On Stephens Street 0 miles east of Jackson Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
On Old Atlanta Road at East McIntosh Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Atlanta Road.
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
On Pimento Avenue 0 miles south of Camp Northen Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Memorial Drive (U.S. 19) at South 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Memorial Drive.
Stonewall Cemetery is located on part of a plot given as a burial site by Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin when he founded Griffin in 1840. Several hundred Confederate and one Union soldier, casualties of the Battles of Atlanta and Jonesboro, from the . . . — — Map (db m27725) HM
On Macon Highway (Old U.S. 41) at Quail Hollow Road, on the right when traveling north on Macon Highway.
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
On West Taylor Street (U.S. 41) at New Orleans Street, on the right when traveling east on West Taylor Street.
Near the present junction of the Central and Southern Railways, from a stump near the town spring, on June 8, 1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City of Griffin. William Leake bought the first . . . — — Map (db m27589) HM
On West Broad Street 0 miles east of 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
From a stump near the town spring, now covered by the embankment of the railroad, on June 8, 1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City of Griffin. The first lot was sold to William Leake. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m27591) HM
On Experiment Street at Stuckey Drive, on the left when traveling north on Experiment Street.
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
On Memorial Drive (U.S. 19) at South 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Memorial Drive.
On Nov. 15, 1864. Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, was at Lovejoy’s Station (13 miles N) with 2800 infantry of the First Division, Georgia Militia, 3 batteries, and about 250 local reserve cavalry, to support Iverson’s division of Wheeler’s cavalry [CS] . . . — — Map (db m27682) HM
Front In Memoriam Our Confederate Dead
Right Side
“Hon’d sleep the brave who sink to rest by all their country’s wishes blest! When spring with dewy fingers cold, returns to deck their hallow’d mould. She there shall dress a . . . — — Map (db m59643) WM
On Old Atlanta Road 0 miles south of Minter Road, on the left when traveling south.
Near this site was the home of Captain John McIntosh Kell, Executive Officer of the Confederate cruisers Alabama and Sumter. After entering the United States Navy at the age of 17, he served in the Mexican War and in 1853 on Perry’s expedition to . . . — — Map (db m11704) HM
On Old Atlanta Road (Old Georgia Route 41) 0.1 miles north of Caruso Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Near this site was the home of Captain John McIntosh Kell, Executive Officer of the Confederate cruisers Alabama and Sumter. After entering the United States Navy at the age of 17, he served in the Mexican War and in 1853 on Perry’s expedition to . . . — — Map (db m53584) HM
On East Solomon Street at South 6th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Solomon Street.
Born in South Carolina, October 3, 1794, Lewis Lawrence Griffin moved to Georgia with his widowed mother in the early 1800’s. He fought in the Georgia Militia under General Daniel Newnan in Florida and, later, under Generals John Floyd and Thomas . . . — — Map (db m27810) HM
On Jackson Road 0 miles east of Wisso Road, on the right when traveling west.
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
On South Hill Street (U.S. 19/41) at East College Street, on the right when traveling north on South Hill Street.
Founded in Chicago by Paul P. Harris, Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. — — Map (db m59637) HM
On 6th Street at East Bank Street, on the right when traveling south on 6th Street.
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
On 1st Street at East Taylor Street, on the left when traveling north on 1st Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m59736) HM
On Zebulon Road (U.S. 19) at Fair Road, on the right when traveling south on Zebulon Road.
The Spalding Grays, as Co. D. 2nd Batt. Inf., was the first military unit from Spalding County to be mustered in to the Confederate Army. It was followed by 8 regular and several militia companies. The Spalding Grays have continued through the years . . . — — Map (db m27574) HM
On East Solomon Street at South 6th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Solomon Street.
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
On Zebulon Road (U.S. 19) at Fair Road, on the right when traveling south on Zebulon Road.
In 1846, when President Polk called for volunteers to fight against Mexico, a company of men organized promptly in Griffin. Calling themselves “The Fannin Avengers”, they marched to Columbus where the company became part of a regiment . . . — — Map (db m27576) HM
On Memorial Drive (U.S. 19) at South 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Memorial Drive.
At Bear Creek Station (Hampton), on Sept. 4, 1864, Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis famous “Orphan Brigade” (2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry) was relieved from assignment to Bate’s division, Hardee’s corps. Army of Tennessee [CS], . . . — — Map (db m27724) HM
On 1st Street at East Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north on 1st Street.
To
The Women of Griffin and Spalding County
Who gave their services during the War Between the States from ’61 to ‘65 James S. Boynton Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy have placed this boulder
No act of injustice, no failure . . . — — Map (db m61276) HM
On Macon Road (Old U.S. 41) at Swint Road, on the right when traveling north on Macon Road.
The first grain elevator in Georgia was completed at Orchard Hill in 1946 by the Swint Seed and Grain Co. The original unit with a capacity of 106,000 bushels was filled with the 1946 crop, drawing grain from 200 miles away. A second unit with a . . . — — Map (db m27129) HM
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