Related Historical Markers

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1 ► Georgia, Wilkes County, Washington — Land Granted to George Walton —

Erected 1820 Land Granted to George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States, boarded here in 1828 while a student at the Washington Academy. — — Map (db m32962) HM

2 ► Georgia, Walton County, Monroe — 147-1 — Walton County —

This County created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 15 & 19, 1818, is named for George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Walton, born in Va. in 1749 came to Savannah when 20 to study law. Elected Secretary of the first Provincial . . . — — Map (db m20703) HM

3 ► Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta — 121-28 — The Signer's Monument —

Dedicated July 4, 1848, in honor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence for Georgia: George Walton, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett. The first two lie buried in crypts beneath this shaft. The burial place of Gwinnett, whose body was to . . . — — Map (db m9946) HM