On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (102 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed . . . — — Map (db m49509) HM
On May 7, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, passed through Dublin enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him. That evening, the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry [US] reached Dublin and camped at the . . . — — Map (db m49511) HM
Laurens County was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1807 from Wilkinson County. Originally, it contained all of Pulaski and part of Johnson Counties. Among prominent residents of Laurens County were Gov. Geo. M. Troup and Gen. David Blackshear. It was . . . — — Map (db m49538) HM
To their country in time of need
these pledged
life, fortune and sacred honor
John W. Adams • George Attaway • Walter Berry • Lenonard T. Bostick • Joseph J. Bracewell • James Bradley • Leon F. Brannen • Fisher Brazeal • James Brown • Tom . . . — — Map (db m197797) WM
On April 17, 1944, in the 1st A.B. Church of Dublin, Georgia, fourteen year old Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his first public speech “The Negro and the Constitution.” At this site, a seed was planted in his heart that would grow into his . . . — — Map (db m184511) HM
“The Negro and the Constitution” Martin Luther King, Jr. Negroes were first brought to America in 1620 when England legalized slavery both in England and the colonies and America; the institution grew and thrived for about 150 years upon the backs . . . — — Map (db m184525) HM
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Capt. Hardy B Smith (1841-1912), CSA, one of Laurens County’s noted veterans, served in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee. Smith, when war broke out, was called home from classes at the University of . . . — — Map (db m38719) HM
To honor the founders whose vision transformed this rural area from darkness to the splendor of light; who serve as our reminder that no job is too difficult
if the cause is just and the people are determined. Incorporators:
Paul J. Jones . . . — — Map (db m14562) HM
Governor of Georgia 1823 - 1827
United States Senator 1816 - 1818 and 1829 - 1833
Champion and militant defender of State Rights.
This principle above all in his answer to President John Quincy Adams:
“The argument has been . . . — — Map (db m107338) HM
Here lived George Michael Troup, Governor of Georgia 1823-27. Born in 1780 at McIntosh's Bluff on the Tombigbee River in a part of Georgia that is now
Alabama, he graduated at Princeton, 1797, and was admitted to the bar at Savannah, 1800. He . . . — — Map (db m11692) HM
