Twin City in Emanuel County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

In Honor of Pioneer Settlers of Emanuel County Georgia

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 8, 2022

1. In Honor of Pioneer Settlers of Emanuel County Georgia Marker

Inscription. Benjamin E. Brinson • Henry Brown • Needham Bryant • Elisha Coleman • Abraham W. Cowart • Zachariah Cowart • Archibald Culbreath • Matthew Curl • Jacob Daughtry • George Dekle • William Douglas • Wilson Drew • Jacob Durden • David Edenfield Sr. • Richard Edenfield • Benjamin Faircloth • A. Gardner • Gideon Hays • Ephraim Herrington • James Hicks

Milner Holiday • William Hooks • Mose Hutchison • Benjamin Johnson • Burl Kea • Samuel Kennedy • Abraham S. Lane • Jesse Mizell • James Moore • P. Newton • John Norris • William Norris • William Phillips • Solomon Powell • Francis Pugh • William Purvis • John Rhiner • Stephen Rich • D.E. Rich • George Rountree

Joshua Rountree • N. Rowland • William Rowland • John Snell • William Stevens • Abner Sutton • Jordan Sutton • Joseph Sumner • E. Swain • Stephen Swain • Nathan Sweet • James Tapley • Charles Thigpen • M. Thigpen • Nathan Thigpen • James Walea • Elias Ward • John Wiggins • E. Wilkes • Sol Williamson

Erected 1938 by Adam Brinson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.

Location. 32° 34.901′

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N, 82° 9.162′ W. Marker is in Twin City, Georgia, in Emanuel County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of North College Avenue and 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located on the east side of the Adam Brinson Chapter DAR House (log cabin). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Twin City GA 30471, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Adam Brinson Chapter DAR House (a few steps from this marker); Barwick-Dudley House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Durden-Brinson-Brewer House (approx. 4.2 miles away); Old Sunbury Road (approx. 9.6 miles away); The Crossroads of the Great South (approx. 10.6 miles away); Emanuel County Patriot Park (approx. 10.6 miles away); Home of George Leon Smith, II (approx. 10.6 miles away); Swainsboro Georgia Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Twin City.

Also see . . . Emanuel County.

The county’s original inhabitants were Creek Indians, who lost their land in the 1773 and 1783 Indian cessions. The first white settlers arrived thereafter, acquired land by lottery, and cleared arable land from the pine barrens that cover the county to set up subsistence farms. Forest-related industries soon joined agriculture as an economic mainstay, with the longleaf pine forests providing
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, October 8, 2022

2. In Honor of Pioneer Settlers of Emanuel County Georgia Marker
(looking east from the Adam Brinson Chapter DAR House • US Hwy 80 in background)
raw material for sawmills, turpentine stills, and cabinetmakers.

(Submitted on July 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.