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Historical Markers and War Memorials in White County, Georgia
Adjacent to White County, Georgia
▶ Habersham County (14) ▶ Hall County (22) ▶ Lumpkin County (27) ▶ Towns County (3) ▶ Union County (9)
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| On Main Street (U.S. 129) at Kytle Street (Georgia Route 115), in the median on Main Street. |
| | When White County was formed in 1857, Mt. Yonah was selected as the County-seat. The majority of its residents wished to rename it Sheltonville for William H. Shelton, who sponsored the formation of the new county. Shelton asked that it be named . . . — — Map (db m43702) HM |
| On Helen Highway (State Highway 75) 0.6 miles from Duncan Bridge Road (State Route 384), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1828 gold was discovered here on Duke`s Creek, White County, by two people. John Witheroods of North Carolina found a 3-ounce nugget and a Negro servant of Major Frank Logan of Louisville, Georgia, also discovered gold on the creek. Early . . . — — Map (db m10033) HM |
| On State Highway 254 1.5 miles east of Cleveland Highway (Highway 129), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Mossy Creek Campground was established in 1833 and has continued as a site of yearly religious revival meetings since that time. Rock Springs Campground was established in 1887 and is one of the few remaining camp-meeting sites organized by black . . . — — Map (db m21521) HM |
| Near Courthouse Square (North Main Street) (U.S. 129) at East Jarrard Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Minutes of the Inferior Court of White County, GA, August Term 1861.
Wednesday, August 7th 1861: "Ordered by the Court that White (County) Marksmen the use of any part of the courthouse that they may choose for the establishment of a military . . . — — Map (db m131679) HM |
| On Courthouse Square (South Main Street) (U.S. 129) north of East Kytle Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior October 28, 1970 — — Map (db m131680) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 129) at West Kytle Street (Georgia Route 115), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | White County, created by Act of Dec. 22, 1857, was cut off from Habersham and Lumpkin Counties. Wm. H. Shelton, Repr. from Habersham at the session tried twice to have the county formed but failed. Repr. David T. White of Newton Co. backed the bill . . . — — Map (db m21294) HM |
| Near Courthouse Square (North Main Street) (U.S. 129) at East Jarrard Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The largest gold nugget discovered east of the Mississippi River was found by John Phillip Thurmond on April 14, 1889 at the Hamby Mines in Northern White County. The nugget weighed 504 pennyweights and four grams, which is about 25.5 ounces. The . . . — — Map (db m131678) HM |
| On Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0.7 miles east of Helen Highway (Georgia Route 75), on the right when traveling east. |
| | At this point, just north of the safest ford in the Chattahoochee River, the first white settlers in this area built their campfires in 1822. A trading post was soon established on the site and Indians traded gold nuggets and gold-dust to the . . . — — Map (db m43704) HM |
| On Unicoi Turnpike (State Road 17) 0.1 miles east of Helen Highway (State Route 75), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nacoochee Indian Mound was the center of the ancient Cherokee town of Gauxule, visited by DeSoto in 1540 in his search for gold, according to legend. On this ceremonial mound, 190 feet long, 150 feet wide and 20 feet high, stood the Town House where . . . — — Map (db m10049) HM |
| On Unicot Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0.6 miles east of Georgia Route 75, on the left. |
| | This valley has long fascinated travelers, writers and artists. It was farmed for centuries by Indians and white men alike. The valley was devastated by Spanish and American gold hunters and timbermen and has been carefully nurtured by prosperous . . . — — Map (db m43706) HM |
| On Georgia Route 255, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The African American Heritage Site preserves one of North Georgia’s few surviving slave dwellings and interprets the lives of black people in bondage in Appalachia before the Civil War. Framed by 19th century landscaping and displaying antebellum . . . — — Map (db m120452) HM |
| On Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0 miles east of Rabun Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Marvin Augustus Franklin was born a few miles from here January 19, 1894 and early in life united with the Nacoochee Methodist Church. He was licensed to preach October 26, 1910 and joined the North Georgia Annual Conference at Elberton, Ga., . . . — — Map (db m26022) HM |
| Near Georgia Route 255 0.2 miles north of Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Essential to settlers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, many small farm blacksmith shops dotted the landscape in these hills and valleys. Larger industrial foundries and commercial blacksmith shops were located at intersections of commerce, . . . — — Map (db m120469) HM |
| On Georgia Route 255, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Slaves quarried and hand-chiseled this two-ton stone trough. Cool water preserved perishable foods, such as butter, cream and milk, in clay pots on the shelves of this 19th century refrigerator. Slave labor contributed to the settlement of this area . . . — — Map (db m120454) HM |
| Near Georgia Route 255 0.2 miles north of Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, legally freeing slaves in rebellious states and regions controlled by Union forces. According to oral tradition, E.P. Williams stood on a rock wall surrounding his home to read . . . — — Map (db m120466) HM |
| On Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17), on the right when traveling west. |
| | On Sautee Creek just north of here are remains of a dam constructed as part of a grist mill owned by Edwin P. Williams. During the War Between the States, to arm the Home Guard, Gov. Joseph E. Brown had made a great number of pikes, daggers on long . . . — — Map (db m120350) HM |
| On Georgia Route 255, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Quarriers cut millstone blanks from an exposed ledge of gneiss rock adjacent to Mill Rock Branch, a small stream at the upper end of Sautee Valley. They used hardened steel hammers known as mill picks to cut grooves (lands) and ridges to shape the . . . — — Map (db m120453) HM |
| On Georgia Route 255, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Nacoochee slave cabin is one of only a few slave dwellings to survive in Georgia. Built on a stacked stone foundation and framed with hand-hewn timbers and lumber bearing the telltale marks of a sash saw, it saw for more than 150 years on the . . . — — Map (db m120455) HM |
| On Georgia Route 255, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Many masters allowed their slaves to work a garden patch near their dwellings for personal consumption, to supplement limited rations, or to sell surplus produce to acquire “luxury” items like fish hooks or farm tools. Slaves cultivated . . . — — Map (db m120467) HM |
| On Georgia Route 255 3 miles from Georgia Route 17, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Fred Dover constructed a bridge and nearby grist, saw and shingle mill complex here in the late 1800s. The original bridge washed away in the early 1890s and Will Pardue replaced it in 1895 with the present 38-foot structure. Dover sold the . . . — — Map (db m8984) HM |
| On Unicoi Turnpike (State Highway 17) 0.1 miles north of Helen Highway (State Highway 75), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This road is the Old Unicoi Turnpike, first vehicular route to link East Tennessee, Western North Carolina and North Georgia with the head of navigation on the Savannah River system. Beginning on the Tugalo River, to the east of Toccoa, the road led . . . — — Map (db m25328) HM |
| On Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0 miles east of Rabun Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A Methodist Church has stood on this site since the early 1820’s when one was built by the first white settlers in Nacoochee Valley. Six acres of land to be used for the church and cemetery were deeded to the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1836 by . . . — — Map (db m26021) HM |
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