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[Emblem: Sons of Confederate Veterans]
In honor of the more than 600
gallent soldiers from Johnson County
who not for fame, reward or ambition
but simple obedience to duty
as they understood it.
These men . . . — — Map (db m20923) WM
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 11, 1858, is named for Gov. Herschel V. Johnson. The County Site is named for John B. Wright, pioneer resident. Johnson, Governor from 1853 to `57, ran for the Vice Presidency in 1860 on the ticket . . . — — Map (db m88586) HM
The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-Revolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790`s from Greensboro via today`s Sparta and Swainsboro to Sunbury, a . . . — — Map (db m21226) HM
The highway crosses at this point the former course of the Sunbury road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of post-revolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790’s from Greensboro via today’s Sparta and Swainsboro to Sunbury, a . . . — — Map (db m24668) HM
Zachariah William Claxton - b. 23 Dec. 1806 - d. 22 April 1895 and his wife Lincella Bush Claxton - b. 5 Feb. 1806 - d. 7 Jan. 1872- Zachariah was son of Henry and Fannie Jordan Claxton. Lincella was daughter of John B. and Mary Bush. Both were born . . . — — Map (db m13379) HM
On January 5, 1856, Governor James H. Hammond and eleven other farmers of this area organized the Beech Island Agricultural Club for the diffusion of agricultural knowledge and the regulation of illegal slave traffic. Monthly meetings and . . . — — Map (db m10080) HM
In memory of those who were killed in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in September of 1857. Dedicated in 2020.
Modern historical research has yielded information which was not readily available to those who designed the 1955 monument. . . . — — Map (db m225251) 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.
