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By Mike Stroud, July 10, 2011
Washington’s Southern Tour Marker
RANKED RELEVANCE, THEN GEOGRAPHICALLY
| On North Liberty Street (U.S. 25) near Sixth / Peace Street (Georgia Route 56). |
| | Traveling from Savannah to Augusta on his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington stopped in Waynesboro on May 17. Departing from Savannah two days earlier, Washington lodged at "one Spencers " in Effingham County, fifteen miles north of . . . — — Map (db m7800) HM |
| On Augusta Road (State Highway 21/30) north of Drakie Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Near here stood Mulberry Grove, plantation home of General Nathanael Greene and Catherine Littlefield Greene. President George Washington twice visited the widowed Mrs. Greene at Mulberry Grove during the Southern tour of 1791. Traveling downriver . . . — — Map (db m18640) HM |
| Near Bull Street near East Congress Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington attended services at the original Christ Church on Sunday, May 15. While in Savannah from May 12-15, Washington lodged at a house on the corner of Barnard and State streets on St. James . . . — — Map (db m5696) HM |
| On Washington St near Reynolds St. |
| | During his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington visited Augusta--at that time Georgia's capital--from May 18-21. Washington met with Governor Edward Telfair and other "principal gentlemen of the place," including George Walton and . . . — — Map (db m9708) HM |
| On Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) at Ocean Isles Beach Road, on the right when traveling north on Ocean Highway. |
| | President Washington, on April 27, 1791, was a guest at the home of William Gause, Jr., which stood four miles north. — — Map (db m16277) HM |
| On North Carolina Highway 86 North (State Highway 86) 0.1 miles south of Walters Mill Road (County Route 1503), on the right when traveling north. |
| | George Washington's last overnight stop in N.C., June 3, 1791, was at the home of Dudley Gatewood, which stood 1 mi. N.E. — — Map (db m18522) HM |
| On State Highway 55 near Belltown & Biddle Roads, on the right when traveling east. |
| | President Washington, on April 20, 1791, was a guest at the home of Col. John Allen, which was 5 mi. E. — — Map (db m64980) HM |
| On Pollock Street at Eden Street, on the right when traveling west on Pollock Street. |
| | President Washington visited in the Stanly home two nights, April 20-21, 1791. — — Map (db m23509) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling south. |
| | President Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro. — — Map (db m31083) HM |
| On Salem Ave. at Old Salem Ave, and South Main St., on the right when traveling west on Salem Ave.. |
| | President Washington spent night of May 31, 1791, at the tavern in Salem. 1/2 mile north — — Map (db m52135) HM |
| On U.S. 301 at South King Street (Business U.S. 301), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 301. |
| | President Washington was a visitor in the town of Halifax, on April 16-17, 1791. — — Map (db m16177) HM |
| On Dock Street at North 3rd Street (U.S. 74), on the right when traveling west on Dock Street. |
| | President Washington was a guest Apr. 24-25, 1791, at the Quince home which stood 2 blocks W. — — Map (db m28723) HM |
| On Lee Street near West 5th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | President Washington spent the night, Apr. 19, 1791, at Shadrack Allen's Inn, which was 7 mi. E. — — Map (db m64955) HM |
| On N Main Street at W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street. |
| | President Washington was a visitor in the town of Salisbury, May 30 – 31, 1791. — — Map (db m33938) HM |
| On Kings Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On April 27, 1791, President George Washington spent the night nearby at the indigo plantation of Jeremiah Vereen. He wrote in his diary that he was “entertained (& very kindly) without being able to make compensation.” The next day . . . — — Map (db m27332) HM |
| On E. 6th Street at N. Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west on E. 6th Street. |
| | On July 31, 1783, an Act was passed by the General Assembly meeting in Augusta to lay out a town, Waynesborough, on reserved or private land. Commissioners named (Thomas Lewis, Sr., Thomas Lewis, Jr., John Duhart, Edward Telfair, John Jones) were . . . — — Map (db m7868) HM |
| On East Oglethorpe Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
First Constitutional Session
of the Georgia Legislature
held in the "Long Room"
Jany 1783
Headquarters
Genl George Washington
May 1791 — — Map (db m6470) HM |
| On Abercorn Street at E.St Julian Street, on the right when traveling north on Abercorn Street. |
| | Where colony's production of silk was reeled until 1771. Building then used for public purposes. President Washington attended a ball here in 1791.
Building destroyed by fire in 1859. — — Map (db m9391) HM |
| On Greene St at 6th St, on the left when traveling west on Greene St. |
| | To Honor The Memory
of
General
George Washington
Guest of Our City
1791
Placed By
Elizabeth Washington
Chapter
D.A.R.
1932 — — Map (db m9742) HM |
| On 13th Street (U.S. 1) near Independence Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 400 feet west of here is Meadow Garden, home of George Walton, Revolutionary Patriot and soldier, Governor, Congressman, Senator, Jurist. With Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall, he signed the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, for the State of . . . — — Map (db m33358) HM |
| On Newington Highway (State Highway 24), on the right when traveling south. |
| | "Monday, May 16th, 1791" wrote President George Washington in his diary as he recorded the date of his lodging in the Inn of Stephen Calfrey Pearce, 200 yards [from] this marker. Being forewarned, the Pearces had made lavish preparation for the . . . — — Map (db m16434) HM |
| On Burton's Ferry Highway (U.S. 301) at Waynsboro Highway (State Highway 24), in the median on Burton's Ferry Highway. |
| | President Washington passed here early on the morning of Tuesday, May 17th, 1791, enroute to the home of William Skinner with whom he had breakfast. The Skinner home, still standing (1953), is about 5 miles northwest. President Washington spent the . . . — — Map (db m7795) HM |
| On Savannah Highway (U.S. 17) near Waldon Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 3/4 mile on Live Oak Plantation at
Sandy Hill Plantation, seven miles N.W.,
this Virginian made his home in the
country through which he had led his
American Cavalry. There in 1791 he
entertained his kinsman, George
Washington, President of . . . — — Map (db m26668) HM |
| On U.S. 17 at Long Point Road (South Carolina Highway 10-97), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 17. |
| | The country home of Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Snee Farm stands about 0.7 mi. west of here. One of SC's signers of the US Constitution, Pinckney also served in the General Assembly and in Congress. He was elected governor of SC four times and was . . . — — Map (db m16340) HM |
| On Front Street north of King Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Robert Steward House was built between 1740 and 1770 by Robert Stewart (d.1776), planter and militia captain; it was acquired in 1787 by Daniel Tucker (d. 1797), prominent Georgetown merchant. When President George Washington arrived in . . . — — Map (db m4856) HM |
| On Henry Flagg Loop near William Alston Loop. |
| | On his southern tour in 1791 President George Washington spent the night of April 28 here at Brookgreen Plantation. He was the guest of its owner, Dr. Henry Collins Flagg, a surgeon in the Revolution, and his wife, the former Rachel Moore Allston. . . . — — Map (db m16797) HM |
| On Myrtle Avenue (State Highway S-20-10) near South Causeway Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Pawley’s Island
This island, located about ½ mile east, was used by plantation householders who lived on the seashore from May to November to escape malaria, or “summer fever.” A number of houses built about 1850, and the . . . — — Map (db m39647) HM |
| On Flat Rock Road at Hanging Rock Road, on the left when traveling south on Flat Rock Road. |
| | While on his Southern tour, President George Washington spent the night of May 26, 1791, at the James Ingram house, near here. According to Washington's diary, he left Ingram's at four o'clock the next morning and continued his journey northward, . . . — — Map (db m23892) HM |
| On Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521) at Old Charlotte Road, on the left when traveling south on Charlotte Highway. |
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On the morning of May 27, 1791, President George Washington had breakfast near here at Nathan Barr's Tavern, which was located about a mile and a half north of the present Lancaster Courthouse. According to local tradition, Washington paid for . . . — — Map (db m23794) HM |
| On Rock Hill Highway (State Highway 5) 0.1 miles west of Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Near this site was the home of Major Robert Crawford, where President George Washington spent his last night in South Carolina on his Southern tour, May 27, 1791. Here Washington was met by a delegation of the Chiefs of the Catawba Nation, who set . . . — — Map (db m23763) HM |
| On Main Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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This street is named for George Washington, commander of the Continental Army throughout the Revolution, first President of the United States, and president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Early in his presidency, Washington toured the . . . — — Map (db m21768) HM |
| On State Highway 23 0.3 miles west of Main Street (State Highway 39), on the left when traveling west. |
| | This site, approximately halfway between Augusta and Columbia, was the location of Jacob Odom's house, where George Washington spent the night of May 21, 1791, on his trip northward through South Carolina. His escort at this time consisted of . . . — — Map (db m7115) HM |
| On Ebenezer Road (State Highway 275) at Rincon-Stillwell Rd, on the right on Ebenezer Road. |
| | Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of "one Spencer." The occasion was Washington's Southern tour, and he was traveling in his carriage over this road from Savannah to Augusta.
Four . . . — — Map (db m7688) HM |
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