On East Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
A visit to Elizabeth’s Main Street reveals some older building still used for day-to-day business, but it might surprise you to learn that many of these stores have been features of the Elizabeth scene for far more than a century!
Start at the . . . — — Map (db m45757) HM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Denver & New Orleans Railroad was established in 1881. It was intended that the railroad would extend south from Denver, ultimately connecting with other railroads in Texas to establish a connection to New Orleans. Construction of the line . . . — — Map (db m45758) HM
On Main Street just south of East Kiowa Avenue (State Highway 86), on the left when traveling south.
Built before 1880, this building originally faced east towards the railroad tracks. It became the Elizabeth Hotel in 1882 and catered to tourists and railroad crew members. It changed to the Arlington hotel in the early 1900's to include a . . . — — Map (db m203888) HM
On Colorado Street (County Route 86), on the right when traveling west.
Frontier Communication.
Kiowa was originally named after its postmaster, Henry Wendling. Such identifications were common among Colorado’s frontier hamlets, where the post office often was the town. Widely dispersed settlers would congregate . . . — — Map (db m45754) HM
Erected by Pioneer Women of Colorado 1939 A.D. in memory of pioneers massacred by Indians. 1864 A.D. Hungate, Nathan W. and Ellen and Children Laura V., Florence V. 1868 A.D. Dietemann, Henrietta and son John, Louis Alma, Joseph Bledsoe — — Map (db m45748) HM
On Colorado Street (County Route 86), on the right when traveling west.
Trail Under Siege Indians of Colorado’s High Plains
Kiowa and Comanche Indians migrated to these prairies in the 1700s, followed by Cheyennes and Arapahos in the early 1800s. The region’s vast grasslands, thick bison herds, and brisk fur . . . — — Map (db m45756) HM
On Stinchcomb Road, 0.5 miles south of Deep Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
Stinchcomb Methodist Church was one of the first churches in this section of the state. On Dec. 30, 1794, Middleton Wood granted to Absalom Stinchcomb, John Gatewood and John Ham, the "privilege to erect a meeting house on his land on waters of . . . — — Map (db m14377) HM
On Calhoun Falls Highway (Georgia Route 72) at Pearl Mill Road, on the left when traveling east on Calhoun Falls Highway.
Rev. Daniel Tucker owned a large plantation on the Savannah River and is buried near his old homesite, “Point Lookout,” six miles from here. Born in Virginia, February 14, 1744, Daniel Tucker came here to take up a land grant. A . . . — — Map (db m38575) HM
In honor of the brave militia men under Robert Anderson, including Capt. William Baskin, Jr., James Little, John Miller, Joseph Pickens and Lt. Thomas Shanklin, who fought a superior Tory force led by Col. Boyd at the mouth of Van[n]'s Creek and . . . — — Map (db m2760) HM
On Welcome Church Road at Calhoun Falls Highway (Georgia Route 72), on the right when traveling south on Welcome Church Road.
Bethlehem Methodist Church, second oldest Methodist Church in Georgia and formerly known as Thompson’s Meeting House, sponsored the First Methodist Annual Conference in Georgia, on April 9, 1788. Bishop Asbury and his party, delayed by weather and . . . — — Map (db m37333) HM
On Bobby Brown Park Road at Ranger Drive, in the median on Bobby Brown Park Road.
West Side
This state park is named in memory of Robert T. Brown, Lt. J.G., U.S.N.R. Born January 11, 1920. Son of Congressman and Mrs. Paul Brown of Elberton, Georgia.
North Side
Lt. J.G. Bobby Brown missing in action . . . — — Map (db m78673) HM
On Coldwater Creek Road, 0.5 miles west of Double Bridges Road, on the left when traveling west.
In the late 1770’s, a large caravan of Virginians, including a Methodist preacher, traveling south in search of a new home, settled in this neighborhood. In the company were the Adams, Alexander, Banks, Cunningham, Fleming, Anderson, Gaines, . . . — — Map (db m37363) HM
On Calhoun Falls Highway (Georgia Route 72) at Bobby Brown State Park Road, on the right when traveling east on Calhoun Falls Highway.
“The Point,” where early settlers crossed into Georgia, is eight miles east of here. As soon as this area was ceded, Governor Wright opened a post at the confluence of the Broad and Savannah Rivers, known as Fort James. “The . . . — — Map (db m37051) HM
On North Oliver Street (State Highway 77) at Elmhurst Drive, on the right on North Oliver Street.
Dedicated
To the Memory
Of
All Citizens
Of
Elbert County, Georgia
Who gave their lives
In the Service
Of
Our County
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Era
1917 - 1975
"If ye break faith, we
shall . . . — — Map (db m21912) WM
Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec, 10, 1790. Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement and third largest town in Georgia in its day, is . . . — — Map (db m21893) HM
On South Oliver Street (State Highway 77) near Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Elbert County Courthouse was built in 1894 and opened in a formal ceremony at the beginning of January 1895, as the third county courthouse building and fourth County site in Elbert County. After the private home of Thomas A. Carter, on . . . — — Map (db m21904) HM
On North Oliver Street (State Highway 77) at Elmhurst Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Oliver Street.
[Center]:
In characters of living light
That tell a wondrous story.
Their deeds have brightened many a page
With never-dying glory.
[Left panel]:
Thomas J. Ayres Clement Brewer Thompson H. Dye
Elijah Allgood John R. . . . — — Map (db m21909) HM
On Old Post Road (Georgia Route 77) at Jack McVeigh Drive, on the right when traveling south on Old Post Road.
In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist faith, he was able, once, to convert the jailer and . . . — — Map (db m37345) HM
On Heardmont Road at Johnsontown Drive, on the right on Heardmont Road. Reported missing.
Stephen Heard, Governor of Georgia in 1781, lawyer, planter, surveyor and soldier of the Revolution, lies buried in this family cemetery. With a price on his head he was captured by the British at the Battle of Kettle Creek and condemned to die. . . . — — Map (db m38595) HM
On Pearl Mill Road at Calhoun Falls Highway (Georgia Highway 72), on the left when traveling east on Pearl Mill Road.
Off this road lies the site of Heardmont, home of Governor Stephen Heard, 1740 - 1815 and “God’s Acre,” the family cemetery where he lies buried. A ten acre park surrounding the site is owned and maintained by the Stephen Heard . . . — — Map (db m38594) HM
General Wiley Thompson, considered the ablest and most humane of the agents to the Seminole Indians of Florida, was ambushed and killed near the agency at Fort King, Florida, December 28, 1835, by Osceola and a band of warriors who opposed removal . . . — — Map (db m21903) HM
In the year 1803, James Alston,
Beckham Dye, Dr. John T. Gilmer,
Reuben Lindsay and Middleton
Woods, were the first
commissioners appointed to
rule the Town of Elberton. — — Map (db m55173) HM
On North Oliver Street (State Highway 77) at Elmhurst Drive on North Oliver Street.
On April 4, 1923 Ora Eugene Tate, Sr. deeded this 1.8 acre tract of land to the ladies of the Service Star Legion of Elbert County. The deed stipulated that the parcel of land must be perpetually used and maintained as a memorial park. The . . . — — Map (db m21941) HM
Inscription appears on reverse side of monument
Remember me as you walk away For you I lived and died this day and in this moment I can recall That as I fell I still stood tall
Into the falling night I cry tell them I love them . . . — — Map (db m21910) WM
On South Oliver Street (Georgia Route 77) at South Public Square, on the left when traveling north on South Oliver Street.
To the memory of Nancy Hart heroine of the American Revolution and native of Elbert County ————— Dedicated by the Stephen Heard Chapter D.A.R. ——— 1922 — — Map (db m226181) HM
On Washington Highway (State Highway 17) at River Road, on the right when traveling north on Washington Highway.
On Wahatche (War Woman) Creek, in Revolutionary times, lived Nancy Morgan Hart, her husband, Benjamin, and their children. Six feet tall, masculine in strength and courage, Nancy Hart was a staunch patriot, a deadly shot, a skilled doctor, and a . . . — — Map (db m37254) HM
This building erected by the Georgia D.A.R. marks the home site of Nancy Hart where she performed many heroic deeds during the American Revolution — — Map (db m170829) HM
Erected by and Dedicated
to Navy Seabee Veterans
of Elbert County
Jim Humphry - Joe Deadwyler -
David Smith - Claude E. Ray,JR. -
Cecil Smith - Ed Cartldge -
Hogan Brown - P. Mattox Glenn -
Ross Brown - Richard Brady -
George A. Grogan • . . . — — Map (db m21927) HM
On South Oliver Street (State Highway 77), on the right when traveling south.
This Road is older than Elberton. Mail was carried over it by Post Riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's Administration. Later a stage coach ran between Elberton & Lexington three times a week, stopping at . . . — — Map (db m21902) HM
On North Oliver Street (State Highway 77) at Elmhurst Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Oliver Street.
In Honor of
Revolutionary War Soldiers
whose graves and/or estates are in
Elbert County, Georgia
A project of Stephen Heard Chapter, NSDAR
Historical Research Committee
Historical Research Committee
Helen Fleming Stone, . . . — — Map (db m21913) HM
On Deadwyler Street at North Oliver Street (Georgia Highway 77), on the left when traveling east on Deadwyler Street.
Elbert County was named in honor of General Samuel Elbert, an outstanding military leader in the Revolutionary War and distinguished Governor of the State of Georgia in 1785-86.
Born in 1740, Elbert was orphaned at an early age; achieved . . . — — Map (db m21908) HM
On North Oliver Street (State Highway 77) at Elmhurst Drive, on the right on North Oliver Street.
[Front]:
I was that which others did not want to be.
I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do.
I asked nothing from those who gave nothing, and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness...should I . . . — — Map (db m54622) HM
The Christmas Tree House at 305 Heard Street was built as the home of the George Loehr family, who introduced to Elberton and the Rest of Georgia their native German practice of celebrating Christmas with a candle-lit tree; and the house received . . . — — Map (db m21940) HM
On Guidestone Road Northwest, 0.1 miles east of Hartwell Highway (Georgia Highway 77), on the right when traveling east.
The story of the Georgia Guidestones began in June 1979, when a stranger identified as "Mr. Christian" (later "R.C. Christian") visited Jo H. Fendley, Sr., President of Elberton Granite Finishing Company, Inc., and indicated that he represented a . . . — — Map (db m57909) HM
On Bobby Brown Park Road at Ranger Drive, in the median on Bobby Brown Park Road.
Shipmates on Eternal Patrol in USS Scorpion (SS-278).
Lost February 1st, 1944
East China Sea
James S. Alexander, EM@/Charles W. Appleton, SC3/Lorren L. Bausman, SC1/ Hollis F. Bell, S1/Robert T. Brown, LTjg/Rufus H. Bynum, QM1/ Robert J. . . . — — Map (db m78674) HM
On Ruckersville Circle at Tobe Wells Road, on the left when traveling north on Ruckersville Circle.
Van’s Creek Baptist Church, established early in 1785 by Rev. Dozier Thornton, Revolutionary soldier and Virginian, was named for an Indian convert, David Vann, famed Chief of the Cherokees. Though the 6th Baptist church in Georgia, it is the . . . — — Map (db m37342) HM
