Related Historical Markers

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

On East Robert Toombs Avenue (Business U.S. 78) 0 miles west of Poplar Drive (Georgia Route 17), on the left when traveling east.

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 —

On East Spring Street (Business U.S. 78) 0 miles east of South Broad Street (Georgia Route 11), on the right when traveling east.

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 —

On Greene Street near Monument Street.

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