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On an unnamed gravel road, 0.1 miles west of Brannens Bridge Road.
In early February, 1779, the Southern Armies of the United States and Great Britain were facing across the Savannah River on a battle line reaching from
Savannah to the Broad River above Augusta. The British controlled Georgia and the Americans . . . — — Map (db m11212) HM
On Burtons Ferry Road (U.S. 301), on the left when traveling south.
In 1765, Robert Dunn established a ferry here. It became the gateway for settlers from the Carolinas and Virginia claiming grants in the newly opened lands of interior Georgia.
In 1772 Dunn sold to the enterprising Thomas Burton who made a large . . . — — Map (db m6542) HM
On an unnamed gravel road, 0.1 miles south of Brannen's Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
Near this spot, March 3rd, 1779, General Samuel Elbert, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons, commanding 60 Continentals and 150 Georgia Militia, made one of the most gallant stands against overwhelming odds of . . . — — Map (db m11625) HM
On Burton's Ferry Highway (U.S. 301) at Waynsboro Highway (State Highway 24), in the median on Burton's Ferry Highway.
The establishment of Jacksonboro as the county seat of Screven County was authorized by an Act of the General Assembly, Feb. 1, 1797. James H. Rutherford, Francis Jones, Martin Martin, Anthony Bonnell, Sr., and Stephen Pearce were appointed . . . — — Map (db m7776) HM
On Landmark Road (County Road 192) at Dell Goodall Lane (County Road 277), on the left when traveling north on Landmark Road.
Jacksonborough became the seat of government for Screven County in 1797. For fifty years it was a thriving community, but by 1847 it had declined and the county seat moved to Sylvania. According to legend an itinerant preacher named Lorenzo Dow . . . — — Map (db m128288) HM
On Burton's Ferry Highway (U.S. 301) at Waynsboro Highway (State Highway 24), in the median on Burton's Ferry Highway.
John Abbot, world famed entomologist and
collector of Lepidoptera came to Georgia
from London in 1790, and settled in
Jacksonboro, where he remained many years
collecting Lepidopterous insects. He was sent
to Georgia by a London collector and . . . — — Map (db m24022) HM
On Ogeechee Street (Business U.S. 301) near Main Street (Georgia Route 21), in the median.
Screven County was created by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, December 14th, 1793. It was named for General James Screven. The first county seat and court house was the home of Benjamin Lanier at what is now Rocky Ford.
In a companion . . . — — Map (db m7799) HM
On Effingham Highway (State Highway 17) at Jarrell Pond Rd, on the right when traveling south on Effingham Highway.
On the night of Dec. 4, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, and Hq. 17th Corps, Maj. Gen. F.P. Blair, USA were established at this point, 1 miles NE of Cameron (Station No. 5-1/2, CRR) and 1 mile S of Paris . . . — — Map (db m7882) HM
On Ogeechee Street (Business U.S. 301) at Main Street (Georgia Route 21), in the median on Ogeechee Street.
Sylvania was established as the county seat of Screven County by an Act of the General Assembly, December 24, 1847. Moses N. McCall, Willis Young, John A. Cross, John R. Kittles, Solomon Zeagler, William Lovett and John Roberts were named . . . — — Map (db m7797) HM
On Burton's Ferry Highway (U.S. 301) at Waynsboro Highway (State Highway 24), in the median on Burton's Ferry Highway.
On Dec. 5, 1865, Maj. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis` 14th Corps of Gen. Sherman`s army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped at Jacksonboro. Carlin`s and Morgan`s divisions had marched via Lumpkin`s Station . . . — — Map (db m7774) HM
The two story frame dwelling 200 yards west, built in 1815 by Seaborn Goodall, is all that is left of old Jacksonboro. In it, in 1821, the itinerant preacher Lorenzo Dow found refuge when he was attacked by the rowdies of the town, whom he had . . . — — Map (db m7824) HM
On West Ogeechee Street (Georgia Route 73) at North Main Street, on the left when traveling west on West Ogeechee Street.
On September 25, 1918, the British troopship H.M.S. Otranto left New York carrying more than 1,025 U.S. soldiers and crewmen as part of a convoy headed to fight in Europe during World War I. Most of the soldiers onboard had trained at Fort . . . — — Map (db m159278) HM
On Burton's Ferry Highway (U.S. 301) at Waynsboro Highway (State Highway 24), in the median on Burton's Ferry Highway.
President Washington passed here early on the morning of Tuesday, May 17th, 1791, enroute to the home of William Skinner with whom he had breakfast. The Skinner home, still standing (1953), is about 5 miles northwest. President Washington spent the . . . — — Map (db m7795) HM
