Entries Containing All of the Phrases «fannin county» AND «georgia»

By Judith Barber, September 11, 2011

Fannin Couty Marker

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Georgia, Fannin County, Blue Ridge — 055-1 — Fannin County —

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Jan. 21, 1854, is named for Col. J. W. Fannin who was killed in the massacre at Goliad, Mar. 27, 1836. He had been captured with about 350 Georgia Volunteers under his command while fighting for the . . . — — Map (db m47137) HM

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2 ► Georgia, Fannin County, Blue Ridge — PFC. Jack Clem Robinson — USMC — Sept. 22, 1922 – Oct. 25, 1942 —

Killed in action – Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands One of Fannin County’s finest – he made the ultimate sacrifice so that others might live Be it known that Oct. 25 is hereby proclaimed as Jack C. Robinson Day in Fannin Co. . . . — — Map (db m61277) HM

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3 ► Georgia, Fannin County, Blue Ridge — 55-02 — William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist —

One of the leading Unionists in the state during the Civil War, William Clayton Fain was born in Georgia in 1825. A Fannin County lawyer and state representative, he served in the 1861 Secession Convention, where he opposed Georgia leaving the . . . — — Map (db m60234) HM

4 ► Texas, Wise County, Aurora — 2157 — George Lawson Bledsoe —

Georgia native George Lawson Bledsoe (b. 1805), a carpenter and cotton gin builder, came to Texas in 1834. A veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of San Jacinto, he received a pension for his military service and patented land grants in . . . — — Map (db m183376) HM

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5 ► Georgia, Fannin County, Blue Ridge — Blue Ridge Park — 1887 - 1987 —

In celebration of the Centennial of Blue Ridge, Georgia, the Blue Ridge Garden Club and the City of Blue Ridge dedicate this park in memory of Colonel Mike McKinney, early Fannin County settler and founder of the city of Blue Ridge. He was . . . — — Map (db m60512) HM

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6 ► Texas, Denton County, Prosper — 2223 — Good Hope Cemetery —

Attracted to the area by its fertile soil, good water supply, and abundant building materials, pioneers from Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, and Wisconsin settled here in the 1850s. Their colony, located on the Ben Rue Survey, was first . . . — — Map (db m246070) HM

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7 ► Georgia, Fannin County, Blue Ridge — Fannin County Courthouse —

This property Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m273531) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.