In 1936, James Marvin Cosson Sr. moved his family to this location about one-half mile east of the Eglin Army Airfield to have more land to farm and to provide for his wife, Annie Bell Cosson, and their four children. During World War II, Eglin . . . — — Map (db m73290) HM
This is the site of one of Florida’s oldest organized Presbyterian Church which was the largest Presbyterian Church in Florida until 1885. On May 27, 1827, the Reverend Murdoch Murphy of the Alabama Synod presided with one Elder, Donald McLean, Sr., . . . — — Map (db m54796) HM
Eucheeanna, the first Scottish settlement in territorial Florida, was named in honor of the Euchee Indians. Tradition holds that the first slave child was born in the settlement. Eucheeanna consisted of a school, court house, jail, Masonic and Odd . . . — — Map (db m73291) HM
Florida teachers and administrators numbering 700 met here in Chautauqua Hall for a "teachers institute" called the Florida Chautauqua. The meeting was called to order by J.A. Graham, City Superintendent of Schools, Key West, at 12:30 p.m., on . . . — — Map (db m83080) HM
Shortly after the Civil War, the women of Walton County organized a "Ladies' Memorial Association," with Jeannett I. McKinnon as president, to erect a marble monument honoring Walton County's Confederate dead. The Association raised $250, and the . . . — — Map (db m39774) HM
The original Chautauqua Institution was founded in 1874 on Lake Chautauqua in western New York state as a vacation school for Sunday school teachers. The idea of providing a retreat for improving religious and secular education for the general . . . — — Map (db m39773) HM
To the memory of the Confederate Dead of Walton Co. Florida. Erected by the Ladies of the Walton County Female Memorial Association. Southwest face Angus D. McLean, Col., 6th Fla. Vols. Murdoch M. Gillis, Capt. 6th Fla. Vols. Daniel D. . . . — — Map (db m39775) HM
The Walton-DeFuniak Library opened during the first decade of the existence of the town of DeFuniak Springs. This community originated in the early 1880's as a station on the new Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad. The town was named for Frederick de . . . — — Map (db m60246) HM
The Doolittle Raid, U.S. Army Special Mission No. 1 of World War II, was a daring one-way mission of 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers with 80 aircrew, commanded by Lt Col James "Jimmy" Doolittle to carry out America's first offensive attack on . . . — — Map (db m78745) HM
Herman Lodge No. 108 F.&A.M. was chartered January 16, 1889 in DeFuniak Springs and originally met in a structure in the area of Freeport known as "Tucker Town". On June 19, 1901, the lodge building burned down and was replaced with this structure . . . — — Map (db m110447) HM
The Knox Hill Academy, a boarding school, was founded in 1848 by the Rev. John Newton (April 22, 1814 – Nov. 21, 1871), who was also the head master and a Presbyterian minister. It was first located near a spring northeast of the Morrison . . . — — Map (db m54795) HM
“Who loves a garden, still his ‘Eden’ keeps.” Amos Bronson Alcott
The estate was bought in 1963 by Lois Genevieve Maxon, who planned the gardens which enhance the lovely natural setting and restored the mansion in antebellum style. . . . — — Map (db m41134) HM
Gulf Cemetery was established circa 1910 when the town of Santa Rosa was established on Hogtown Bayou. The town's first families began to bury their loved ones at this site, the area's highest elevation with a view of the Gulf of Mexico. The . . . — — Map (db m78730) HM
Near this location, Marion Alford established in 1864 a water-powered grist mill that became the focal point of a small farming community that developed in this area of north Walton County. Archaeological remains of the mill dam and foundations . . . — — Map (db m54797) HM
Birthplace of Moina Michael
“The Poppy Lady” 1869 – 1944 Originator of War Memorial Emblem The Flanders Field Poppy
Buried in City Cemetery Monroe, Georgia — — Map (db m49395) HM
Moina Michael, educator, patriot, and internationally known as “The Poppy Lady,” was born near here August 15, 1869. A granite boulder marks her birthplace. She received her early education at Braswell Academy and at Martin Institute, Jefferson, . . . — — Map (db m19827) HM
In 1864, Centreville (now Jersey) was a small farming village located on Hightower Trail, a former Indian trading route. The village included several small stores and farm related businesses including a blacksmith shop and cotton gin. However, most . . . — — Map (db m113291) HM
On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division [US], Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur, 6 miles E of Atlanta. Garrard’s three brigades were guarding bridges over the . . . — — Map (db m47878) HM
Fought here Sept. 1, 1787
Americans led by
Elijah Clarke
Erected by
Matthew Tolbert Chapter, D.A.R. 1925
Donated by Mrs. E. M. Williams — — Map (db m197735) HM
This site was originally built in the 1890s and was home to the Bank of George Felker. The last business to occupy the space was G.B. Peters Jewelry. The downburst of 1993 destroyed the building leaving only the safe. For twenty years the lot sat . . . — — Map (db m236745) HM
D. A. V. & D. A. V. A.
Robert E. Parker
Chapter °48 Monroe, GA
In honor of all American veterans
November 11, 1994
Chartered Aug. 13, 1984
D. A. V.
M. E. Wright Sr., Comm. • D. Lee, Sr., Vice Comm. • E. Bruce, Jr., Vice Comm. • J. . . . — — Map (db m197732) WM
This City of Monroe, settled in 1818 and incorporated Nov. 30, 1821, was named for James Monroe, fifth President. Born in Virginia in 1758 he fought in the Continental Army. He served in the Virginia legislature, in Congress and the Senate, and as . . . — — Map (db m20718) HM
2.4 miles east, at Moore’s Ford Bridge on the Apalachee River, four African-Americans - George and Mae Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom (reportedly 7 months pregnant) - were brutally beaten and shot by an unmasked mob on the . . . — — Map (db m19775) HM
Walton County has been the home either through birth or short residence of the following Georgia Chief Executives:
Wilson Lumpkin (1831-1835)
Alfred Holt Colquitt (1877-1882)
James S. Boynton (1883)
Henry D. McDaniel (1883-1886)
Clifford . . . — — Map (db m20717) HM
This County created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 15 & 19, 1818, is named for George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Walton, born in Va. in 1749 came to Savannah when 20 to study law. Elected Secretary of the first Provincial . . . — — Map (db m20703) HM
[west face]”On fame’s eternal camping ground, their silent tents are spread, and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.” Comrades To Our Confederate Dead [east face]”How sleep the brave, who sink to . . . — — Map (db m174122) WM
[top marker]This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior[bottom marker]40 Walton Landmark HSWC . . . — — Map (db m227498) HM
This road is a portion of Hightower Trail, old Indian path to Etowah River, which ran from High Shoals of the Appalachee westward to Shallow Ford on the Chattahoochee. It formed a boundary between Cherokee lands to the north and Creek lands to the . . . — — Map (db m33434) HM
Originating in the 1820s, Social Circle became Walton County's rail center in 1845 as the Georgia Railroad advanced westward. Legend says the settlement received its name when a traveler, impressed by the hospitality of the little group of congenial . . . — — Map (db m103342) HM
First erected prior to 1900 Fell when fire destroyed church and tower on June 21, 1969 Mounted and rung on the Nation’s Bicentennial on July 4, 1976 Erected on present site July 1980 — — Map (db m190997) 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 m20193) HM
