On Riverview Drive near Old Village Road, on the right when traveling north.
Melvin E. Thompson, Acting Governor, 1947-1949, was born in Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, in 1903. After a career as educator and public servant, Thompson was elected Lieutenant Governor for the term beginning January, 1947. Following the death . . . — — Map (db m17207) HM
On N. Main Street (U.S. 301) at Courtland Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Main Street.
Bulloch County was created by Act. of Feb. 8, 1776 from Bryan and Screven Counties. Originally, it contained part of Evans, Candler, Emanuel and Jenkins Counties. It was named for Archibald Bulloch (1730-1777), Revolutionary leader, elected Pres. of . . . — — Map (db m10401) HM
On Big Buckhead Church Road 0.1 miles south of Porter Road, on the right when traveling south.
African-American members of Big Buckhead Baptist Church founded Carswell Grove Baptist Church in 1867 and constructed the first permanent structure c.1870. Members named the church in honor of Porter Carswell, who donated the land. On April 13, . . . — — Map (db m234831) HM
On East Winthrope Avenue (State Highway 17) at Harvey Street, on the right when traveling west on East Winthrope Avenue.
This boulder is placed by
The Wayside Home Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Jenkins County, Georgia and
The Margaret Jones Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Burke County, Georgia
to perpetuate the name of . . . — — Map (db m221766) HM
On State Highway 56 at Bark Camp Church Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 56.
Constituted in the early part of 1788, Bark Camp Baptist Church was a center for culture and hospitality in Bark Camp, one of the oldest settlements in Burke County and a community of wealthy and prominent plantation owners. Among the 29 charter . . . — — Map (db m44549) HM
On W. Cotton Ave at N .Gray St, on the right when traveling east on W. Cotton Ave.
The city of Millen began about 1835 at a site 200 yds. N.of this marker as the road side inn of Robert Hendricks Gray. In Nov., 1851 the Wayneborough and Augusta Rail Road was extended to meet the line laid though here in 1839 by the Central Rail . . . — — Map (db m13151) HM
On Cotton Ave. near Daniel St., on the right when traveling east.
This fountain
was originally in the lobby
of the Estelle Hotel.
The hotel was constructed in 1912
and was located on
Gray Street in Millen, Georgia.
Through the generosity
of several local citizens, the
Jenkins County Development . . . — — Map (db m13340) HM
Near Bark Camp Church Road, on the left when traveling west.
Constituted in 1788, Bark Camp Church was the center for worship, culture and hospitality in Bark Camp,
one of the oldest settlements in Burke County.
Many of the congregation honorably served during the War Between the States as soldiers . . . — — Map (db m97007) HM
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