Lumpkin in Stewart County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Rev. David Walker Lowe

Photographed by Brian Brown, January 30, 2009

1. Rev. David Walker Lowe Marker

Inscription. Near this place Rev. David Walker Lowe built a home for his wife Jane Dorsey not long after 1825. He had been a Methodist circuit rider in the S. C. conference, later in the Ga. conference. Born July 22, 1794 in Warren Co., Ga., he was organizer and charter member of the Providence Methodist Church, built on the south side of the Lumpkin-Florence Road. He donated land on which the first church and schoolhouse were built. The land now lies between two of the canyons. The present Methodist church was built around 1859. Rev. Lowe died Sept. 23, 1843 and with his wife is buried in the Lowe Cemetery near the edge of the canyon.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1733.

Location. 32° 4.032′ N, 84° 54.3′ W. Marker is in Lumpkin, Georgia, in Stewart County. It is on Canyon Road, on the right when traveling east. This marker is located near the entrance to Providence Canyon State Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lumpkin GA 31815, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Providence United Methodist Church (approx. half a mile away); Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse (approx. 4.8 miles away);

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Indian Trail (approx. 6.2 miles away); Masonic Female College (approx. 6.3 miles away); Providence Canyons (approx. 6.3 miles away); John Wellborn Root Birthplace Site (approx. 6½ miles away); Bedingfield Inn (approx. 6½ miles away); Our Soldiers (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lumpkin.

Photographed by David Seibert, August 13, 2011

2. Rev. David Walker Lowe Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 31, 2009, by Brian Brown of Fitzgerald, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,466 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 31, 2009, by Brian Brown of Fitzgerald, Georgia. 2. submitted on August 20, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.