Organized circa 1829, the church was originally located at the home of Absolom Parrish and called Parrish Meeting House. Following a fire of the log structure on the Parrish farm, the congregation built a second log structure one and one-half miles . . . — — Map (db m107078) HM
By resolution adopted October 16, 1980, the State Transportation Board of
Georgia has recognized the honorable W. Jones Lane for his years of dedicated service and devotion to the welfare of the people of the State of Georgia and for his support . . . — — Map (db m10676) HM
Georgia Southern University was founded as First District A&M in 1906. Bulloch County won a bidding war with Tattnall and Emanuel counties offering cash, 300 acres of land, and utilities worth $125,500. Often referred to locally as the . . . — — Map (db m108123) HM
In 1870 a group of Croatan Indians migrated from their homes in Robeson County North Carolina, following the turpentine industry to southeast Georgia. Eventually many of the Croatans became tenant farmers for the Adabelle Trading Company, growing . . . — — Map (db m14156) HM
This series of murals depicts important aspects of life in Bulloch County in the late Archaic Period (ca. 3000-1000 BCE), one of the most interesting and active periods of local American Indian occupation. The environment of Bulloch County and south . . . — — Map (db m251631) HM
Bulloch County was created by Act. of Feb. 8, 1776 from Bryan and Screven Counties. Originally, it contained part of Evans, Candler, Emanuel and Jenkins Counties. It was named for Archibald Bulloch (1730-1777), Revolutionary leader, elected Pres. of . . . — — Map (db m10401) HM
Organized 1897
Land donated by Charley Akins, James B. Rushing,
James W. Warnock and Laura Rushing Warnock
First Pastor: Elder Daniel R. McElveen
Charter Members
Elder Daniel R. McElveen, Maggie Warnock McElveen,
Charley Akins, Maggie . . . — — Map (db m197932) HM
Statesboro, the only town bearing this name in the country, was created on December 19, 1803, as the seat of a young Bulloch County. Charging just $1.00, Augusta land speculator George Siebald sold 200 acres for the establishment of the town (then . . . — — Map (db m197848) HM
African Americans have always been an important part of operating the college. Prior to 1965, though, it was as carpenters, dairymen, custodians, and cooks - many of whom lived in cottages on campus and had long careers with the college. Mose Bass . . . — — Map (db m197930) HM
West Main Street listed in commercial historic district, in the National Register of Historic Places, in Bulloch County, Georgia, September 6, 1989 — — Map (db m197889) HM
In 1908, the 40-bed Statesboro Sanatorium became the community's first hospital. After the opening of a publicly-owned hospital in 1936, the privately-owned hospital was closed and the building converted to a hotel.
Supported by the Jack N. . . . — — Map (db m197844) HM
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Upper Black Creek met each month on the third Sunday and Saturday before from the time she was organized in 1802 until the Church elected to meet every Sunday in 1957. Conference was every month on those Saturdays, and Upper . . . — — Map (db m38614) HM
On February 28, 1889, it was announced that Statesboro would get it's first railroad. The Dover and Statesboro was completed nine months later on November 16, 1889. Money was raised through stock and over 80 individuals contributed. Some of the . . . — — Map (db m251655) HM
Three miles east of this point, on the old River Road, is located Union Meeting House (Methodist), the oldest church in Bulloch county, and one of the oldest churches in Georgia remaining continuously active since its organization. Title was . . . — — Map (db m10890) HM
In 1874, nine years after the Civil War ended, a group of former slaves of the Riggs, Donaldson, Parrish, and Hall families founded the Willow Hill School to serve the area’s black children. Georgia Ann Riggs, age 15 and a former slave, was the . . . — — Map (db m251547) HM
The Banks Dairy Farm was operated on this site and included 900 acres of cultivated land combined with dairying operations. David Callaway Banks, born April 8, 1882, in Bulloch County, Georgia, was the founder of Banks Dairy Farm and The City Dairy . . . — — Map (db m106900) HM
In 1943-45, German and Italian prisoners of war harvested peanuts for Bulloch County's farmers, as well as pulling corn, collecting pecans, cutting cane, and helping with general farm jobs. Georgia was suffering from a severe labor shortage with so . . . — — Map (db m108946) HM
The Fabulous Fifty of 1906
On Saturday, December 1, 1906, Gov. Joseph M Terrell, Georgia's "education governor," came to Savannah to moderate the bidding contest for the historic First District's only Agricultural and Mechanical School. . . . — — Map (db m112195) HM
Burkhalter Road is named for the Burkhalter family (formerly spelled Burgholser), a Salzburger family that immigrated to the American colonies. In 1768, Rudolph Burkhalter was granted 400 acres of land on the south bank of the Ogeechee River . . . — — Map (db m229280) HM
Rigdon’s Mill
On Mill Creek just north of this marker stood one of the oldest and long lasting water mills in Bulloch County. It was built about 1840 by Daniel Rigdon and his Irish son-in-law, William Gould, using picks, shovels, and . . . — — Map (db m109042) HM
The origins of the Statesboro High and Industrial School can be traced to the early 1900s. The African American community's vision to organize a high school for their children in Bulloch County took shape in 1905 when a group of citizens purchased . . . — — Map (db m197842) HM
In the era of segregation, African Americans in general and rural blacks
in particular were left with few options for medical care beyond home
remedies, traditional healers, and the vital services of midwives. In the
early 20th century, reformers . . . — — Map (db m296438) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
