On Old Phoenix Road near Sparta Highway (Georgia Route 16), on the left when traveling north.
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
Near West Main Street (Georgia Route 113) west of South Public Square, on the right when traveling west.
Lawyer, politician, businessman. Born Hancock County, Georgia, April 20, 1800. Died Bartow County, Georgia, March 17, 1885. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Major in U.S. Army during Seminole Wars in 1836. State legislator from Putnam County, . . . — — Map (db m190662) HM
On Oconee Springs Road SE 1.2 miles east of Pea Ridge Road, on the left when traveling east.
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
On Jefferson Street at Marion Street, on the left when traveling north on Jefferson Street.
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
Near Temple Avenue at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling west.
Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of Georgia militia on a raid into Spanish Florida in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Florida to the United States during the War of 1812. Newnan's men engaged a force of Seminole Indians under the command . . . — — Map (db m274077) HM
On Warm Springs Road at Miller Road, on the right when traveling north on Warm Springs Road.
Born in Maryland, Cooper served in the South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution and participated in battles at Brandywine, Germantown and Stony Point. After the War he moved to Putnam County, Georgia and later to Muscogee County where . . . — — Map (db m17811) HM
On Union Chapel Road NW (County Route S2397) at Rock Eagle Road, on the left when traveling north on Union Chapel Road NW.
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
On Grove Loop at Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling west on Grove Loop.
In 1977 this building was dedicated in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825-1893).
Born in Putnam County, Georgia, Lamar moved to Mississippi in 1849. He joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi as adjunct professor of . . . — — Map (db m219857) HM
On North Madison Avenue north of West Marion Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On West Harris Street just east of North Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Blue Springs Road 0.2 miles west of Swords Road, on the left when traveling east.
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 m16210) HM
On West Marion Street at South Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Marion Street.
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
On Pierce Chapel Road SW 0.5 miles north of Gray Road SW (U.S. 129), on the left when traveling north.
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
On North Madison Avenue at West Harris Street, on the right when traveling north on North Madison Avenue.
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 South Jefferson Avenue (Business U.S. 129/441) at West Sumter St, on the right when traveling south on South Jefferson Avenue.
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
