Boys Estate, Georgia's town just for boys, is located one-half mile west of here, on a part of historic Elizafield Plantation. Elizafield, first the home of Dr. Robert Grant, later of his son, Hugh Fraser Grant, was one of the rich River . . . — — Map (db m12081) HM
Service to the Community
Bernice Echols Grant came to Brunswick as Glynn County’s Extension Agent in 1927. She was instrumental in reorganizing the county’s garden club program, and provided design guidance for the landscape of the Historic . . . — — Map (db m155743) HM
Brunswick's first public school for African Americans opened in 1870 as the Freedmen's School, later changed to Risley School to honor Captain Douglas Gilbert Risley, who raised funds for the school's construction. In 1923 the adjacent building, . . . — — Map (db m24680) HM
This one room school house provided elementary education, grades Kindergarten through Eighth, to the Brookman Community from the year 1907 to 1955.
This structure is an example of early African-American Vernacular. In the early years of the . . . — — Map (db m107074) HM
Melvin E. Thompson, Acting Governor, 1947-1949, was born in Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, in 1903. After a career as educator and public servant, Thompson was elected Lieutenant Governor for the term beginning January, 1947. Following the death . . . — — Map (db m17207) HM
Actuated by a legacy from Josiah Penfield, Mercer University was founded here in 1833 as Mercer Institute. After considering several locations, the Trustees moved the institution to Macon in 1871 and, in 1880, transferred all holdings in Penfield to . . . — — Map (db m24726) HM
This one-room 1875 school originally sat near Walnut Grove Church on today's Highway 124 (Braselton Road) near the Methodist Campgrounds. When it was no longer used as a school the Davis family, who had donated the original building materials, had . . . — — Map (db m242269) HM
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Quality of life in Gwinnett is unsurpassed with educational choices from Pre-K to PhD, housing variety from single-family subdivisions to downtown condos to large-tract estates, and entertainment options that include five . . . — — Map (db m197728) HM
On this site, the education system of Sugar Hill began in 1915. An unmarked cornerstone is the sole structural remnant of the first Sugar Hill School. The building was poorly lit and ventilated, needed fresh paint, and was supplied with water from a . . . — — Map (db m242265) HM
Three local citizens, W. M. Loggans, B. B. Heyward and W. P. Furr, donated 300 acres of prime farm land to entice location of the Ninth District School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a boarding high school, on this site. Since 1906, thousands . . . — — Map (db m14522) HM
Piedmont College is an accredited, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college, open to all regardless of race, sex, or creed. Founded under auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the College was chartered September 6, 1897 by Habersham . . . — — Map (db m56248) HM
For more than a century, this site has served many pursuing an education. The earliest known school, Concord Academy, initially began serving this community as an extension of Concord Baptist Church. In 1901, the Chattahoochee School was established . . . — — Map (db m174077) HM
Henry O. Ward earned the singular distinction of serving both as Mayor of the City of Gainesville and the Chairman of the Hall County Board of Commissioners. The youngest son of H. Bryce Ward and Sadie Bell Braselton Ward of Braselton, he spent . . . — — Map (db m26061) HM
William Jonathan Northen, Governor of Georgia from 1890 to 1894, lived in this house. Born in Jones County, July 9, 1835 of Scotch ancestry, Governor Northen graduated from Mercer University. He taught for many years at Mt. Zion School in Hancock . . . — — Map (db m24076) HM
Nathan Sidney Beman, Presbyterian minister, educator, editor, college president, after graduating from Middlebury College, Vermont, taught and preached in New England until 1812, when he came with his wife to Georgia to regain his health. “A man of . . . — — Map (db m24083) HM
About 1 mi. from here, Richard Malcolm Johnston, lawyer, educator, and author, operated Rockby, a school for boys revolutionary in its day. Disgusted with the harsh disciplinary methods of the time, Johnston instituted an honor system whereby . . . — — Map (db m24172) HM
Zack Hubert, a former Warren County slave, moved here with his family in 1871. The Huberts were among the first African-American landowners in central Georgia and played influential roles in the area's African-American community. They named their . . . — — Map (db m49413) HM
This handsome Colonial Revival structure, completed in 1930, served the educational needs of children in the western half of Harris County from 1930 through 1989. The building, which consolidated several one- and two-room schools, was designed . . . — — Map (db m41817) HM
Song writer, teacher, editor, lived in Hamilton, 1843-c.1868, was mayor, 1865. Near this spot in 1844 he published Sacred Harp, a “fa-sol-la” acappella singing school book now in its 14th edition.
White taught in a local . . . — — Map (db m22451) HM
Emerging from a union of two church schools maintained by Methodists and Baptists during the Reconstruction Period, once located on the premises of Friendship Baptist Church, Hamilton, Georgia. Carver had several name changes during its existence. A . . . — — Map (db m245227) HM
The Hamilton Female College was chartered in 1853 in southern Harris County. It was located on what was known as College Hill. Asbury Johnston and Stephen A. Borders donated the property for the college. The Hamilton Female College was the first . . . — — Map (db m22420) HM
The community building and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920’s. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several one-room schools. It was used as an elementary and . . . — — Map (db m36190) HM
On this site, in 1954, Lucy Laney Elementary School was opened with the mission of educating black children in the Waverly Hall, Shiloh, Ellerslie, and surrounding areas. The school was named in honor of Lucy Craft Laney, a famous black . . . — — Map (db m58971) HM
Goldmine Consolidated School was created by the combination of Sandy Grove and Old Goldmine Schools in 1924. It’s size was augmented by Duncan’s pupils when the school was closed in the early 1930s. Grades one through nine were taught in a new brick . . . — — Map (db m39431) HM
Hart County Training School (HCTS), established in 1924 for the education of African-American children, was partially funded by the Rosenwald School Building Program. This
program matched funds from philanthropist Julius Rosenwald with community . . . — — Map (db m239143) HM
Born in 1894 of a community mass meeting called for the purpose by B. J.W. Graham, Pastor of the Locust Grove Baptist Church, Locust Grove Institute was started as a coeducational school by the citizens of Locust Grove who gave the land and an . . . — — Map (db m21341) HM
Prior to the 1950s, the "one room schoolhouse" was a standard feature in rural America. All students, regardless of age or grade, were frequently taught in one large classroom. This building served as the Ola Elementary School on Snapping Shoals . . . — — Map (db m103147) HM
Born near Waynesboro in 1744, Houston was the son of Sir Patrick Houston and Priscilla Dunbar. He was elected in 1775 to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and served on Georgia’s Council of Safety, which in January 1776 issued the . . . — — Map (db m15068) HM
Originally located in the bell tower of the Braselton High School, the bell was commissioned by Senator Isaac Frank Duncan for all students from 1920 until 1957. The school was built by the Town of Braselton’s founders, and when it closed in 1957, . . . — — Map (db m18270) HM
Construction of this schoolhouse in 1909 was supervised by Ira Ethridge who had been a teacher before he married Susan Ella Shields. Alex and Emory Shields, grandsons of James Shields, donated two acres of land and the school was named Bachelors' . . . — — Map (db m201048) HM
This Piedmont Homestead, originally settled by brothers James and Patrick Shields in 1798, contains a collection of intact historical buildings on a total of 152 acres set aside for preservation. This is one of the most diverse collections of farm . . . — — Map (db m184289) HM
This house was built around 1912 as a tenant sharecropper's place and would probably have had three or four outbuildings including a chicken house, a small barn, a well house, and a privy. The original building was a two-room cabin. The chimney at . . . — — Map (db m184398) HM
Antioch Church was founded in Jackson County, Georgia in 1799, on land given by the James Glenn family. The original building, along with an 1825 addition, stands to the rear of the present sanctuary forming the "T" and was bricked over in 1954 with . . . — — Map (db m26023) HM
Hebron Baptist Church, originally a Primitive Baptist Church in the Ocmulgee Circuit, later a Missionary Baptist Church, was built on 5 acres of land deeded by William Cleveland on December 23, 1812, to Isaac Morgan, Deacon, “for and in . . . — — Map (db m24454) HM
Gifted to the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences by Robert J. Loyd. Mr. Loyd died on December 31, 1998. Because of his love of this land and wish to honor his ancestors, it was Mr. Loyd's desire to gift this farm . . . — — Map (db m12259) HM
Ways Baptist Church was established in 1817. Originally known as Darcy’s Meeting House, the church was formed by members of the Brushy Creek Church. In 1868 Ways Church organized the Stellaville School, which was active until the mid 1940s. The only . . . — — Map (db m13365) HM
Clinton Female Seminary was incorporated on Dec. 15, 1821 by Act of Legislature signed by Gov. John Clark. Trustees were James Smith, Gustavus Hendrick, Samuel Lowther, Henry G. Lamar and Charles J. McDonald. This successful school under Rev. Thomas . . . — — Map (db m25209) HM
Near here was Blountsville, an early stagecoach station and post office until after the War Between the States. It suffered severely during the War and the town disappeared. The home of many prominent families, Blountsville was the site of . . . — — Map (db m24764) HM
Gray, Georgia, was named for James Madison Gray, regarded as Jones County's most outstanding citizen. He clothed the Gray Infantry, Company F, 45th Georgia Regiment, C.S.A. and during the Civil War fed soldiers and homeless families from his own . . . — — Map (db m81542) HM
The Farmer’s Academy (later Planter’s Academy) was incorporated Dec. 19, 1822 by Act of Legislature signed by Gov. John Clark. Trustees included Bailey Bell, Adam Carson, Kinchen P. Thweatt, James Lockett, Cyrus Cotton, Samuel Barron and William . . . — — Map (db m24770) HM
This building was dedicated on November 29, 1936 and educated students in grades 1 through 11 until the 12th grade was added in 1950, and it served as a school until 1991. This was one of the most modern school buildings in the state at the time. . . . — — Map (db m81545) HM
In April of 1908 the Sixth District Agricultural and Mechanical College opened here with 18 students. In September of 1930 the school was reorganized as Georgia Industrial College. President T.O. Galloway was the guiding spirit of the college from . . . — — Map (db m14678) HM
Founded as Male and Female Seminary in 1852, this was a pioneer school of its kind in Georgia. It was reorganized in 1872 as Gordon Institute, named for General John B. Gordon, famed Confederate soldier, Governor and Senator, who was a friend of . . . — — Map (db m14676) HM
Built in 1915 as the Johnstonville School. The school closed its doors in late 1945 and the building became the Johnstonville Community Clubhouse. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in America on November 2, 2000, . . . — — Map (db m14581) HM
This County created by Acts of the Legislature of Aug. 11, 1919 & Aug. 7, 1920 is named for Sidney Lanier, poet of Georgia. Lanier was born in Macon Feb. 3, 1842 and practiced law there with his father after graduating from Oglethorpe Univ. then at . . . — — Map (db m27186) HM
Upon this land donated in 1906 by James Banks the Valdosta Baptist Association established and supported Oaklawn Baptist Academy. The facilities have been used since 1912 by the local public schools. — — Map (db m189766) HM
The town of Hinesville was established in 1837 and shortly thereafter, in 1841, the Hinesville Institute (or Academy) was established with Colonel James Sharpe Bradwell as its first headmaster. The first building was erected at a cost of $349.12 1/2 . . . — — Map (db m58218) HM
In Memory of Samuel Dowse Bradwell
Founder of Bradwell Institute
on this site in 1871
Built by City of Hinesville
with assistance from HUD and
Liberty County Garden Garden Clubs
( Mayor and List of Councilmen ) — — Map (db m9492) HM
Founding the athletic programs was considered one of Principal Elizabeth Moore's greatest achievements. School teams came to be known as the Dorchester Academy Tigers and Tigerettes, with "Shag" the tiger as their mascot. Dorchester Academy . . . — — Map (db m9056) HM
In an effort to involve Liberty County African Americans in politics, the Dorchester Cooperative Center (DCC) began to help organize
African American Voters. The DCC taught local African Americans the United States and Georgia constitutions, . . . — — Map (db m8968) HM
Formal education of blacks started with the Freedmen's Bureau in Liberty County. The Homestead School was continued with the aid of the American Missionary Association (AMA) and support of Reconstruction legislator William A. Golding. The AMA . . . — — Map (db m15511) HM
This Georgian Revival building, built in 1934 to replace an earlier structure destroyed by fire, was once part of an extensive school campus begun in 1871 by the American Missionary Association. The school, founded to serve the educational needs of . . . — — Map (db m89833) HM
Dr. Lyman Hall was a Georgia signer of The Declaration Of Independence. He represented Saint John's Parish in the Continental Congress, and was a delegate from Georgia to the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia.
He was a founder . . . — — Map (db m8785) HM
In 1925, Elizabeth B. Moore began her six-year tenure as Dorchester Academy's only female, African American principal. She insisted that both parents and community accept responsibility for supporting the school. She believed that charity and . . . — — Map (db m9036) HM
The Errosion of the Franchise
With the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution in 1868 and 1869, African Americans were granted full citizenship and the right to vote. In less than a decade, nearly 100,000 black . . . — — Map (db m9065) HM
The Old Midway Congregational Church, two
miles east on U.S. Highway 17, was formed
by whites (Puritans & Congregationalists )
when they settled in Liberty County. They
were driven to church by their black slaves
who were allowed to sit in . . . — — Map (db m9070) HM
Established by South Carolina Calvinists of English and Scottish extraction in 1752, the small settlement of Midway became 'the cradle of the Revolutionary spirit in Georgia'. Two of Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence, . . . — — Map (db m8941) HM
J. Roosevelt Jenkins, who was Dorchester
Academy's assistant principal, science
teacher and athletic director, replaced
Elizabeth Moore as principal after her death
in 1932. He continued to strengthen the
school's curriculum and the . . . — — Map (db m9058) HM
Citizenship Schools
Dorchester Cooperative Center played a key role in the struggle for civil rights and the vote.
In 1954, Septima Clarke, a school teacher from Charleston, SC and Esau Jenkins, a farmer and school bus driver from Johns . . . — — Map (db m9066) HM
he old town of Sunbury, 11 miles East on this road, was a leading port, said to rival Savannah in commercial importance. It was the first Seat of Justice of Liberty County. Sunbury Academy, established in 1788, was in its time the most famous School . . . — — Map (db m8961) HM
Educator, nurse, and author Susannah "Susie" Baker King Taylor was born into an enslaved Geechee family on the Grest Plantation in Liberty County, Georgia. Educated as a child in secret schools in Savannah, she escaped slavery in 1862 during the . . . — — Map (db m132900) HM
In 1872, African Americans from Liberty County began another letter writing campaign; this time for a teacher to replace Eliza Ann Ward. They requested that their next teacher be both a teacher and a minister. In the spring of 1874, the community . . . — — Map (db m89834) HM
The Midway Congregational Church bell played a very important role in the lives of Dorchester Academy students. It kept time by ringing with an echo that could be heard seven to ten miles away. The bell rang every day at six, seven, eight, nine, . . . — — Map (db m9071) HM
In November 1870, William A. Golding, an African American member
of the Georgia Legislature, wrote the American Missionary Association (AMA) on behalf of the people of Liberty County requesting a teacher. "They want a teacher," he wrote, . . . — — Map (db m9033) HM
The Industrial Arts Department at Dorchester Academy taught students practical skills they could use in everyday life. The boys took classes in farming, woodworking, iron-working, and architecture. The girls were instructed in cooking, sewing, . . . — — Map (db m9057) HM
Five miles west of here on the old Post Road, the southern most postal route in America, is the site of the home and botanical garden of Louis LeConte, naturalist, mathematician, and scholar, for whom the famous LeConte Pear was named. A native of . . . — — Map (db m9079) HM
Established in 1760 by William and John Eatton LeConte, Woodmanston became one of Georgia's earliest inland swamp rice plantations. In spite of Indian attacks and marauding armies during the Revolution, Woodmanston prospered.
In 1810 control of . . . — — Map (db m9020) HM
A two story school building was constructed and dedicated on this site in 1932 as the Hahira High School. It replaced an earlier school building that had burned down. Bishop Nelson donated the land for the school. Later additions of an auditorium . . . — — Map (db m195852) HM
Inspired by a grant of $15,000 from Andrew Carnegie, citizens constructed this building as a Carnegie Library in 1913, for $40,000. This was the first public building designed by local Architect Lloyd B. Greer and was formally opened June 1914. The . . . — — Map (db m23441) HM
S. M. Varnedoe was administrator of a ten-grade private school, the Valdosta Institute, 1865 - 70. Famous among its students was J. H. “Doc” Holiday. The Masons and several churches also used the institute as a meeting place. After the . . . — — Map (db m21875) HM
The waiting station erected for the ladies at South Ga. State Normal College (in 1950, Valdosta State College), is all that remains of the streetcar system. The electric railroad was begun in 1899 to accommodate the 1900 State Fair at Pine Park . . . — — Map (db m109800) HM
Famous Calhoun Gold Mine where it is said vein gold was first discovered in Georgia by white men.
In 1828 while deer hunting Benjamin Parks, of Dahlonega, accidentally found quartz gold in pockets or lodes. His find was so rich in gold that it . . . — — Map (db m30654) HM
In commemoration of the establishment of the Dahlonega Mint
Here, in 1838, the United States Government established a branch mint. By 1861, when taken over by the Confederacy, it had minted $6,115,569 in gold coins. The building, . . . — — Map (db m182203) HM
This architect-designed building, constructed in 1942, is a good example of a "Great Depression" era community project accomplished in cooperation with the National Youth Administration. Local in-kind contributions included materials and labor. For . . . — — Map (db m123731) HM
This arch was donated to the college by the graduating class of 1951.
By tradition, it is considered to be unlucky for freshmen to walk under the college arch.
Over the years, a path was formed where freshmen detoured around the arch. . . . — — Map (db m181835) HM
Erected here in 1837 was a U.S. Branch Mint which operated until seized by the Confederates in 1861. It produced gold coins estimated to exceed $6,000,000.00 in value. In 1871 the mint building and ten acres of land were transferred to the state for . . . — — Map (db m21037) HM
William Pierce Price
1835-1908
Founder North Georgia College 1873
Member United States Congress
Lawyer, Statesman, Soldier, Philanthropist
The history of his life is written in noble achievement — — Map (db m182637) HM
The Flint River Farms Resettlement Project was established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Resettlement Administration in 1937. The Project was one of many similar community resettlement projects organized throughout the South during the New . . . — — Map (db m53122) HM
Horace T. Lumpkin (1857-1930) A Virginia native and son of exslaves, is credited with introducing formal education to black children in Macon County. Lumpkin, who was educated at Knoxville College, Tennessee and Atlanta University, founded the . . . — — Map (db m27258) HM
Born near Thomson, Sept. 5, 1856, Thomas Edward Watson, gifted writer, eloquent speaker and longtime political leader of Georgia, spent most of his life in this section. His home, “Hickory Hill,” bought and remodeled extensively by Sen. . . . — — Map (db m42689) HM
Located a short distance East of here, near the River, Baisden`s Bluff Academy was the main educational institution in McIntosh County in the early years of the 19th century. A Boarding School, operating the year round, its roll held the names of . . . — — Map (db m60298) HM
Settlement of Carmel community began with the creation of Meriwether County in 1827. Early families-- Caldwell, Burton, Campson, Gray, Reynolds, Williams, Pope, and Glass--came from Edgefield District, South Carolina. They established Carmel . . . — — Map (db m11680) HM
In 1864-1865 the buildings and grounds of this institution then known as Monroe Female College were used as a Confederate hospital, while classes met in private homes — — Map (db m59583) HM
Founded in 1902 by William M. Hubbard, STAC was one of the state’s official schools for the instruction of black teachers between 1931 and 1938. Originally named the Forsyth Normal and Industrial School, STAC was one of three black public colleges . . . — — Map (db m15039) HM
Dedicating Courthouse Grounds to The Honorable Hugh D. Sosebee Honorable Hugh D. Sosebee was born in October 1916 and chose Monroe County Georgia as his home in 1949. He graduated from The University of Georgia in 1938 and went on to the Walter . . . — — Map (db m186605) HM
Chartered in 1849 as Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute, Tift College was one of the group of colleges pioneering in the education of women. Known for 50 years as Monroe College, the name was changed in 1907 to Bessie Tift College, honoring a . . . — — Map (db m25657) HM
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
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County places this Marker here to commemorate the community of Apalachee The name Apalachee is derived from the Indian Tribe that was part of the Creek Confederation, though there is no evidence that . . . — — Map (db m13418) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Mallory
The early tax records of Morgan County identify the family of "Malry" in the Harris Militia District as early as . . . — — Map (db m20459) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Buckhead
One of the earliest settlements in Morgan County, the area around Buckhead was still in close proximity to Native . . . — — Map (db m16136) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Brownwood-Centennial
Located close to one another on the Old Sandtown Road, the communities of Brownwood and Centennial may have . . . — — Map (db m20483) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Dorsey As early as 1839, historic maps identify a community called Palestine in proximity to the community that became known as Dorsey. . . . — — Map (db m21914) HM
Early academies were private, state chartered institutions. Only a year after the town founding in 1809, commissioners were appointed to organize Morgan County's first academy, officially incorporated as the Madison Academy in 1815. Both male and . . . — — Map (db m109714) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of Fairview
Located south of Madison between Highway 441 South, Pierce Dairy Road and Seven Islands Road, the Fairview community grew up . . . — — Map (db m19944) HM
Empowered in 1894 to establish public schools, the City of Madison initiated construction of two graded schools, a contrast to one-room schoolhouses typical of rural areas. Nicholas Ittner of Atlanta built the brick graded school for white students . . . — — Map (db m48879) HM
In 1865, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands began assistance to former slaves. While efforts at educating freed slaves were strongest in Georgia's larger cities and towns, State Superintendent of Freedmen's Schools G.L. Eberhardt . . . — — Map (db m25574) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Godfrey
The town of Godfrey was incorporated by the Georgia Legislature on July 25, 1906. However, this community has much older . . . — — Map (db m16176) HM
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Pennington
The Pennington Community was named for the Pennington family who first acquired land from ceded Native American . . . — — Map (db m16246) HM
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