On West Broad Street (U.S. 278) 0 miles west of South West Street, on the right when traveling east.
Born February 3 in 1811 near Greensboro, George Foster Pierce was converted while at the University in Athens; in 1830 he followed his father, Dr. Lovick Pierce, into the Methodist ministry. He was first assigned twenty-two preaching stations on the . . . — — Map (db m14731) HM
On North Main Street at East North Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
This church was organized on September 23, 1863, by the Right Reverend Stephen Elliott, the first Bishop of Georgia. Its original members included two Greensboro families and several women who had migrated inland from Charleston and Savannah to . . . — — Map (db m184198) HM
On North Main Street, 0 miles north of Court Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1874, the Georgia Department of Agriculture was established by Act of the Legislature with Thomas P. Janes serving as its first Commissioner, 1874-79.
Commissioner Janes, born 1823 in present Taliaferro County, (formerly the eastern part of . . . — — Map (db m14726) HM
On Greensboro Road (U.S. 278) 0.1 miles east of Reid Duvall Road, on the right when traveling east.
About two miles South, in the fork of the Appalachee and Oconee rivers, stood Fort Mathews, built in 1793. From this fort, Thomas Houghton observed the activities of General Elijah Clark and his land hungry followers as they built forts and . . . — — Map (db m15809) HM
On Greensboro Highway (Georgia Route 15) at Sand Pit Road, on the right when traveling north on Greensboro Highway. Reported missing.
Near here, on a bluff overlooking the river, stood the home of Governor Peter Early, one of Georgia's great men. Born in Virginia, June 30, 1773, a graduate of Princeton, he was a lawyer, judge, State Senator, Congressman, Governor during the . . . — — Map (db m170378) HM
On North Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 3, 1786, is named for Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene, the strategist who ranked second only to Gen. Washington. Born in Rhode Island in 1742, he died at his Georgia plantation in 1786. Seven miles . . . — — Map (db m42718) HM
Near North Main Street just north of East Green Street, on the right when traveling north.
Federal Works Agency Public Works Administration John M. Carmody Federal Works Administrator ————— Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States ————— City of Greensboro Mayor and Council . . . — — Map (db m197886) HM
On Canaan Circle at Foster Street, on the right when traveling east on Canaan Circle.
Springfield Baptist Church was established on January 27, 1864 prior to the abolition of slavery, and is among the first African-American churches founded in Middle Georgia. Enslaved workers purchased land from Mrs. Nancy Bickers and began monthly . . . — — Map (db m38893) HM
On East Greene Street, 0 miles east of North Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
The old rock jail in the rear of the Court House is patterned after the bastilles where prisoners were housed and punished a hundred or more years ago. Built of granite about two feet thick, it is two stories in height and has a trap door in the . . . — — Map (db m15807) HM
On North East Street, 0 miles south of East Greene Street, on the left when traveling north.
This 1895 jail is named for the legendary Sheriff, Loy Lee Wyatt, who enforced the laws in Greene County for fifty-two years until his death in 1977. Sheriff L.L. Wyatt was born on January 2, 1904, in Paulding County. He was recruited to serve the . . . — — Map (db m15997) HM
On Chipman Union Road (Georgia Route 44) at Willow Run Road, on the right when traveling south on Chipman Union Road.
Near here ran the old Stagecoach Road from Augusta, Petersburg, Washington and Greensboro to Park’s Mill, where a toll bridge crossed the Oconee. After crossing the river the highway diverged -- the left fork going to Eatonton, Milledgeville, Macon, . . . — — Map (db m42720) HM
On South Main Street (Georgia Route 44) 0 miles north of West South Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the early years of its settlement, Greensborough and Greene County suffered greatly from depredations committed by Indians who occupied the West bank of the Oconee River about eight miles from here. Most tragic of these was the destruction of . . . — — Map (db m38892) HM
On Memorial Circle, 0 miles west of North East Street, on the left when traveling west.
Forty ~ five unknown Confederate soldiers, “known but to God,” are buried in this cemetery. These men died of wounds or disease in the Confederate hospitals in Greensboro, 1863 ~ 1865. These hospitals were the Dawson, Bell, Polk, Court . . . — — Map (db m14728) HM
On North Main Street, 0 miles north of Court Street, on the right when traveling north.
A native of Greene County, then on Georgia’s Indian frontier, he was educated in the law and admitted to the bar in 1818. The remainder of his exemplary life was spent in the public service as legislator, Captain of Volunteers in the Indian War of . . . — — Map (db m14740) HM
