The Georgia Experiment Station, one of the first State Agricultural Experiment Stations established in this country, was located in Spalding County, Georgia in 1888. The primary objective of its work program is to develop information which will aid . . . — — Map (db m27562) HM
Spalding County
dedicates this memorial as a perpetual evidence of her gratitude for the brave, loyal and patriotic service rendered by
Her Sons and Daughters
in
1917 – The World War - 1918
(A separate plaque at the base of the . . . — — Map (db m278210) WM
James Stoddard Boynton was born in Henry County, Georgia to Elijah Snow Boynton & Elizabeth Moffett on May 7, 1833. He attended Hearn's School at Cave Springs, Georgia and later studied law.
Upon passing the Bar in October 1852, Boynton . . . — — Map (db m268839) HM
Most Georgia troops for the Confederate Army were mobilized in Griffin. Camp Milner, the Cavalry Camp, was named for Ben Milner, prominent Spalding County man who gave financial aid in equipping companies from his county. Camp Stephens, the Infantry . . . — — Map (db m27510) HM
The city of Griffin, Georgia, was founded on June 8, 1840 by General Lewis Lawrence Griffin, a former state legislator, general in the Georgia militia, railroad man and astute business man.
In the 1830's, there were three railroads in Georgia. . . . — — Map (db m190455) HM
The Griffin School
In 1928, the Griffin-Spalding Board of Education dedicated ten acres to building the “Griffin School”. Completed in 1929, it was known as “Negro Vocational High School” until 1949. It represents 1 of 243 schools built in . . . — — Map (db m279229) HM
Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens was named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy. Nearly all troops in the Confederate Army from Georgia were mobilized here and at Cavalry Camp Milner, located at the present Griffin . . . — — Map (db m27503) HM
Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens, named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of Confederacy, was about ½ mile from here on McIntosh Road. Nearly all troops in the Confederate Army from Georgia were mobilized here and at the Cavalry Camp . . . — — Map (db m27506) HM
Spalding was the first County between Chicago and Miami on the old Dixie Highway with a concrete highway running from county line to county line. A demonstration strip, completed Jan. 30, 1919, from the city limits of Griffin to and along the front . . . — — Map (db m27126) HM
Spalding County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1851 from Fayette, Henry and Pike Counties. It was named for Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), native of Frederica. One of the earliest cotton and sugar cane planters in Georgia, he was a legislator, state . . . — — Map (db m59619) HM
John Henry “Doc” Holliday's father Henry owned and sold more than 40 properties in Spalding County. Before the Civil War started, Henry was already in his forties, a respected landowner, former county clerk, and veteran of two other wars (Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m186929) HM
The first city government of Griffin, founded in 1840 by General Lewis Lawrence Griffin, was authorized in 1843 when the General Assembly of Georgia granted it a charter. The charter was accepted locally in 1844 and the first municipal government . . . — — Map (db m27811) HM
Older than Spalding County, Ringold Community grew around the two-story Ringold Masonic Lodge 90 building erected here in 1852. The lodge was established Oct. 31, 1849 at what became Walker’s Mill (1 mi. S). First Worshipful Master was Wiley J. . . . — — Map (db m27372) HM
Between 1852 and 1856, “Doc” Holliday's father, Henry, served
as the first county clerk for the newly created Spalding County.
Prior to the Civil War, Henry Holliday owned numerous
properties across Spalding County. Many of these properties
were . . . — — Map (db m186925) HM
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