| Florida (Putnam County), Palatka — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | William Bartram, botanist, artist, naturalist, humanist, explored this area and headquartered near here in 1774. — Map (db m3248) |
| Florida (Putnam County), Welaka — F-411 — The Mount Royal Site |
| | Mount Royal has been a favored location for people to live for thousands of years. Archaeological sites include a Native American burial mound, earthworks, village area, and evidence of a British plantation, as well as the remains of a Spanish mission occupied by the Timucus Indians. British naturalist William Bartram visited Mount Royal in 1765–1766, and again in 1774. His description of the large mound, fields, earthen causeways and an artificial pond was published in 1791 and is one of . . . — Map (db m1034) |
| Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773–1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1775 William Bartram wrote of viewing “Old Okmulgee Fields” and remains of the power and grandeur of ancients of area. — Map (db m419) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1765 John and William Bartram, naturalists, began an extended trail from Savannah through Georgia and left a legacy of impressions. — Map (db m5087) |
| Georgia (Clarke County), Athens — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | Eminent artist -- naturalist.
Described numerous species of
flora including Franklinia.
Explored local area in 1773. — Map (db m9147) |
| Georgia (Crawford County), Knoxville — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In July 1774 William Bartram camped nearby at “a beautiful large brook”, Sweet Water, on a trek from Augusta to Cusetta. — Map (db m12266) |
| Georgia (Crawford County), Roberta — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1774 William Bartram passed through what is now Roberta, after camping at Sweetwater and finding a new hydrangea. — Map (db m12265) |
| Georgia (Crawford County), Sandy Point — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In July 1774 William Bartram entered Crawford County here, site of Marshall's Mill, going on to Knoxville, Roberta, and Cusetta. — Map (db m12267) |
| Georgia (Effingham County), Rincon — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | John and William Bartram, naturalists, explored Ebenezer and Effinham County on their Savannah~ Augusta Travels. — Map (db m7376) |
| Georgia (Glynn County), St Simons Island — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1774 William Bartram came to Frederica. He explored St. Simons Island and noted the flora and beautiful live oaks. — Map (db m11639) |
| Georgia (Liberty County), Riceboro — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1773 William Bartram, here viewed Woodmanston Plantation, later the home of his friend,
Naturalist John E. LeConte. — Map (db m8994) |
| Georgia (Lincoln County), Lincolnton — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1775 took William Bartram to Fort James on the "Petersburg Road" and passed through Lincoln County, parts now covered by Clark Hill Reservoir — Map (db m11509) |
| Georgia (Marion County), Buena Vista — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | In 1774 William Bartram trekked Old Federal Road through Fort Perry, going on to camp at Pintchlucco (Pine Knot Creek). — Map (db m11384) |
| 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) |
| Georgia (McIntosh County), South Newport — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 |
| | Donald McIntosh welcomed William Bartram to his home in 1773, giving him shelter from "A Tremendous Thunderstorm." — Map (db m10402) |
| Georgia (Richmond County), Augusta — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | William Bartram Visits Augusta
1773 for Indian Ceded Lands Treaty.
1775 said . . . ."Augusta would become
the Metropolis of Georgia" — Map (db m9762) |
| Georgia (Richmond County), Augusta — 121-7 — William Bartram Visited Augusta, 1773. |
| | "The village of Augusta." wrote the celebrated American naturalist and botanist of his visits in 1765 and 1773, "is situated on a rich and fertile plain of the Savanna River; the buildings are near its banks and extend two miles. The site of Augusta is perhaps the most delightful and eligible of any in Georgia for a city. I do not hesitate to pronounce, as my opinion, that it will very soon become the metropolis of Georgia. Upon the rich, rocky hills at the cataracts of Augusta I first observed the perfumed rhododenron ferrugineum." — Map (db m9761) |
| Georgia (Talbot County), Talbotton — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773-1777 — Deep South Region |
| | On March 21, 1970 H. Grady Bell and friends founded the "Bartram Trail Society of Georgia" at Zion Episcopal Church. — Map (db m11529) |
| Georgia (Taliaferro County), Crawfordville — 131-9 — The Common Road of the English Following Old Indian Trail |
| | The colonial road from Charleston to Vicksburg followed the highway at this point. The route, used by Col. Langdon Welch on his expedition to the Mississippi in 1698, was thereafter followed by British traders. Through Taliaferro Co., it followed the present route, Raytown to Crawfordville to Union Point, then Ogeechee River Old Town. Wm. Bartram, celebrated traveler, crossed here in 1773 with the party, headed by Col. Barnett, which surveyed 2,000,000 acres of land ceded by the Creeks and . . . — Map (db m15242) |
| South Carolina (Horry County), Myrtle Beach — William Bartram Trail — Traced 1773–1777 — South Atlantic Region |
| | In 1776, naturalist William Bartram traveled through this area, noting the “cliffs of rocks” now known as Hurl Rocks. — Map (db m852) |
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