Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, was born at Willian Barnes Tavern in December 1845. He was named for his great uncle Joel Chandler Turman (c.1780-c.1836 Richmond Co., Ga.). The inn stood on lots #5 (on Madison Ave,) and #2 . . . — — Map (db m262040) HM
Near this spot was born Joel Chandler Harris beloved creator of Uncle Remus stories which have been translated into 23 languages. His colorful stories of the old South and unique animal characters have caused him to be numbered among the world's . . . — — Map (db m264129) HM
In the Dec. 4, 1818 Georgia Journal directors of the Bank of the State of Georgia at Savannah announced a meeting on Jan. 1, 1819 to appoint 7 directors and a cashier for the branches established at Eatonton and Greensborough. Branch Banks . . . — — Map (db m33956) HM
Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, his mother and grand-mother moved in 1853 to a small two room house here in the back yard of the Andrew Reid Mansion from Barnes Tavern. The women did sewing for the large Reid family. Joel's mother, a . . . — — Map (db m186598) HM
The oldest Methodist Church west of the Oconee River, Concord, first called Victory, was established in 1810, when William B. Pritchard and Thomas Johnston built a little log church on the Stage Coach Line from Milledgeville to Athens, on land . . . — — Map (db m15384) HM
The Eatonton Male and Female Academy was built on this site in 1889, and the school bell summoned students to class. The Academy (later called The Eatonton School) was destroyed by fire in 1916,
but the bell survived. In the 1950's Principal Archie . . . — — Map (db m264143) HM
Eatonton Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Christians, and the Masonic Lodge
joined together in 1818 to build the Old Union Church on land donated by James
Shackleford from his 23 acre home tract. He specified the land be used for a church, . . . — — Map (db m173446) HM
G.C. Adams, leading educator in Georgia, was born in Newton County in 1868. He became Newton County School Superintendent in 1902, after several years of teaching. While Superintendent he worked to consolidate the county schools, a pioneer . . . — — Map (db m34597) HM
This Georgia 4-H Center is a tribute to former members and an educational training center for all future members.
Georgia 4-H Club work, with its equal training of the Head, Heart, Hands and Health, started in 1905 with 151 boys, each growing . . . — — Map (db m34545) HM
Georgia 4-H Club work started in 1905 with 151 boys, each growing one acre of corn, under the leadership of G.C. Adams. In 1911 girls' tomato and canning projects were started.
4-H work led by County Extension Agents, became part of . . . — — Map (db m13380) HM
The community of Hillsborough served as the site of the first county seat of Baldwin County in 1806 and later Putnam County after Putnam was created from Baldwin in December, 1807, but there is no known record that official County functions were . . . — — Map (db m242000) HM
Dedicated June 24th 1819. Erected by joint subscriptions of the Baptist, Christian, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, and Free and Accepted Masons. It was thought to be one of the most beautiful and artistic churches in Georgia of the period of . . . — — Map (db m264138) HM
In Honor of Joel Chandler Harris
1848-1908
“Uncle Remus”
Most distinguished son of
Putnam County
and beloved
of all the world
Born at Eatonton, GA.
December 9, 1848 — — Map (db m264152) HM
Birthplace of
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Born September 17, 1825
Putnam County Georgia
Commissioner of the Confederate
Government to Europe, Senator of
the United States, Secretary of the
Interior and Associate Justice . . . — — Map (db m264146) HM
Allen A. Beall's death in 1861 left his wife, Caroline Davis Beall, with 7 minor children and a 1500-acre corn and cotton plantation. This remarkable woman completed construction of and began operating a grist mill at this site on Crooked Creek in . . . — — Map (db m15158) HM
In 1839, Philadelphia Sunday School Society was organized and a house of worship was built on a tract of land on Lick Creek donated by the Turner family. Joel Chandler Harris, while he lived in Turnwold Plantation, attended this church with his . . . — — Map (db m186617) HM
Putnam County was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1807 out of Baldwin County. Among the prominent men born in Putnam County were Joel Chandler Harris and L. Q. C. Lamar. It was named for General Israel Putnam (1718-1790), Massachusetts hero of the . . . — — Map (db m186656) HM
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A tribute of love from the Dixie Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy. ~*~ In honor of the men of Putnam County, who served in the Army of the Confederate States of America; “Those who fought and lived, and those who fought . . . — — Map (db m73953) HM
Eatonton's “Liberty Pole,” erected after Georgia's secession in 1861, towered 102 feet above the Putnam County Court House grounds holding an oversized flag. Approximately 10,000 Putnam County residents produced six infantry companies for . . . — — Map (db m197750) HM
Dedicated to all the veterans of Putnam County to the honor and glory of those who bravely served to keep our country a land of freedom Symbols for U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and U.S. Air Force — — Map (db m59106) HM
One mile west of this point is a stone mound believed to have been constructed by prehistoric Indians before Columbus discovered America. The mound is composed of white quartz rocks, forming the shape of a bird in flight with its head turned . . . — — Map (db m34124) HM
This school, built in 1889 consolidated in 1890 and graded in 1892, is said to have been the first Consolidated rural school in Georgia, also the first Standard rural school and the first Vocational rural school in the State. The first Trustees . . . — — Map (db m14188) HM
Site of first log courthouse of Baldwin County, 1806-1808 and also of Putnam County, 1808-1809 Erected by the Board of Commissioners of Baldwin County, the Board of Commissioners of Putnam County, the Samuel Reid Chapter, D.A.R., the Nancy Hart . . . — — Map (db m224212) HM
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John C. Mason, native of S.C., came to Putnam Co. from Hancock Co. with his wife Abigail and several small children. He bought this lot, Square E lot 4, on the first day lots were sold in Eatonton, April 15, 1808. He was a unique . . . — — Map (db m33959) HM
Site of the home and private school of Adiel Sherwood 1832-1836
Author, Educator, Gospel Minister, Founder state Temperance Society, Citizen of the Commonwealth for about thirty years.
Born Fort Edward, New York, Oct. 3, 1791
Died . . . — — Map (db m34653) HM
Thirteen members established the Baptist Church of Christ at Ramoth on July 16, 1836. The original meetinghouse was completed by March 1837. Reverend Jesse H. Campbell served as the first pastor from 1836-1846. . Following the Civil War, the church . . . — — Map (db m107533) HM
Andrew & Mary Ann Clopton Reid’s 1852 National Register Greek Revival Mansion’s origins reach back to the 1816 “Eagle Tavern Inn.” Rising Star Masonic Lodge F & AM Lodge #39 minutes record its first Feast of St. John the Evangelist . . . — — Map (db m34641) HM
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Right Wing . . . — — Map (db m34604) HM
James Shackleford (1779 VA - 1839 AL) & his wife Martha "Patsy" Brodnax Shackleford (1784 VA - 1825 AL), original Putnam Co. landowners in 1807, built this National Register house in, 1818 on 23 acres then outside the city limits, purchased from Dr. . . . — — Map (db m264133) HM
The blacksmith shop was an essential component of agrarian life and the heart of the community. Society's dependence upon the horse for travel and farming required the services of a blacksmith, or smithy as they were called, to care for the horse . . . — — Map (db m264166) HM
Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, found its vast fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.” To force an evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. George Stoneman’s cavalry [US] (2112 men and . . . — — Map (db m106731) HM
This well shelter was probably built in 1839 when James Wright fulfilled his contract to dig a new well and build a well shelter on the public square for one hundred and fifty dollars. In 1902 a public drinking fountain was installed on the public . . . — — Map (db m21590) HM
Here, from 1862 to 1866, Joel Chandler Harris, author of "Uncle Remus", lived and worked as a printer's apprentice on what was probably the only newspaper ever printed on a Southern plantation, "The Countryman," a weekly newspaper edited and . . . — — Map (db m25355) HM
This memorial to Joel Chandler Harris, born in Eatonton Dec. 9, 1848, was constructed from three slave cabins found in Putnam County. Uncle Remus Museum, Inc., a local non-profit organization of dedicated citizens established and has maintained its . . . — — Map (db m186625) HM
On April 24, 1855, Irby Hudson Scott deeded to the trustees of a new newly organized and consolidated Methodist Episcopal group, three and three-quarter acres of land in the Tompkins District in Putnam County, Georgia. A church building was to be . . . — — Map (db m34672) HM
Dedicated in memory of our comrades of World Wars I & II who made the supreme sacrifice
Formally dedicated June 17, 1949
Putnam Co. Veterans Assoc. of World Wars, Inc.
Directors
George F. Ellis •
Garris T. Jones •
John . . . — — Map (db m264126) WM
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Dedicated to all veterans of Putnam County to the honor and glory of those who bravely served to keep our country a land of freedom
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Erected by the veteran organizations and supporters — — Map (db m264128) WM
