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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Macon
Macon, Georgia and Vicinity
▶ Bibb County (63) ▶ Crawford County (9) ▶ Houston County (9) ▶ Jones County (33) ▶ Monroe County (15) ▶ Twiggs County (14)
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| Near Riverside Drive (U.S. 23) at Jones Street. |
| | Governor of Georgia (1877-1882), U.S. Congressman (1853-1855), U.S. Senator (1883-1894), Major U.S. Army in the Mexican War, Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, Alfred Holt Colquitt is buried here. Born in Walton County, Georgia, April 20, . . . — — Map (db m25393) HM |
| On Anthony Road at Stephens Street, on the right when traveling east on Anthony Road. |
| | Ballard-Hudson Senior High School was built in 1949 as the only high school in Macon for African Americans in grades nine through twelve. The school
represents the merger of two schools: Ballard High School, a private school with roots in Lewis . . . — — Map (db m38198) HM |
| On Anthony Road just east of Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This marker represents the establishment of a comprehensive high school for black people in Macon-Bibb County. The name is a merger of the Ballard High School and the Hudson High School. This public high school was supported by the Bibb County Board . . . — — Map (db m61189) HM |
| On Ocmulgee National Park Road 0.2 miles from Emery Highway (Georgia Route 80), on the right when traveling south. |
| | On July 30, 1864, Gen. Stoneman with 2,500 cavalry crossed Walnut Creek & placed his cannon on a ridge on the Dunlap farm. He attacked Macon to capture the gold in the Confederate Depository; to destroy the Armory, Arsenal & Laboratories, the . . . — — Map (db m98661) HM |
| On Mulberry Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Mulberry Street. |
| | Bibb County was created by Act of Dec. 9, 1822 from Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Counties. It was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) of Elbert County. Dr. Bibb, physician, legislator, Congressman, Senator, was appointed Governor of . . . — — Map (db m44892) HM |
| On High Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Sidney Lanier, poet, linguist, musician, mathematician & lawyer, was born in this cottage, Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe Univ. then at Milledgeville, served as a private in the Confederate Army and was captured while commanding a . . . — — Map (db m664) HM |
| On 7th Street north of Bay Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | After the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, on April 6 & 7, 1862, the Confederate government selected Macon as a Federal prisoner-of-war camp site. The Macon Fair and Parade Grounds was used to incarcerate 900 prisoners-of-war later that spring. Named . . . — — Map (db m110167) HM |
| On Joe Tamplin Industrial Boulevard 0.1 miles west of Riggins Mill Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Camp Wheeler was an army training camp during 1917-19 and 1940-46. It was named for Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Confederate Lt. Gen. who was born in Augusta, Ga.
The tent camp was established in 1917 after efforts of local businessmen brought . . . — — Map (db m12415) HM |
| On Shurling Drive 0 miles west of Gray Highway (U.S. 129), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Founded in October 1899 by the Reverend E. K. Love under the auspices of the Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Central City College served as a co-educational institution of learning for African-American students at both the high school and . . . — — Map (db m23065) HM |
| On Walnut Street 0 miles east of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Reverend Lot Jones, while on a missionary tour of Georgia, founded Christ Episcopal Church on March 5, 1825. It was the first congregation organized in Macon. On December 26, 1826, the Georgia General Assembly enacted, “that Christopher B. . . . — — Map (db m49579) HM |
| On D. T. Walton Sr. Way at Poplar Street on D. T. Walton Sr. Way. |
| | The Macon City Hall, built in 1837 for the Monroe Railroad & Banking Co. and since remodeled, served from Nov. 18, 1864 till March 11, 1865 as temporary Capitol of Ga. Here Gov. Brown had his office and convened the last session of the Ga. . . . — — Map (db m60529) HM |
| On Mulberry Street east of Spring Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1860 the population of Bibb County was 16,289. The 6,790 slaves and free persons of color were the backbone of “King Cotton.” There were at least three slave depots (markets) on Poplar Street. Many slaves and freedman worked as . . . — — Map (db m99469) HM |
| On College Station Drive 0 miles south of Columbus Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Colonial Trading Path or “Lower Path” joined the heart of the Creek Nation on the Chattahoochee River to the English Trading Post in Ocmulgee Old Fields, now Ocmulgee National Monument. Here the chief towns of the ancient Creek . . . — — Map (db m49624) HM |
| Near Riverside Drive (U.S. 23). |
| | On Thursday, April 26, 1866, the graves of Confederate soldiers in Rose Hill Cemetery and in the cemetery at 7th and Cherry Streets were decorated with flowers by the members of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, organized in March 1866 with Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m37572) HM |
| On Vineville Avenue (U.S. 41) at Vista Circle, on the right when traveling north on Vineville Avenue. |
| | Approximately 100 feet south of this point stood the Confederate States Central Laboratory. Erected between 1862 and 1865, this laboratory-factory complex spread over 145 acres purchased December 2, 1862. It was intended as permanent facility and . . . — — Map (db m12290) HM |
| On Bond Street 0.2 miles south of Orange Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This impressive home was already more than a quarter century old when Union Major General James Harrison Wilson occupied it in 1865. It is a masterpiece of one of Macon's most notable early master-builders, Alexander Elam who designed this house for . . . — — Map (db m103212) HM |
| On Willie Smokie Glover Drive, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | In May 1539 Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd reserved for famine. Fired by his success in
Pizarro's conquest of Peru, De Soto had been granted the rights, by the King of Spain, to explore, . . . — — Map (db m27272) HM |
| On Mulberry Street Parkway at Mulberry Street on Mulberry Street Parkway. |
| | This fencing was manufactured c. 1856 at the Findlay Foundry and once enclosed the Robert Findlay estate. The Findlay Foundry was operated by the Confederate States Ordnance Bureau as the Macon Arsenal from 1862 -1865. — — Map (db m110385) HM |
| On 3rd Street 0 miles north of Cherry Street, in the median. |
| | After a revival of interest in camellias, the first public Camellia Show in the U.S. was held Feb. 5, 1932 at Burden-Smith & Co. At the suggestion of Henry T. Conner, immediately after the show, the Azalea and Camellia Soc. of America, forerunner of . . . — — Map (db m49669) HM |
| On Woolfolk Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling west on Woolfolk Street. |
| | Fort Hawkins was established at this site in 1806 on the eastern bank of the Ocmulgee River at the border of the Muskogee Creek Nation. The location was chosen by the fort’s namesake, Benjamin Hawkins, who served as the U.S. Agent for Indian Affairs . . . — — Map (db m59564) HM |
| On Woolfolk Street east of Womack Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During the early 1800s, Georgia grew through a series of treaties with the Creek Indians. After the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson authorized Benjamin Hawkins, Agent for Indian Affairs, to negotiate the 1805 treaty to expand Georgia . . . — — Map (db m103214) HM |
| On Mulberry Street 0 miles east of 3rd Street, in the median. |
| | Freemasonry came to Macon in 1824 when the city was in its infancy. Macon Lodge No. 5, F. &A.M., was organized in 1824 and chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia in 1825. Historians have referred to Macon lodge as being the “First society in . . . — — Map (db m54733) HM |
| On Woolfolk Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling east on Woolfolk Street. |
| | In Ocmulgee Fields camped Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe and his men on their way to Coweta Town for the purpose of making the treaty with the Creek Confederacy in 1739 — — Map (db m59596) HM |
| Near Riverside Drive (U.S. 23) at Jones Street. |
| | Edward D. Tracy, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 1833. His father served as Macon’s second Mayor (1826-1828), a Judge of Superior Court, and hosted General Lafayette during his visit to Macon in 1825. The younger Tracy graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m25388) HM |
| On Nottingham Drive 0 miles west of Masonic Home Road, in the median. |
| | In Memory of J. Wilson Parker
June 26, 1895 ------ July 27, 1966
Grand Master 1940
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Masonic Home of Georgia, 1946-1966
Raised in Fairburn Lodge No. 180, F. & A. M., 1920; Worshipful Master 1923 and . . . — — Map (db m49146) HM |
| On Nottingham Drive 0.1 miles west of Masonic Home Road, in the median. |
| | Worshipful Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., Rome, 1885-1923; Worshipful Master of the Seventh District Masonic Convention, 1897-1923; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia 1900-1907; High Priest Rome Chapter No. 26, R.A.M; . . . — — Map (db m49193) HM |
| On Mulberry Street 0 miles east of 2nd Street, in the median. |
| | On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (100 miles NE), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed . . . — — Map (db m25409) HM |
| Near Riverside Drive (U.S. 23) at Jones Street. |
| | Col. John Basil Lamer, aide-de-camp of General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend, was mortally wounded on September 14, 1862 while vainly trying to rally Cobb’s Brigade at Crampton’s Gap, Maryland. After temporary burial in Charles . . . — — Map (db m25121) HM |
| On Mulberry Street Parkway. |
| | This house, built in 1853 by Judge Asa Holt, was struck by a cannon ball from Gen. Stoneman's guns in East Macon during the Battle of Dunlap's Hill. July 30, 1864, when the Union army tried unsuccessfully to take Macon. The ball, now in the . . . — — Map (db m23376) HM |
| On Mulberry Street (Georgia Route 49) east of 1st Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m130973) HM |
| On Mulberry Street at New Street, on the right when traveling west on Mulberry Street. |
| | The first Masonic meeting in Georgia was held in 1734 at the town of Sunbury in what is now Liberty County, with General James Edward Oglethorpe serving as Worshipful Master. This was just seventeen years after the formation of the Grand Lodge of . . . — — Map (db m49663) HM |
| On Poplar Street at First Street when traveling west on Poplar Street. |
| | The building that houses Macon’s City Hall was constructed in 1837 as headquarters for the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company. In 1845, the Greek Revival temple-style building was converted into Macon’s first “fire-proof” cotton . . . — — Map (db m99439) HM |
| | Military earthworks, also variously called redoubts, lunettes, entrenchments and breastworks, have been used for centuries as points of lookout and defense. Early in the Civil War, soldiers learned to dig a simple trench behind an earthen parapet . . . — — Map (db m103297) HM |
| On Mulberry Street 0 miles east of 3rd Street, in the median. |
| | The Reform Medical College of Georgia, Middle Georgia’s first medical school was founded in Forsyth, in 1839. The School moved to Macon in 1845 and remained here for 50 years before moving to Atlanta. Scores of physicians received their medical . . . — — Map (db m54940) HM |
| On Poplar Street (U.S. 41) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Street. |
| |
Medal of Honor
Reverse
Sgt. Rodney Maxwell Davis
United States Marine Corps
April 7, 1942 Sept. 6, 1967
Macon, Georgia Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
For conspicious gallantry and intrepidity at the . . . — — Map (db m53214) HM WM |
| On Coleman Avenue at College Street, on the right when traveling east on Coleman Avenue. |
| | Founded in Penfield, Georgia, January 14, 1833, as Mercer Institute, Mercer University, the “oldest child” of the Georgia Baptist Convention, has been the chief source of Baptist ministerial and lay leaders through the years. Among the . . . — — Map (db m44946) HM |
| On Mulberry Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Mulberry Street. |
| | This church, organized in 1826, is on land deeded to it by the Georgia Legislature in the same year. In 1828, the first church building in Macon was erected on this site. The first appointed pastor was Thomas Darley, who had been ordained by Bishop . . . — — Map (db m29210) HM |
| On Madison Street north of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Oak Ridge Cemetery, also a part of Rose Hill Cemetery, was set aside for Negro slave burials of many prominent Macon families. Many affluent descendants of slaves such as doctors, teachers, and businessmen are also buried here. — — Map (db m103153) HM |
| On Madison Street north of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Macon native Simri Rose, for whom Rose Hill Cemetery is named, established these grounds in 1840. Rose set aside ten acres of the property for slave owners to purchase and bury enslaved people and to bury city-owned enslaved people. On September 12, . . . — — Map (db m103166) HM |
| Near Madison Street 0.2 miles north of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23). |
| | After the Civil War, the three distinct sections present in Oak Ridge today began to form. In addition to the antebellum and Civil War burials of enslaved people, a portion of Oak Ridge was sold to William Wolff in 1879 as a burial ground for Temple . . . — — Map (db m103179) HM |
| On Third Street Parkway at Cherry Street, in the median on Third Street Parkway. |
| | We of the American Legion honor those men who lost their lives in the Viet-Nam Conflict Aug. 5, 1964 to Aug. 15, 1973 from Bibb County, GA.
* ARMY * *MARINES* *AIR FORCE*
Baker, J. W.
Betleyoun, G. C.
Brown, . . . — — Map (db m53432) HM |
| Near Jones Street at Riverside Drive (Georgia Route 87), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Rose Hill Cemetery opened in May of 1840, twenty one years before the first casualties of the Civil War. Seven Macon soldiers were killed in the battle at Pensacola, Fl., in the first year of the war 1861. Four were brought to Macon and buried in . . . — — Map (db m99507) HM |
| On College Street at Georgia Avenue, on the left when traveling north on College Street. |
| | On December 23, 1836, the Legislature of the State of Georgia chartered The Georgia Female College. The first class graduated July 26, 1840. In 1843, the name was changed to Wesleyan Female College; in 1919 to Wesleyan College.
The oldest . . . — — Map (db m54616) HM |
| On Poplar Street at New Street, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Street. |
| | The history of Roman Catholicism in Macon dates to a visit in 1829 by Bishop John England of the Diocese of Charleston and the subsequent migration of Irish Catholic families in the 1830s. In 1841 Macon's Catholics received their first pastor, . . . — — Map (db m22189) HM |
| On Ward Street 0.1 miles north of Vineville Avenue (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This African-American parish began in 1888 and was named St. Peter Claver in 1903, in honor of the Patron Saint of Negro Missions. The current school, convent, and rectory were built here after the parish moved from Pio Nono Avenue in 1913. The . . . — — Map (db m25123) HM |
| On Cherry Street at Spring Street (Georgia Route 19), on the right when traveling east on Cherry Street. |
| | Jewish-Americans have played a significant role in the economic,social and political life of Macon since the 1840s. To meet their growing religious needs, they established Orthodox Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Israel in 1859 in downtown Macon. The . . . — — Map (db m155592) HM |
| On Ocmulgee National Park Road 0.2 miles south of Emery Highway (U.S. 23/80), on the left when traveling south. |
| | During the Civil War, Macon, Georgia was a thriving city, serving as a major transportation, medical, and manufacturing center. In 1864, Federal officers were being held at Camp Oglethorpe, a prisoner of war camp. Two battles were fought in Macon; . . . — — Map (db m98657) HM |
| On Ocmulgee National Park Road 0.2 miles from Emery Highway (U.S. 80), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The only battles fought at Macon took place here. Twice the Federals attacked Macon, emplanting their cannon on this farm, and twice they were repulsed. In the first attack under Gen. Stoneman on July 30, 1864, they shelled Macon from 10 A.M. until . . . — — Map (db m44995) HM |
| On Ocmulgee National Park Road 0.2 miles south of Emery Highway (U.S. 23/80), on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1856, Samuel S. Dunlap constructed this house as part of his 400-acre cotton plantation. The plantation was operated by nineteen slaves who lived in three cabins. The Dunlap family also owned a home on High Street in the city of Macon. On July . . . — — Map (db m98654) HM |
| On Washington Avenue (U.S. 41) at High Place, on the right when traveling east on Washington Avenue. |
| | This church was founded in 1826 as the city’s first Baptist congregation. It was first located at the site of the present Bibb County Courthouse. The fourth and final move, to this site, occurred in 1883 and the current building was dedicated in . . . — — Map (db m23046) HM |
| On Mulberry Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Mulberry Street. |
| | Organized as the Presbyterian Church of Macon on June 18, 1826, by the Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve and the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, the church dedicated this house of worship, its third, on September 19, 1858, at the close of the ministry of the Rev. . . . — — Map (db m44944) HM |
| On Mulberry Street (Georgia Route 49) west of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Lanier House, for decades Macon's premiere hotel, opened on June 12, 1850 at this location. Macon native and poet Sidney Lanier was a member of the inn-keeping family. With additions the hotel stretched 135 feet on Mulberry Street with a cast . . . — — Map (db m130961) HM WM |
| On Mulberry Street 0 miles west of 1st Street, in the median. |
| | On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army (650,000 infantry and 5,500 cavalry) moved in two widely separated wings. The Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, . . . — — Map (db m25408) HM |
| On Mulberry Street 0 miles west of New Street, in the median. |
| | In July, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest,” Sherman sought to force its evacuation by sending Maj. Gen. Geo. . . . — — Map (db m44555) HM |
| Near Madison Street 0.1 miles north of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23). |
| | Before you are the known graves of almost 1,000 people who died enslaved. Despite the enormous number of people who died in slavery in the United States, the burial sites of only a small number of the enslaved are known. Oak Ridge Cemetery is . . . — — Map (db m103177) HM |
| On Vinevile Avenue (U.S. 41) at Forest Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Vinevile Avenue. |
| | Vineville United Methodist Church, the oldest daughter of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, was begun in 1846 to serve wealthy planters of the village of Vineville, just outside Macon. It has been located on this site since 1897. The current . . . — — Map (db m44570) HM |
| On Woolfolk Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling east on Woolfolk Street. |
| | As U.S. Army and Georgia Militia Headquarters, Fort Hawkins played a significant role in the War of 1812. The fort supplied all command and logistics support for the Southern Theatre and fort personnel participated directly in the Creek War and The . . . — — Map (db m59575) HM |
| On College Street at Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling south on College Street. |
| | Led by the Methodist Community, a citizens’ committee in the city of Macon founded Wesleyan as the first baccalaureate college for women. The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church accepted the college from the committee, appointed a . . . — — Map (db m55010) HM |
| On 3rd Street 0 miles north of Cherry Street, in the median. |
| | In grateful memory of William Arthur Fickling, Sr. (1903 - 1990), a long time resident of Macon and Bibb County and leader in numerous civic, governmental, religious and charitable organizations and activities.
Mr. Fickling’s broad ranging . . . — — Map (db m49768) HM |
| On Mulberry Street (Georgia Route 49) west of 3rd Street Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By an Act of Congress (P.L. 105-163) this historic building is named for United States District Judge "Gus" Bootle. Judge Bootle was born in Walterboro, S.C. on August 19, 1902, and attended Mercer University where he was awarded a law degree in . . . — — Map (db m130997) HM |
| On the park road south of Emery Highway (U.S. 80). |
| | In 1775 William Bartram wrote of viewing “Old Okmulgee Fields” and remains of the power and grandeur of ancients of area. — — Map (db m419) HM |
| On Colonial Station Drive 0 miles south of Columbus Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During his 1775 visit, Bartram noted this area “exhibited a delightful diversified rural scene and promises a happy, fruitful, and salubrious region.” — — Map (db m49588) HM |
| On Mulberry Street 0 miles west of 3rd Street, in the median. |
| | On March 22, 1865, the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi [US], Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, left the Tennessee River near Florence, Ala., and marched south to Selma to destroy its arsenals and foundries. On April 10th, . . . — — Map (db m25380) HM |
| On Irwinton Highway (Georgia Route 57) 0 miles east of Hidden Valley Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On Nov. 22, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved SE from Clinton (near Gray) towards Gordon and Irwinton on its destructive March to the Sea. Walcutt’s brigade, with two guns of Arndt’s Michigan Battery, was . . . — — Map (db m25240) HM |
| On Old Garrison Road (Georgia Route 49) at Griswoldville Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Garrison Road. |
| | On Nov. 22, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved SE from Clinton (near Gray) toward Gordon and Irwinton on its destructive March to the Sea. Walcutt brigade, with two guns of Arndt’s Michigan Battery, was . . . — — Map (db m41550) HM |
| On Georgia Route 49 at Georgia Route 18, on the right when traveling south on State Route 49. Reported missing. |
| | This road was built about 1800 by the State as a military road for the movement of troops between Milledgeville and Fort Hawkins (Macon) during the Indian Wars. It was strongly garrisoned to afford protection on this side of the Ocmulgee River, and . . . — — Map (db m57868) HM |
| On Pitts Chapel Road 0.2 miles south of Georgia Route 49, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The first record of Pitts Chapel dates back to October 13, 1860 when three and three-fourths acres of land was purchased from James Wells for $130 for the purpose of erecting a Methodist Episcopal Church. Upon this land was erected the largest and . . . — — Map (db m41560) HM |
| On Georgia Route 49 at Pitts Chapel Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 49. |
| | On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, the headquarters and one division (Hazen’s) of the 15th Corps [US] of General Sherman’s army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped here at the crossing of the . . . — — Map (db m41446) HM |
| On Thomaston Road (Georgia Route 74) 0.2 miles west of Lower Thomaston Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Montpelier Institute, founded in 1842 by Stephen Elliott, Jr., First Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Georgia, was Georgia's second oldest school for girls. Col. G.B. Lamar gave the land for the school including Montpelier Springs, long noted as a . . . — — Map (db m9929) HM |
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