The Upper Trading Path, one of the historic Indian routes of the Southeast, passed this spot, leading from present Augusta to tribes as far west as the Mississippi River. By various connections the trail reached the Cherokees of North Georgia; the . . . — — Map (db m16002) HM
Willie Samuel McTear (1901-1959) was born between Big and Little Briar Creeks in the Happy Valley community. In 1911, he and his mother moved to Statesboro, where he began his life of traveling and performing. Although blind from infancy, Willie . . . — — Map (db m61012) HM
Populist presidential candidate and Georgia political leader Thomas E. Watson purchased this house from Captain James Wilson in 1900. Watson extensively renovated both the house and grounds, installing telephones and even constructing a power plant . . . — — Map (db m42706) HM
After passing the state Bar in 1876, native Thomas E. Watson returned to Thomson and lived in this house with his family from 1881 to 1900. In his first floor office Watson began his law and writing career and entered politics. He served in the . . . — — Map (db m9475) HM
This house stood on the site of the large brick house to your right, from 1885 to 1935, when it was moved to this location. John S. Watson (1833-1895) was the great grandfather of John, James, & Bob Wilson. In 1864, after being wounded fighting . . . — — Map (db m108095) HM
[East Inscription]:
Woman's Tribute April 26, 1996
[South Inscription]:
They sleep the sleep of
our noble slain
defeated, yet without
a stain, proudly and
peacefully.
[North Inscription]:
In memory of
our . . . — — Map (db m87941) WM
McDuffie County was created by Act of Oct. 18, 1870 from Columbia and Warren Counties. It was named for George McDuffie (1788-1851). Born in Columbia (now Warren County, Ga.), he became a political leader in S.C. He was a Maj. Gen. of Militia, . . . — — Map (db m42688) HM
Rear Admiral Richard E. Hawes has long been revered as a distinguished native son of Thomson-McDuffie County, Georgia. Admiral Hawes is remembered for his exceptionally heroic and meritorious service while performing his duty in the United States . . . — — Map (db m61010) HM
Born near Thomson, Sept. 5, 1856, Thomas Edward Watson, gifted writer, eloquent speaker and longtime political leader of Georgia, spent most of his life in this section. His home, “Hickory Hill,” bought and remodeled extensively by Sen. . . . — — Map (db m42689) HM
From these humble and obscure Georgia pinelands, assisted by the plantation-owning South Carolina Calhouns, George McDuffie rose to become Congressman, Senator, and Governor of South Carolina.
McDuffie's political prominence involved him in a . . . — — Map (db m16065) HM
This 18th Century stone dwelling is the only surviving house associated with the Colonial Wrightsboro Settlement (1768). Its builder, Thomas Ansley, used weathered granite, quarried in its natural form from the nearby geographical fall line, as . . . — — Map (db m9809) HM
To Honor
Thomas Edward Watson
1856-1922
Author, Editor, Congressman, U.S. Senator
And
Father of Rural Free Delivery
This Marker was placed in 1949 by Camp No. 1401
Woodmen of the World — — Map (db m58543) HM
Built by William Usry about 1795 as the seat of his extensive cotton plantations, Usry House early became the center of ante-bellum social life in this region.
In its parlor, the Goodrich-Usry Railroad was conceived, and Lafayette reputedly . . . — — Map (db m55097) HM
Vietnam War
Sgt. John B. Gay
25 OCT 1967
PFC Robert R. White
22 APR 1968
LCLP Willie Mack
10 JUN 1969
Col. Thomas F. Case
31 May 1966
PFC Fred D. Hart
2 JAN 1967
Sgt. Harold J. Crawford
11 JUN 1969
Iraq . . . — — Map (db m87912) WM
In Memory of All
Veterans
of All Wars
Presented by the
Ladies Auxiliary
Unit 6672
to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States — — Map (db m87913) WM
1773 the Treaty of Augusta
Bartram visited Wrightsborough
He described the view of high hills
and rich vales. He took on supplies. — — Map (db m9810) HM
In Sacred Memory of the
Men of McDuffie County
Who Made the Supreme
Sacrifice
World War I
Brown, Daniel, J. ∙ Isdale, Fred, L. ∙ Wilson, Joe, B. ∙ Williams, Henry, E.
World War II
Averett, John, V. ∙ Benson, . . . — — Map (db m87919) WM
On this site in 1754, Edmund Grey, a pretending Quaker, founded the town of Brandon, named for one of its leaders. In Dec. 1768, Joseph Mattock and Jonathan Sell, Quakers, obtained a grant of 40,000 acres from the Royal Governor, Sir James Wright, . . . — — Map (db m42657) HM
1799 House of Worship for All Denominations
1810 Wrightsboro Church Constructed
1837 Methodist Episcopal Church South
1939 Methodist Church
1966 Property to McDuffie County Commission
1967 Wrightsboro . . . — — Map (db m110717) HM
The Wrightsboro Methodist Church of the Thomson Circuit, on the site of the now dead town of Wrightsboro, has been an active organization for over 125 years. In its historic churchyard are buried several veterans of the Revolutionary War and some . . . — — Map (db m42658) HM
