Macon in Bibb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
John Basil Lamar
Photographed By David Seibert, November 8, 2009
1. John Basil Lamar Marker
Col. John Basil Lamer, aide-de-camp of General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend, was mortally wounded on September 14, 1862 while vainly trying to rally Cobb’s Brigade at Crampton’s Gap, Maryland. After temporary burial in Charles Town, Virginia, he was later reinterred here at Rose Hill. His adult life was identified with Macon, where he settled in 1830. He resided on Walnut Street in the Abner house, known as “The Bear’s Den”. He was master of a great cotton planting empire in fourteen counties in Georgia and Florida, a practical and intelligent agriculturalist, trustee of the University of Georgia, vestryman at Christ Episcopal Church, cousin of U.S. Supreme Court Justice L. Q. C. Lamar and Texas President Mirabeau Lamar, devoted brother of Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, and manager of Howell Cobb's business affairs while Cobb pursued a political career.
He has found a lasting reputation today as a writer. His popular humorous sketches have been considered on a par with the Augustus Baldwin Longstreet’s Georgia Scenes. He was, like Longstreet, a founder and practitioner of both the schools of Realism
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He is remembered as a loyal son of the South, which he defended with sword, voice and pen.
Erected 1994 by Athens Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Government & Politics • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1743.
Location. 32° 50.967′ N, 83° 37.983′ W. Marker is in Macon, Georgia, in Bibb County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23) and Jones Street. The marker is in the rear section of Rose Hill Cemetery, overlooking the Ocmulgee River. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1071 Riverside Drive, Macon GA 31201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Alfred Holt Colquitt (within shouting distance of this marker); General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr. (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Oak Ridge Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Confederate Memorial Day in Macon (approx. 0.2 miles away); Unknown, But Not Forgotten (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Oak Ridge Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rose Hill Cemetery
Photographed By David Seibert, November 8, 2009
2. John Basil Lamar Marker and Monument
Photographed By David Seibert, November 8, 2009
3. John Basil Lamar Marker
The marker, monument and gravesite, overlooking the Ocmulgee River
Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,562 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 4, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
