George Parker Swift, I, pioneer cotton manufacturer of Georgia, was born Sept. 1, 1815, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He moved to Georgia in the early 1840’s and started the Tribune Mills at Waymanville, Upson County, first making cotton thread and . . . — — Map (db m42159) HM
A native of Upson County, Georgia, and a Major General, Confederate States Army, was one of General Lee's most trusted and outstanding officers. He brilliantly led his devoted men in every engagement in which the Army of Northern Virginia . . . — — Map (db m64831) HM
John Brown Gordon, son of the Rev. Zachariah Herndon Gordon and Mrs. Malinda Cox Gordon, was born in Upson County Feb. 6, 1832. He attended a rural school in Walker County, Pleasant Green Academy in Lafayette, and the University of Georgia. He . . . — — Map (db m86837) HM
Trice cemetery, the largest family burial round in Upson County, Georgia, was established by William and Jane Tamplin Trice whose house once stood 300 yards west of the cemetery. William (1789- 1858) and Jane (1794- 1856), both buried here, were . . . — — Map (db m14560) HM
In 1823, the Pike County Justices of the Inferior Court selected the center lot in the county, near here, as the site for the county seat. The legislature chose Samuel Mitchell; William Mitchell; William Myrick, who was also Clerk of the Inferior . . . — — Map (db m264483) HM
Mills
The entrepreneurs who lived in this mansion were leaders in initiating and
financing the development of the city's most precious asset - the falling water
of the Chattahoochee River. This incredible falls represented a . . . — — Map (db m218042) HM
A native of Upson County, Georgia, Cadwell Walton Raines (1839-1906) contributed to Texas history as a Methodist preacher, schoolteacher, attorney, newspaper publisher, county official, historian and state librarian. He first came to this state in . . . — — Map (db m138988) HM
In memory of America's Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Upson County, Georgia
1775-1783
William Carraway •
Henry Kendall, Sr. •
Valentine Horsley •
Richard Respress •
James Walker •
Benjamin Hamrick — — Map (db m264516) WM
Expelled Because of Color” is dedicated to the memory of the 33 Black state legislators who were elected, yet expelled from the Georgia House because of their color in 1868.
The cinder block forms at the base of the sculpture symbolize the . . . — — Map (db m130191) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
