On Court Lord Highway (State Highway 112) 1 mile south of Liberty Church Road, on the right when traveling north.
Near this site is the plantation and grave site of John Hatcher, Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War soldier and statesman. From 1780 to 1800 he served in Candler’s Refugee Regiment of Richmond County, the Georgia Militia, Carr’s Rangers of Burke . . . — — Map (db m13080) HM
On Greene Street near Monument St., on the right when traveling east.
Originally designated as the Parish of St. Paul by the Act creating it in 1758, the name was changed in 1777 to Richmond County in honor of the Duke of Richmond, who, as a member of Parliament, was a zealous supporter of the American cause, . . . — — Map (db m9706) HM
On Cobbham Road (State Road 150), on the right when traveling west.
On this site stood the home of William Few, one of Georgia's signers of the United States Constitution. Built in 1781, the house burned in 1930.
William Few was born near Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1748. In 1776 he moved to Augusta, . . . — — Map (db m27053) HM
On Highland Avenue south of Myrtle Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
This stone erected by the citizens of Richmond County, Georgia marks the spot where President William McKinley descended from the railroad train on the occasion of his visit to Augusta, Georgia on December 19th, 1898. The name of McKinley Avenue has . . . — — Map (db m200114) HM
On State Highway 28 at Old Charleston Road (Local Road 38), on the left when traveling south on State Highway 28.
About four miles southeast is the site of the American Revolutionary Battle of Long Cane. On December 12, 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Allen and a British force of 400-500 men defeated Colonel Elijah Clarke and 100 Americans, an advanced . . . — — Map (db m241074) HM
On Liberty Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
Liberty, which evolved out of a Methodist society organized about 1775, is Georgia`s oldest Methodist Church. The original log church was erected west of here by Samuel Collins who, in 1773, had emigrated from Ireland. The present church building is . . . — — Map (db m35340) HM
Home of Freeman Walker, outstanding citizen of early Georgia. Born in Virginia in 1780, he came to Richmond County in his youth and studied law. Freeman Walker, in 1826, deeded 70 acres of land to the United States Government to be used as an . . . — — Map (db m36488) HM
On Laney Walker Boulevard 0.1 miles east of Blounts Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
A member of the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Black Mayors and the Black Mayors Association of Georgia, he was the first African American to serve on and chair the Richmond County Board of Commissioners, and the first African . . . — — Map (db m227092) HM
On Magnolia Drive at Comfort Road, on the left when traveling north on Magnolia Drive.
On the golf links of the Forrest Hills-Ricker Hotel, Bobby Jones won the Southeastern Open of 1930. He went on to victory that year in the British Amateur, British Open, U.S. Open, and U.S. Amateur –- golf’s Grand Slam and a feat yet to be . . . — — Map (db m21288) HM
On Reynolds Street east of 12th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This building, which was erected in 1801 by Augusta`s first Methodist Society, was moved to this location in 1844 to become the home of the Springfield Baptist Church.
Organized in 1787 by Jesse Peters, the Springfield Baptist Church is the . . . — — Map (db m271411) HM
Augusta served as the capital of Georgia
from 1785 until 1795 when the seat of
government was moved to the new capital,
Louisville. The Georgia General Assembly
met at this site in a two-story building on
the corner of Elbert (Fourth) and . . . — — Map (db m9747) HM
On Independence Drive near 13th Street (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling west.
[Masonic Emblem]
To
George Walton
(1749 - 1804)
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Patriot - Soldier - Statesman - Jurist - Freemason
Born a Virginian he became a Georgian in about 1770.
An early leader in the Liberty . . . — — Map (db m33287) HM
On Appling Harlem Road (US 221,State Road 47) near Shucraft Road, on the left when traveling north.
Columbia County, named for Christopher Columbus, was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1790 from Richmond County. Originally, it contained parts of McDuffie and Warren Counties. Settled by Quakers before the Revolution, it has been the home of many . . . — — Map (db m27049) HM
On Walton Way at Fleming Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Walton Way.
Augusta State University traces its roots to 1783 when its parent institution, the Academy of Richmond County, was chartered. Offering college-level classes to prepare students for admission into universities as sophomores or juniors, the Academy . . . — — Map (db m15036) HM
Born in Richmond County, Virginia, Sept. 1757,
Died at Varello, near Augusta, Sept. 1842.
Patriot, Soldier, Statesman.
Captain of minutemen at Great Kanahwa, 1774. •
Long Bridge, Norfolk, 1775. •
Aid to General Hand at . . . — — Map (db m273521) HM
On Williston Road (U.S. 278) near Hammond Road, on the left when traveling east.
Downer Institute & School
Downer Institute, founded in 1843, was originally located 1.5 mi. NE of this site and operated until 1865. It was named for benefactor Alexander Downer (1752–1820), whose will established an orphanage and school . . . — — Map (db m9994) HM
On Reynolds Street near 11th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Near this site stood Ware High School, which was the first public high school for African-Americans in Georgia and one of only five in the south while it was in operation. Founded in 1880, it was named for Edmund Asa Ware, Freedman`s Bureau Officer . . . — — Map (db m37094) HM
On Laney Walker Boulevard west of 12th Street, on the right when traveling east.
A native of Waynesboro, Ga., he graduated from Morehouse College and
Howard University School of Law. A pioneering attorney and judge, he
filed and won the lawsuits that desegregated the Richmond County School
System, the Augusta Police . . . — — Map (db m227136) HM
On Reynolds Street at 12th Street when traveling east on Reynolds Street.
Education emerged as one of the most highly valued benefits of freedom for African Americans. While Springfield members conducted clandestine schools for black students before the Civil War, one of the first openly acknowledged schools for . . . — — Map (db m273390) HM
[North Face]:
In Memoriam
"No Nation Rose So White
And Fair:
None Fell So Pure Of Crime"
[West Face]:
Erected
A.D. 1878
by
The Ladies
Memorial Association
of Augusta.
In Honor of the men of
Richmond County . . . — — Map (db m9673) WM
Near Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) east of 19th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east.
In Congress, July 4, 1776.Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.And for the support of this Declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,
we . . . — — Map (db m137039) HM
Near Capitol Avenue Southwest south of M.L.K. Junior Drive Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
Expelled Because of Color” is dedicated to the memory of the 33 Black state legislators who were elected, yet expelled from the Georgia House because of their color in 1868.
The cinder block forms at the base of the sculpture symbolize the . . . — — Map (db m130191) HM
On Greene Street at 8th Street, in the median on Greene Street.
On this site May 8, 1845
The Southern Baptist Convention
was organized
by 327 delegates from the states of
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisana, Kentucky and District of Columbia.
———
The . . . — — Map (db m210478) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
