| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-12 — "Old Dan Tucker" — >>>-- 6 mi. --> |
| | Rev. Daniel Tucker owned a large plantation on the Savannah River and is buried near his old homesite, “Point Lookout,” six miles from here. Born in Virginia, February 14, 1744, Daniel Tucker came here to take up a land grant. A revolutionary soldier, planter and minister, he owned and operated Tucker’s Ferry near his home. He died April 7, 1818 -- but not “of a toothache in his heel.” Esteemed by his fellow planters, he was loved by the Negroes who composed the many . . . — Map (db m38575) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Battle of Cherokee Ford — 11 Feb. 1779 |
| | [Marker Front]:
In honor of the brave militia men under Robert Anderson, including Capt. William Baskin, Jr., James Little, John Miller, Joseph Pickens and Lt. Thomas Shanklin, who fought a superior Tory force led by Col. Boyd at the mouth of Van[n]'s Creek and the Savannah River. This encounter weakened Col. Boyd's Tories three days prior to the Battle of Kettle Creek.
[Marker Reverse]:
The first encounter with Col. Boyd occurred at the blockhouse where he was refused a . . . — Map (db m2760) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-7 — Bethlehem Methodist Church — >>>------> |
| | Bethlehem Methodist Church, second oldest Methodist Church in Georgia and formerly known as Thompson’s Meeting House, sponsored the First Methodist Annual Conference in Georgia, on April 9, 1788. Bishop Asbury and his party, delayed by weather and illness, held the meeting, scheduled for the church, in the home of Judge Charles Tait. Richard Ivey, Thomas Humphries, Moses Parks, Hope Hull, James Connor, Bennett Maxey, Isaac Smith, Matthew Harris, Reuben Ellis, John Mason attended the conference. . . . — Map (db m37333) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052--10 — Coldwater Methodist Church |
| | In the late 1770’s, a large caravan of Virginians, including a Methodist preacher, traveling south in search of a new home, settled in this neighborhood. In the company were the Adams, Alexander, Banks, Cunningham, Fleming, Anderson, Gaines, Johnson, Teasley, Tyner, Stower and Brown families. At once they built a place of worship with loopholes for defense against Indians. In this “Meeting House,” Bishop Francis Asbury, leader of early American Methodism, preached from time to time. . . . — Map (db m37363) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-8A — Colonists’ Crossing — >>>>--- 8 mi. ---> |
| |
“The Point,” where early settlers crossed into Georgia, is eight miles east of here. As soon as this area was ceded, Governor Wright opened a post at the confluence of the Broad and Savannah Rivers, known as Fort James. “The Point” became the gateway for settlers from Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina who registered there and secured their tracts of land. A land court at Dartmouth, which grew up around the fort, was held from September 1773 through June 1775 . . . — Map (db m37051) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Confederate Dead — 1861 - 1865 |
| | Elbert County
To Her
Confederate Dead — Map (db m22043) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Dedicated to the Memory |
| | Dedicated
To the Memory
Of
All Citizens
Of
Elbert County, Georgia
Who gave their lives
In the Service
Of
Our County
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Era
1917 - 1975
"If ye break faith,we
shall have died in vain" — Map (db m21912) WM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-13 — Elbert County |
| |
Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec, 10, 1790. Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement and third largest town in Georgia in its day, is covered by the Clark Hill Reservoir. Nancy Hart, celebrated Revolutionary patriot, lived in this county. Elbert County was named for Gen. Samuel Elbert, Revolutionary soldier and Governor of Georgia (1785-1786). A native of South Carolina and . . . — Map (db m21893) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Elbert County Courthouse |
| |
The Elbert County Courthouse was built in 1894 and opened in a formal ceremony at the beginning of January 1895, as the third county courthouse building and fourth County site in Elbert County. After the private home of Thomas A. Carter, on Beaverdam Creek, northwest of Elberton, was used briefly as the first court venue, the first permanent courthouse was constructed, circa 1791-1792, behind the location of the present courthouse, according to John H. McIntosh and other sources. In 1816, . . . — Map (db m21904) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Elbert County's Dead in the Civil War |
| | [Center]:
In characters of living light
That tell a wondrous story.
Their deeds have brightened many a page
With never-dying glory.
[Left panel]:
Thomas J. Ayres Clement Brewer Thompson H. Dye
Elijah Allgood John R. Booth Wash W Dye
J.H. Alexander Middleton Brown Charles Duncan
Alfred Almand Marion Brown E.Dickenson
J.H. Almand Noah L. Brown William Eberhart
John W. Allgood A.W. Booth Jesse Eaves
A. Adams W.J. Burden Joel Eaves
A.H.Adams H.B.Bell Thos . . . — Map (db m21909) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Elberton Granite Bicentennial Memorial Fountain |
| | [Column - East/West Inscription]:
Elberton
Granite
Bicentennial
Memorial
Fountain
***
Commemorating
The
200th
Anniversary
of
American
Independence
***
1776 — 1976
[Column - North/South Inscription]:
Erected
During
1976
As A
Gift
to
Elberton
and
Albert County
by
Member-Firms
of the
Elberton Granite
Association, Inc
***
May this fountain serve
as an everyday reminder
of the Elberton Granite
Industry's interest . . . — Map (db m55179) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-11 — Falling Creek Baptist Church |
| | In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist faith, he was able, once, to convert the jailer and his family. According to tradition, he rubbed away part of his prominent nose by preaching through the bars of the jails, and was defended by Patrick Henry when jailed in Culpeper County, Va.
In 1835 at Falling Creek Church, the Sarepta Baptist . . . — Map (db m37345) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-5 — Gov. Heard’s Grave |
| |
Stephen Heard, Governor of Georgia in 1781, lawyer, planter, surveyor and soldier of the Revolution, lies buried in this family cemetery. With a price on his head he was captured by the British at the Battle of Kettle Creek and condemned to die. On the eve of his execution he was rescued by his servant “Mammy Kate” with the aid of her husband “Daddy Jack,” both of whom lie buried near him. Heard’s home “Heardmont” once stood nearby in the 10 acre park . . . — Map (db m38595) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-4 — Gov. Heard’s Home — ››—→ |
| |
Off this road lies the site of Heardmont, home of Governor Stephen Heard, 1740 - 1815 and “God’s Acre,” the family cemetery where he lies buried. A ten acre park surrounding the site is owned and maintained by the Stephen Heard Chapter, D.A.R. A Virginian of Irish descent, Heard came to Georgia, establishing Heard’s Fort, now Washington, Ga., in 1773, and fighting with Elijah Clarke at the Battle of Kettle Creek where he was was captured. As President of the Council, he was de . . . — Map (db m38594) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-14 — Grave of General Wiley Thompson — ← 4 bl. E. |
| | General Wiley Thompson, considered the ablest and most humane of the agents to the Seminole Indians of Florida, was ambushed and killed near the agency at Fort King, Florida, December 28, 1835, by Osceola and a band of warriors who opposed removal to the West. Some months later his body was brought to Elberton and reburied in the garden of his home. 4 blocks east of here (now Heard Street).
Born in Virginia September 25, 1781 General Thompson was reared in Elbert County. A militia officer . . . — Map (db m21903) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — In Memoriam |
| | Honoring the Sacrifice
and Valor of Elbert
County Men Who
Served During
The World War
in Defense
of Their
Country
1917-1918 — Map (db m54619) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — In Memory |
| | In Memory of All
Elbert Countian's Who
Gave Their Lives in the
Service of Their Country — Map (db m55174) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — In the Year 1803 |
| | In the year 1803, James Alston,
Beckham Dye, Dr. John T. Gilmer,
Reuben Lindsay and Middleton
Woods, were the first
commissioners appointed to
rule the Town of Elberton. — Map (db m55173) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Memorial Park History |
| |
On April 4, 1923 Ora Eugene Tate, Sr. deeded this 1.8 acre tract of land to the ladies of the Service Star Legion of Elbert County. The deed stipulated that the parcel of land must be perpetually used and maintained as a memorial park. The further consideration of his donation was the desire to honor the memory of his son, Lieut. Edmund Brewer Tate, III, killed in action in the Argonne forest battle near St. Juvin, France on Oct, 12, 1918 and his other sons Jean H.Tate and Ora E.Tate, Jr. . . . — Map (db m21941) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — My American Soldier |
| | Remember me as you walk away For you I lived and died this day and in this moment I can recall That as I fell I still stood tall
Into the falling night I cry tell them I love them and tell them why I'll not be there to see them grow Or curb the wild oats they'll sow
I am the one with arms held wide Even in death not stepping aside For God and country I am here Your pain I hold I feel your fear
Freedom is my gift to you And as I left This price I knew
I am turning . . . — Map (db m21910) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-9 — Nancy Hart — >>>-- 1 1/2 mi. --> |
| | On Wahatche (War Woman) Creek, in Revolutionary times, lived Nancy Morgan Hart, her husband, Benjamin, and their children. Six feet tall, masculine in strength and courage, Nancy Hart was a staunch patriot, a deadly shot, a skilled doctor, and a good neighbor. A spy for the colonists, she is credited with capturing several Tories. Later, with her son, John, and his family, she joined a wagon train to Henderson County, Kentucky, where she is buried. Hart County, the Nancy Hart Highway, and . . . — Map (db m37254) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Navy Seabees Can Do |
| | Erected by and Dedicated
to Navy Seabee Veterans
of Elbert County
Jim Humphry - Joe Deadwyler -
David Smith - Claude E. Ray,JR. -
Cecil Smith - Ed Cartldge -
Hogan Brown - P. Mattox Glenn -
Ross Brown - Richard Brady -
George A. Grogan • Eugene Wallace •
John S. Allgood • Charlie Moore •
Frank Maxwell • Dallas Fields • Wm. A. Edwards • Edsel Pleasants •
James Ashworth • Brantley McIntos •
Hansel (Billy) Webb • Ralph Bell •
Emerson Turner • D.Alton Cannon •
WM. C. (Pete) . . . — Map (db m21927) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — 052-3 — Old Post Road |
| |
This Road is older than Elberton. Mail was carried over it by Post Riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's Administration. Later a stage coach ran between Elberton & Lexington three times a week, stopping at the old Globe Hotel which stood on the site of the present court house in Elberton. Stocks for local Merchants were brought over this road until 1878 when the first railroad came to Elberton. With the coming of Rural Free Delivery Mr. Giles made the . . . — Map (db m21902) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Old Seaboard Airline Depot |
| | [Stone Marker]:
Home of
Elbert County
Historical Society
Built 1910 - Restored 1986 - 1989
[Separate Plaque]:
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior. — Map (db m21907) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Revolutionary War Soldiers |
| | In Honor of
Revolutionary War Soldiers
whose graves and/or estates are in
Ebert County, Georgia
A project of Stephen Heard Chapter, NSDAR
Historical Research Committee
Historical Research Committee
Helen Fleming Stone, Chairman
Sallie Lunsford Borders Seymour
Map (db m21913) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Samuel Elbert |
| |
Elbert County was named in honor of General Samuel Elbert, an outstanding military leader in the Revolutionary War and distinguished Governor of the State of Georgia in 1785-86.
Born in 1740, Elbert was orphaned at an early age; achieved notable success in mercantile pursuits and as an Indian trader; and eventually filled every political office Georgia had to offer. He married Elizabeth Rae of Savannah; and they had six children.
General Elbert had a lifelong interest in Masonry . . . — Map (db m21908) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — Soldier |
| | [Front]:
I was that which others did not want to be.
I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do.
I asked nothing from those who gave nothing, and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness...should I fail.
I have seen the face of terror; felt the stinging cold of fear; and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love.
I have cried, pained, and hoped...but most of all, I have lived times others would say where best forgotten.
At lease someday . . . — Map (db m54622) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — The Christmas Tree House |
| | The Christmas Tree House at 305 Heard Street was built as the home of the George Loehr family, who introduced to Elberton and the Rest of Georgia their native German practice of celebrating Christmas with a candle-lit tree; and the house received its name from this special role the family and their house played in the history of the city and state.
On October 30 1858, George Loehr purchased a lot measuring four acres on present day Heard Street, known then as the road from Petersburg to . . . — Map (db m21940) HM |
| Georgia (Elbert County), Elberton — The Georgia Guidestones |
| | The story of the Georgia Guidestones began in June 1979, when a stranger identified as "Mr. Christian" (later "R.C. Christian") visited Jo H. Fendley, Sr., President of Elberton Granite finishing Company, Inc., and indicated that he represented a group of loyal Americans living outside the state of Georgia who wanted to build a monument focused on the theme of conservation. "Mr. Christian", who had assumed the pseudonym because he was a Christian, named Wyatt C. Martin, President of the . . . — Map (db m57909) HM |
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