Augusta in Richmond County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Birthplace of the Augusta Chronicle
Photographed by Mike Stroud, July 2008
1. Birthplace of Augusta Chronicle Marker
Inscription.
Birthplace of the Augusta Chronicle. . On this site August 30, 1785, Greenburg Hughes published Augusta's first newspaper, the Augusta Gazette, which continued, after he went to Charleston, until September 30, 1786, when John Erdman Smith, State Printer, began publishing the Georgia State Gazette or Independent Register, which on April 11, 1789, became Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State; in 1819 name was changed to Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Gazette; in 1820, to Augusta Chronicle; in 1821, to Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser. In 1837 absorbed States Rights Sentinel, became a daily published as Daily Chronicle and Sentinel until it absorbed the Constitutionalist in 1877 and became Chronical and Constitutionalist, and, in 1885, the Augusta Chronicle, whose descent from those two early gazettes justifies its claim as the South`s oldest newspaper, founded August 30, 1785. Since the yellow fever epidemic in 1839, it has never missed an issue., Among its editors prominenet in public life were: Dennis Driscol (1804-11), who launched controversial journalism in Georgia; A. H. Pemberton (1825-36), first in State to urge nullification; N.S. Morse (1862-66) of Connecticut, whose distribes against President Davis revealed Union sympathies which became undisguised upon the arrival of Federal troops after the surrender; Ambrose R. Wright (1866-72), Maj. Gen., C.S.A., elected to Congress from this District; Patrick Walsh (1873-99), Mayor of Augusta and U.S. Senator; Pleasant A. Stovall, Asst. Editor (1877-90), minister to Switzerland; and James Ryder Randall, co-Editor (1877-87), famous poet who wrote "Maryland, My Maryland."
On this site August 30, 1785, Greenburg Hughes published Augusta's first newspaper, the Augusta Gazette, which continued, after he went to Charleston, until September 30, 1786, when John Erdman Smith, State Printer, began publishing the Georgia State Gazette or Independent Register, which on April 11, 1789, became Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State; in 1819 name was changed to Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Gazette; in 1820, to Augusta Chronicle; in 1821, to Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser. In 1837 absorbed States Rights Sentinel, became a daily published as Daily Chronicle and Sentinel until it absorbed the Constitutionalist in 1877 and became Chronical and Constitutionalist, and, in 1885, the Augusta Chronicle, whose descent from those two early gazettes justifies its claim as the South`s oldest newspaper, founded August 30, 1785. Since the yellow fever epidemic in 1839, it has never missed an issue.
Among its editors prominenet in public life were: Dennis Driscol (1804-11), who launched controversial journalism in Georgia; A. H. Pemberton (1825-36), first in State to urge nullification; N.S. Morse (1862-66) of Connecticut, whose distribes against President Davis revealed Union sympathies which became undisguised upon the arrival of Federal troops after the surrender; Ambrose R. Wright (1866-72), Maj. Gen.,
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C.S.A., elected to Congress from this District; Patrick Walsh (1873-99), Mayor of Augusta and U.S. Senator; Pleasant A. Stovall, Asst. Editor (1877-90), minister to Switzerland; and James Ryder Randall, co-Editor (1877-87), famous poet who wrote "Maryland, My Maryland."
Erected 1957 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 121-35.)
Location. 33° 28.337′ N, 81° 57.553′ W. Marker is in Augusta, Georgia, in Richmond County. It is on 5th Street, on the left when traveling south. On 5th Street between Broad and Ellis Streets. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Augusta GA 30901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Haunted Pillar of the Lower Market (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by Mike Stroud, July 2008
3. Patrick Walsh , 1840-1899 (mentioned on this marker)
This statue is located at Judicial Center, Augusta.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
4. James Ryder Randell, co- Editor (mentioned on this marker)
This monument, on Greene St. in Augusta, is inscribed:
James Ryder Randell
1839 - 1908
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the balde, the shot, the bowl,
Than Crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,745 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 9, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
