On Clarkesville Highway (Georgia Route 115) 0.1 miles west of Cannon Bridge Road ( Route 105), on the right when traveling east.
The historic Blair line between the State of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation crossed this highway at this point. This line was surveyed by James Blair in the early 1800’s. It ran from the forks of the Soque and Chattahoochee rivers in a direct . . . — — Map (db m43670) HM
On Grant Street (Old U.S. 441) at Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on Grant Street.
with 500 Spanish and Portugese soldiers and with 200 Cherokee burden bearers passed here about May 30th 1540 twenty six years before the founding of St. Augustine — — Map (db m173169) HM
On Wilson Street at East Green Street, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Street.
The first Episcopal service in Clarkesville was held Oct. 28, 1838 by the Rev. Mr. Ezra B. Kellogg, sent from N. Y. to the Diocese of Georgia as a missionary to this section. On Dec. 12, 1838, at his home, Grace Church was organized for three local . . . — — Map (db m14384) HM
On Monroe Street (Georgia Route 115) at Washington Street ( Route 197), on the right when traveling west on Monroe Street.
Habersham County was created by Acts of the Legislature, Dec. 15, 1818, and named for Joseph Habersham (1751–1815), of Savannah, who had a summer home near Clarkesville. He served in the Revolution as a Lieut. Col. in the Ga. Continental line; was . . . — — Map (db m40283) HM
On Jefferson Street at East Green Street, on the left when traveling south on Jefferson Street.
This heart pine cabin is one of the few remaining example of a single-pen (room) cabin built when this was the Georgia mountain frontier. The hand-hewn logs are joined with full-dovetail corner notching and the logs are chinked on the interior with . . . — — Map (db m291710) HM
Near East Morgan Street east of Jeffferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
A Presbyterian Clergyman, Chaplain, and Professor near Columbia, S.C.
Born in Ireland, Parish Garvaghy, county Down and accidently drowned when bathing at the Falls of Tallulah near this place, July 11th, 1837, aged 30 years and five months. . . . — — Map (db m292579) HM
On Georgia Route 197 0.1 miles south of Sutton Mill Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Three local citizens, W. M. Loggans, B. B. Heyward and W. P. Furr, donated 300 acres of prime farm land to entice location of the Ninth District School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a boarding high school, on this site. Since 1906, thousands . . . — — Map (db m291709) HM
On Georgia 197, on the right when traveling north.
In 1907, three local citizens, W.M. Loggans, B.B. Heyward, and W.P. Furr, donated 300 acres of farmland for the new location of the Ninth District School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. "The A&M School," a residential high school, operated from . . . — — Map (db m291708) HM
On East Morgan Street east of Jeffferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Many of the hemlock trees in The Old Clarkesville Cemetery are markers for graves. In the 19th century, people carried their markers to the cemetery, and a small hemlock tree was often planted at the head of a loved one's grave. While touring the . . . — — Map (db m292592) HM
Near East Wayne Street at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
Site of the first church building in Clarkesville
On land donated by James R. Brannon, a Methodist
The chapel was used by the Methodist, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians
1831 - 1882
Marker dedicated 2023
Clarkesville Bicentennial . . . — — Map (db m292580) HM
On Tugalo Short Cut Road at Old U.S. 441, on the left when traveling north on Tugalo Short Cut Road.
Richmond Walton McCurry Memorial Forest Park established 1940 in memory of Honorary State Regent and Vice President General by the Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolution and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. — — Map (db m294528) HM
On East Morgan Street east of Jeffferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
1861 - Civil War begins, Georgia secedes from the Union, and the Confederate States of America is formed.
1865 - Civil War ends.
1867 - Charles Deas is appointed Registrar for Habersham County during Reconstruction.
1870 - Georgia is . . . — — Map (db m292593) HM
On Hollywood Highway (Old U.S. 441) 0.1 miles north of New Liberty Road, on the left when traveling north.
This was the summer home of Joseph Habersham of Savannah (1751-1815), Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War hero, and political leader. He was a Colonel in the Continental Army, a member of Continental Congress, and of the Georgia Convention that . . . — — Map (db m43697) HM
On Jefferson Street 0.7 miles west of Rocky Branch Road, on the left when traveling south.
On this site Colonel S. A. Wales built a house in 1833. Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885). United States Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of State, of the Confederate States, purchased it in 1879 for a summer home. General Toombs sold the property to . . . — — Map (db m27956) HM
On Hollywood Highway (Old U.S. 441) at Buckhorn Road (County Route 129), on the right when traveling north on Hollywood Highway.
The Unicoi Turnpike, first vehicular route to connect North Georgia and Tennessee with the head of navigation on the Savannah River system, passed here. Beginning on the Tugalo River to the east of Toccoa, the road led this way, thence across . . . — — Map (db m43671) HM
