"Little Alec,” Vice-President of the Confederacy, was born nearby in a log cabin Feb. 11, 1812, son of Andrew B. & Margaret Grier Stephens, a poor farm family. At his parents’ death he was educated by an uncle, Gen. A. W. Grier, at Washington, and . . . — — Map (db m24853) HM
This school, one of the finest of the early Georgia Academies, was chartered by the Legislature, Dec. 26, 1826. First trustees were Archibald Gresham, R. Q. Dickinson, Wylie Womack, Hermon Mercer, Leonidas B. Mercer. Among the first masters were . . . — — Map (db m15747) HM
This, the first Protestant Church in the Taliaferro area and originally called Bethel, was established in 1802 by Rev. Jesse Mercer and Rev. James Matthews on land given by William Janes, one of Georgia's largest planters. The first pastor was Rev. . . . — — Map (db m15733) HM
This church, originally known as "Bird's Chapel," was founded in 1826 as the first church in the newly formed town of Crawfordville. It was an outgrowth of the now defunct Powder Creek Meeting House near Sandy Cross, which came into existence about . . . — — Map (db m15288) HM
Liberty Hall
Has been designated a
National historic Landmark
This site possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
1983
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m46025) HM
On this site, Lot 17, provided for, in 1826, in the Town Plan by Hermon Mercer, who laid out the town of Crawfordville, a tavern, inn or hotel has stood continuously. The original tavern, built by Gilbert Rossignol, a refugee from the French . . . — — Map (db m21444) HM
The renowned Georgia poetess, Roselle Mercier Montgomery, daughter of Col. William Nathaniel and Emma Smith Mercier, was born on this site in 1874. Educated at Washington Female Seminary and Mary Baldwin Seminary, she married distinguished N.Y. . . . — — Map (db m15255) HM
Richard Malcolm Johnston (1822–1898), educator and author, was born at Powelton. Later, his father moved to Crawfordville for better school facilities for his children. The Powelton home was torn down and reerected on this site. Johnston was . . . — — Map (db m15371) HM
At this crossroads stood the store and drug shop of Col. Robert Chivers, father of Georgia’s “lost poet,” Dr. Thomas Holley Chivers. Born at his father’s plantation home nearby in 1809, Dr. Chivers graduated in medicine at Transylvania . . . — — Map (db m24866) HM
This County, created by an act of the Legislature Dec. 24, 1825, is named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro, Revolutionary soldier in Lee's Legion and a member of Congress from 1799 to 1802.
In this city stands Liberty Hall, now a State Shrine, . . . — — Map (db m15236) HM
1917-1918
Dedicated to those of Taliaferro County, GA. who offered their lives
in Humanity's defense
in the
War of the Nations
and in memory of
those who gave
their full measure
of devotion — — Map (db m15282) HM
In sacred memory of the men
of Taliaferro County who
made the supreme sacrifice
World War I
Roy Dozier
World War II
L.A. Cason
Henry C. Simons
Roger W. Gunn
Charles Roberts
On fames eternal camping ground, their silent . . . — — Map (db m32340) HM
The colonial road from Charleston to Vicksburg followed the highway at this point. The route, used by Col. Langdon Welch on his expedition to the Mississippi in 1698, was thereafter followed by British traders. Through Taliaferro Co., it followed . . . — — Map (db m15242) HM
