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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sandersville, Georgia

 
Clickable Map of Washington County, Georgia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Washington County, GA (46) Baldwin County, GA (58) Glascock County, GA (5) Hancock County, GA (19) Jefferson County, GA (30) Johnson County, GA (9) Wilkinson County, GA (19)  WashingtonCounty(46) Washington County (46)  BaldwinCounty(58) Baldwin County (58)  GlascockCounty(5) Glascock County (5)  HancockCounty(19) Hancock County (19)  JeffersonCounty(30) Jefferson County (30)  JohnsonCounty(9) Johnson County (9)  WilkinsonCounty(19) Wilkinson County (19)
Sandersville is the county seat for Washington County
Sandersville is in Washington County
      Washington County (46)  
ADJACENT TO WASHINGTON COUNTY
      Baldwin County (58)  
      Glascock County (5)  
      Hancock County (19)  
      Jefferson County (30)  
      Johnson County (9)  
      Wilkinson County (19)  
 
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1 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 150-14 — Buffalo Creek
Early on Nov. 25, 1864, the advance guard of the 20th Corps & of Gen. Sherman's army reached this vicinity and found that the nine bridges over, Buffalo Creek and tributaries had been burned by Wheeler's cavalry. A detachment of the 58th Indiana . . . Map (db m151273) HM
2 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — David A. Gordon1866-1947 — Educator —
For over 60 years this outstanding Negro was an entrepreneurial, educational, religious, and political leader in Washington County. On this site in 1897 he founded the Royal School for young Negro children.Map (db m24439) HM
3 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 20 — Deepstep United Methodist Church1805 — United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 380 —
Traces its beginning to a Methodist Society held at home of pioneer William Hicklin around 1805, and the 1825 Hicklin Meeting House Roll with 32 members recorded by Rev. Tillman Snead, early Methodist Pastor. First deed found in 1831 settlement of . . . Map (db m38681) HM
4 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Forest Grove
1840 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorMap (db m197789) HM
5 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 150-9 — Governor Thomas W. Hardwick
Governor Thomas William Hardwick, lawyer and statesman, spent most of his life in this city. Born in Thomasville, Dec. 9, 1872, he graduated from Mercer in 1892 and from Lumpkin Law School, U. of Ga., in ‘93, in which year he was admitted to the . . . Map (db m24746) HM
6 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 150-11 — Jefferson Davis
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (68 miles N), 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 m24785) HM
7 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 150-5 — Masonic Temple
A beautiful reproduction of the Greek Temple Athene, erected in 1855-56 for the Masons, of brick, hand-made by slaves, stood on this corner. An appeal by Mr. James D. Anthony and Dr. James R. Smith -- Methodist Ministers -- and Mr. Pincus Happ, . . . Map (db m24677) HM
8 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Old City Cemeteryc. 1831
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.Map (db m24749) HM
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9 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Pvt. Willie Lee Duckworth Sr.1924 — 2004
In 1944, at Ft. Slocum, N.Y., Duckworth, an ordinary buck private from Sandersville, Georgia, authored one of the most popular marching cadences in military history. At first, it was known as the "Duckworth Chant." It later gained fame as . . . Map (db m103232) HM
10 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 11 — Rev. J. D. Anthony1824 ~ 1899 — United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 164 —
James Danelly Anthony entered the Methodist ministry at the 1847 Georgia Conference and after 50 years of service retired in 1897. He had 12 different charges and was 4 times Presiding elder for separate districts, one being the Sandersville . . . Map (db m24763) HM
11 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Saunder’s Store
The present site of the building, which stands on the corner of South Harris Street and West Haynes Street, was the location of Mr. Mark Sander’s store at the crossing of roads. On December 19, 1793, the Legislature of Georgia authorized that a . . . Map (db m24756) HM
12 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — L18 — The Brown HouseA Bed and a Meal for General Sherman — March to the Sea Heritage Trail —
The Brown House was built about 1850 by Nathan Haynes. It was purchased by merchant and planter William Gainer Brown about 1851. During the 1850s portraits of William and Miriah Brown were painted by an itinerant artist for $75 plus room and board. . . . Map (db m103238) HM
13 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 150-15 — The March to the Sea
On Nov. 24, 1864, the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Milledgeville enroute to Sandersville. On the 26th, after delays caused by destruction . . . Map (db m24443) HM
14 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County (GA) Confederate Memorial
To the memory of the Confederate soldiers, who illustrated Washington Co. on many battlefields. A hero's crown is thine forever. There are deeds which should not pass away and names that cannot be forgotten. 1861 – . . . Map (db m197787) WM
15 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — 150-1 — Washington County Court House
Washington, Georgia’s ninth county and first in the nation to be named for George Washington, was created in 1784 for granting land to soldiers for Revolutionary War services. Court House Square, located on the old stage coach road from . . . Map (db m24690) HM
16 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — L17 — Washington County Courthouse"We had fought for the town and it was our plunder." — Jefferson Davis Heritage Trail —
On Thursday, November 24, 1864, the 14th and 20th Corps of Union Major General William T. Sherman's army began entering Washington County. By November 26th the 28,000 soldiers of the two corps arrived in Sandersville, marching on separate roads . . . Map (db m103235) HM
17 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County Korean Monument
. . . Map (db m103233) WM
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18 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County Korean War Memorial
Dedicated to the Men and Women of Washington County who served our country with honor during the Korean War June 27, 1950 January 31, 1955 {Honor Roll on Left and right panels of those who . . . Map (db m103379) WM
19 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County Viet Nam War Monument
. . . Map (db m103377) WM
20 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County World War I Monument
In Sacred Memory of the men of Washington County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I Carroll William Deal Claude Louis Deal Julius Hartley Abbie Lee Johnson Lewis Cheatham Newsom Wilbur Stuart Sewell Sr. William . . . Map (db m103385) WM
21 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County World War II Memorial
In Grateful Tribute to The Men and Women of Washington County Who Served in The Armed Forces Of Our Country in World War IIMap (db m103387) WM
22 Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville — Washington County World War II MonumentsWoodmen of the World Memorials
In Sacred Memory of the men of Washington County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II {Honor Roll of the War Dead}Map (db m103388) WM
 
 
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Mar. 29, 2024