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
Co. B – 121st Infantry
Barnesville, Georgia
“Old Gray Bonnet”
This memorial is dedicated to all who served with the Barnesville Blues. This company served actively as a part of Georgia’s National Guard in four wars. They . . . — — Map (db m25976) HM
During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in Barnesville. This marks the site of the main hospital. A marble headstone marks each . . . — — Map (db m25416) HM
In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville:
Kingsville Hospital, Surgeon B. N. Avent.
Kingston Hospital, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V.S. Hopping. This hospital was moved from Kingston, Georgia.
Medical . . . — — Map (db m25553) HM
As Wilson’s Federal Cavalry moved toward Macon, near this spot on Wednesday, April 19, 1865, some of them attacked a small Confederate force, “The Dixie Rangers.” Greatly outnumbered, “The Rangers” fought with gallantry, . . . — — Map (db m24998) HM
The historic Gachet home is situated at the crossing of Towns and old Alabama Roads, called Milner Cross Roads. This road was also an Indian trail.
Benjamin Gachet, a French nobleman, fled from a San Domingo revolution and settled in what is . . . — — Map (db m24892) 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
John Bloodworth • Thomas Green • John Jenkins • John Kendrick Thomas Nelson • William Ogletree • Mark Ray Lamar-Lafayette Chapter, NSDAR 2020 — — Map (db m186763) WM
Established in 1821, Johnstonville was the first county seat of Monroe County. It was named for the Johnston family which came here from South Carolina. The old home place of John Johnston, the original settler, is still standing and still in the . . . — — Map (db m41490) 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
Lamar County was created by Act of State Assembly August 17, 1920. It was named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, lawyer, Colonel in the Confederate Army, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Interior and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The first . . . — — Map (db m25975) HM
[Large monument (top)]
Dedicated to all the men and women who served our country
during the major wars of the 20th century
[Large monument (plaque)]
Duty Honor Country
In honor of our true heroes • The men and women whose . . . — — Map (db m186911) WM
[Center]
Dedicated to the
everlasting memory
of those from
Lamar County
who gave their lives
in the service of
our country
World War I
Colquitt, J. Marvin • Cook, Otis • Faulkner, Elmo F. • Hunt, Frank M. • Killian, . . . — — Map (db m186916) WM
Dedicated August 11, 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Rededicated to service 1988
E.J. Martin, Jr., President
W.H. Averett, Jr., V. President
J.H. Gunnels, Secretary
H.B. Cromer, Treasurer
J.H. Barnes, Jr. J.C. Caldwell
F.C. . . . — — Map (db m28215) HM
REA Project 75 was chartered in February 1937 and was energized August 11, 1938, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It became Lamar Electric Membership Corporation. This day, January 23, 2005, as we change the name to Southern Rivers Energy, the . . . — — Map (db m28213) HM
On August 11, 1938, as many as 50,000 people gathered in the stadium of Gordon Military College for an address by President Franklin Roosevelt dedicating the Lamar Electric Cooperative, a project of the New Deal's Rural Electrification . . . — — Map (db m28214) HM
The Nancy Hanks II made her first trip on July 17, 1947 and was a popular Central of Georgia Railway passenger train that made the 6 hour run between Atlanta & Savannah through Barnesville. It was named after a race horse who was named for . . . — — Map (db m186700) HM
