| Georgia (McDuffie County), Dearing — 094-1 — Noted Indian Trail |
| | The Upper Trading Path, one of the historic Indian routes of the Southeast, passed this spot, leading from present Augusta to tribes as far west as the Mississippi River. By various connections the trail reached the Cherokees of North Georgia; the Upper Creeks of Western Georgia and Central Alabama, and the Chickasaws and Choctaws of Mississippi.
Main stem of the trail, the Oakfuskee Path, ran past Warrenton, Eatonton, Griffin and Greenville to Oakfuskee Town, chief early center of the . . . — Map (db m16002) |
| Georgia (McDuffie County), Thomson — 094-10 — Blind Willie McTell — Musician |
| | Willie Samuel McTear (1901-1959) was born between Big and Little Briar Creeks in the Happy Valley community. In 1911, he and his mother moved to Statesboro, where he began his life of traveling and performing. Although blind from infancy, Willie developed a lifelong independence based on his acute sense of hearing, remarkable memory and versatile musical genius.
Willie performed and recorded under many names but favored "Blind Willie" McTell. Best remembered for his blues, McTell, had a . . . — Map (db m15743) |
| Georgia (McDuffie County), Thomson — 94-1 — Home of Thomas E. Watson — (1856–1922) |
| | After passing the state Bar in 1876, native Thomas E. Watson returned to Thomson and lived in this house with his family from 1881 to 1900. In his first floor office Watson began his law and writing career and entered politics. He served in the Georgia House (1882), U.S. Congress (1890–92), and the U.S. Senate (1920–22). He was nominated for Vice President on the Populist Party ticket with William Jennings Bryan in 1896. Here Watson authored the two-volume Story of France and a . . . — Map (db m9475) |
| Georgia (McDuffie County), Thomson — 094-7 — The Birthplace of George McDuffie |
| | From these humble and obscure Georgia pinelands, assisted by the plantation-owning South Carolina Calhouns, George McDuffie rose to become Congressman, Senator, and Governor of South Carolina.
McDuffie's political prominence involved him in a renowned political dispute when his loyalty to John C. Calhoun brought on a series of duels with Col. William Cumming of Augusta who supported William H. Crawford of Georgia, Calhoun’s rival for the Presidency.
“This feud has become a sort . . . — Map (db m16065) |
| Georgia (McDuffie County), Thomson — 094-9 — The Rock House |
| | This 18th Century stone dwelling is the only surviving house associated with the Colonial Wrightsboro Settlement (1768). Its builder, Thomas Ansley, used weathered granite, quarried in its natural form from the nearby geographical fall line, as building material. The granite, along with pine timbers and cypress shingles, gave the house a distinctive Ga. Character.
The architectural style of the Rock House is similar to stone houses in the Delaware Valley of New Jersey from which Ansley . . . — Map (db m9809) |
| Georgia (McDuffie County), Thomson — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | 1773 the Treaty of Augusta
Bartram visited Wrightsborough
He described the view of high hills
and rich vales. He took on supplies. — Map (db m9810) |
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