Waycross in Ware County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Nancy Hart Highway

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 9, 2022

1. Nancy Hart Highway Marker

Inscription. Named by Georgia D.A.R.
Erected by State D.A.R.
and
Jonathan Bryan
and
Lyman Hall Chapters
February 1930

Erected 1930 by Georgia D.A.R.; Jonathan Bryan; and Lyman Hall Chapters, D.A.R.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, US Revolutionary • Women. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.

Location. 31° 12.832′ N, 82° 21.201′ W. Marker is in Waycross, Georgia, in Ware County. It is at the intersection of Plant Avenue (U.S. 84) and Ossie Davis Parkway (Business U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north on Plant Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waycross GA 31501, 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 North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian

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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 walking distance of this marker: Senator Nicholas Ware (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ware Court House (about 500 feet away); The Wildes Massacre (approx. 0.2 miles away); Methodism Came To Waycross (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ware County Georgia World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Co. F 121st Infantry (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waycross Confederate Monument (approx. half a mile away); George W. Barnes Building (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waycross.

Also see . . . Nancy Hart.

Georgia’s most acclaimed female participant during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) was Nancy Hart. A devout patriot, Hart gained notoriety during the revolution for her determined efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and British sympathizers. Her single-handed efforts against Tories and Indians in the Broad River frontier, as well as her covert activities as a patriot spy, have become the stuff
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 9, 2022

2. Nancy Hart Highway Marker
(looking south from Ossie Davis Parkway across Plant Avenue)
of myth, legend, and local folklore.

(Submitted on October 12, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 363 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 12, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.