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Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation

 
 
Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, December 7, 2012
1. Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation Marker
Inscription. This cemetery was the family burying ground on Good Hope Plantation granted in part by King George III to John Twiggs Brigadier General in the Revolutionary Army afterward Major General of Militia
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesColonial EraWar, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 33° 20.9′ N, 81° 58.383′ W. Marker is in Augusta, Georgia, in Richmond County. Marker is on Goshen Industrial Boulevard, 0.2 miles north of Mike Padgett Highway (Georgia Route 56), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Augusta GA 30906, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Twiggs Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Spirit Creek Baptist Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Liberty Methodist Church (approx. 4.2 miles away); William Schley 1786 - 1858 (approx. 5.6 miles away); Silver Bluff Baptist Church (approx. 6.3 miles away in South Carolina); Savannah Town / Fort Moore (approx. 7.3 miles away in South Carolina); First Ebenezer Baptist Church (approx. 7.3 miles away); William Bartram Trail (approx. 7½ miles away in South Carolina). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Augusta.
 
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The site of Good Hope Plantation, home of the Twiggs family, is now Bush Field, the Augusta municipal airport. It is located less than a half mile northeast of the cemetery.
 
Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, December 7, 2012
2. Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation Marker
Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, December 7, 2012
3. Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation Marker
The Twiggs Cemetery, Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, December 7, 2012
4. The Twiggs Cemetery, Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation
The Twiggs Cemetery, Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, December 7, 2012
5. The Twiggs Cemetery, Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation
Twiggs family graves in the Twiggs Cemetery, Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, December 7, 2012
6. Twiggs family graves in the Twiggs Cemetery, Family Burying Ground on Good Hope Plantation
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,307 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 15, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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