On Colquitt Highway (U.S. 27) at Industrial Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Colquitt Highway.
In August, 1942, on this 2,053 acre tract, the U.S. Army constructed a basic flight training field. It remained open until 1945. At its peak 9600 officers, enlisted men, trainees and WACS were stationed here; there were 700 civilian employees, . . . — — Map (db m55574) HM
On Albany Road (Georgia Route 97) 0 miles north of Carter Street, on the right when traveling north.
In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Captain Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Captain Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee). . . . — — Map (db m55600) HM
On Albany Road (Georgia Route 97) at Carter Street, on the right when traveling north on Albany Road.
In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Capt. Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Capt. Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee). In a . . . — — Map (db m55598) HM
On East Shotwell Street (Business U.S. 84) at Broad Street (Business U.S. 27), on the right when traveling west on East Shotwell Street.
On the east side of Flint River, twenty-one miles southwest is the site of Camp Recovery, established during the First Seminole Indian War as a hospital base to which the sick soldiers from Fort Scott were sent to recover. A Federal Monument on the . . . — — Map (db m55668) HM
On Faceville Highway (Georgia Route 97) at Green Shade Road, on the left when traveling south on Faceville Highway.
Charles James Munnerlyn 1822 ~ 1898
As a delegate to the Georgia Convention at Milledgeville, he voted for secession. After the start of the Civil War, he volunteered as a private. When his health failed he returned home and was elected to . . . — — Map (db m55947) HM
On North Broad Street (Business U.S. 27) at East Water Street, on the left when traveling north on North Broad Street.
In this neighborhood Hernando de Soto and his army discovered the inland waters of the Flint River (“the River of Capachequi”) on Friday, March 5, 1540. Leaving the vicinity of the present Tallahassee, Florida, the Spaniards marched northwest, . . . — — Map (db m55921) HM
On Water St at West Street, on the right when traveling south on Water St.
Decatur County was created by Act of Dec. 8, 1823 from Early County. Sessions were cut off later to form part of Seminole and Grady Counties. It was named for Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), naval officer who served with great gallantry at Tripoli and . . . — — Map (db m39417) HM
Near West Jackson Street west of North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
Decatur County was once a frontier region shared by the Creek and the Seminole Nations. The Creeks, comprised of dozens of loosely associate groups, lived primarily along the southern reaches of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers in Alabama and . . . — — Map (db m117156) HM
On North Broad Street (Business U.S. 27) at East Broughton Street, on the left when traveling north on North Broad Street.
In this vicinity was the Indian trail which, during the period of Spanish occupation, became known as El Camino Real or King’s Highway. This road, connecting St. Augustine and Pensacola, Florida, crossed the Flint River at the trading post of James . . . — — Map (db m55920) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at South Boulevard Drive, on the right when traveling west on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
First Flint River Baptist Normal Institute
In 1876, the First Flint River Missionary Baptist Association was formed to help “lift the veil of ignorance from its people” using land purchased in 1896 and 1915. The Association . . . — — Map (db m40946) HM
On South West Street at Troupe Street, on the left when traveling north on South West Street.
The First Presbyterian Church once stood here. It was a handsome building with a lofty ceiling, vestibule and three sided gallery. The lot was one-half acre in size, cost $110 and was bounded by Troup, West and Crawford Streets. The congregation was . . . — — Map (db m55493) HM
On West Shotwell Street (Business U.S. 84) at South Florida Street, on the right when traveling west on West Shotwell Street.
Founded in 1823, title to this property was conveyed to the church in 1830 by the Inferior Court, Bainbridge. An initial building was erected about 1840 and was also used during the 1850’s for services by Baptists and Presbyterians. In 1854 an . . . — — Map (db m55804) HM
On West Calhoun Street (Business U.S. 27) at North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west on West Calhoun Street.
Four blocks west is the site of Fort Hughes, built in 1817, by the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Infantry under the command of Captain John M. McIntosh. This fort served as a protection for foraging parties and as a trading post and U.S. Arsenal during . . . — — Map (db m55507) HM
On Hutchinson Ferry Road (Georgia Route 97 Spur) at Wingate Road, on the left when traveling north on Hutchinson Ferry Road.
In June 1816 Lt. Col. D. L. Clinch and a detachment of the 4th U.S. Infantry set up camp one mile west of here, calling it Camp Crawford. They began construction of a fort on the site in September 1816, naming it Fort Scott. Need for a fort was . . . — — Map (db m55511) HM
On West Jackson Street, 0 miles west of North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
This monument was originally located in Land Lot Number 224 in the 21st District of Decatur County, Georgia, 16 miles southwest of Bainbridge and on the site of Fort Scott built in 1816 and abandoned in 1821.
It was removed to its present . . . — — Map (db m55902) HM
Near West Jackson Street at North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
Here passed the trail used by General Andrew Jackson and his troops on his way to Fort Hughes [now Bainbridge] and Fort Scott fourteen miles southwest during the First Seminole Indian War, March 8, 1818 — — Map (db m121849) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Progress Street, on the right when traveling west on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
The first school for former slaves in this county was established in 1869 and was known as the Whittier School and Tabernacle for Colored Children. It was on Shotwell Street and had grades 1-7. The name soon changed to Whittier Normal School . . . — — Map (db m40945) HM
On West Broughton Street at North Broad Street (Business U.S. 27), on the right when traveling west on West Broughton Street.
In Memory of Revolutionary Soldiers
Who Settled and Died in Decatur County
Joel Darcy
Private – Capt. Bickham’s Company
Militia of Burke Co., GA.
Commanded by Col. Asa Emanuel
Thomas Fain
Private – N. . . . — — Map (db m61052) HM
On West Water Street, 0 miles west of South Bruton Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1827 the Fanny was the first of more than 220 steamboats to visit Bainbridge and ply the waters of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system. These boats docked at the city's landings below the high bluff on the Flint River. Boatyards . . . — — Map (db m56031) HM
Near North Broad Street (U.S. 27) at West Broughton Street.
The Bainbridge Volunteers
Later
The Bainbridge Independents
Organized 1859, by
Captain Charles G. Campbell,
assembled here in March 1861 and
entered service under the command
of Captain John W. Evans . . . — — Map (db m57419) HM
Near West Jackson Street west of North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Battle of Fowltown, fought just a few miles to the south of this spot, marked the beginning of the First Seminole War. Fowltown was a Seminole village led by Chief Neamathla which had been allied with the British during the War of 1812. It lay . . . — — Map (db m117158) HM
Near West Jackson Street west of North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
The area that became Decatur County played a major role in the First Seminole War. Located on the border with Spanish Florida, the region witnessed persistent violence and raiding between American settlers, Creeks and Seminoles in the early . . . — — Map (db m117154) HM
On West Jackson Street, 0 miles west of North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
The J.D. Chason Memorial Park
The J.D. Chason Memorial Park stands a permanent honor in memory of the late Doctor J.D. Chason. Members of his immediate family graciously presented it on December 29, 1921 to the city of Bainbridge. It is an . . . — — Map (db m55894) HM
Near West Jackson Street west of North Florida Street, on the right when traveling west.
Conflict between Creeks, Seminoles and Americans continued in the years after the First Seminole War. Beginning in the 1820s in Florida, the United States pressured the Seminoles to relocate to the West. At the same time in Georgia and Alabama, the . . . — — Map (db m117160) HM
On Albany Road (Georgia Route 97) 0 miles north of Carter Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Tonge Factory, owned by S. D. Tonge, stood on the South bank of the Flint river one-fourth mile West of here. The cloth produced by this plant was used by the women of Bainbridge to make uniforms for the Confederate soldiers of Decatur county. . . . — — Map (db m55646) HM
On Faceville Highway (Georgia Route 97) at McLauchlin Road (Private), on the left when traveling south on Faceville Highway.
In this vicinity stood the Seminole village of Fowltown, scene of battle, Nov. 21, 1817, which marked the beginning of the First Seminole Indian War. The engagement resulted when Major Twiggs with 250 soldiers from Fort Scott attempted to arrest its . . . — — Map (db m116793) HM
On Industrial Boulevard at 3rd Ramp, on the left when traveling west on Industrial Boulevard.
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"Bill" Lynn, namesake of the community of Lynn Station, was born in Alabama in 1846 (d. 1919). He was the son of Martin R. Lynn and Sarah Ann "Nicey" Conway. According to family tradition, his mother was of Creek Indian ancestry. Lynn . . . — — Map (db m175172) HM
