army (US) camped alongside the railroad here on the night of Dec. 3, 1864. The Scarboro . . . — Map (db m11450) |
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