Fought here Sept. 1, 1787
Americans led by
Elijah Clarke
Erected by
Matthew Tolbert Chapter, D.A.R. 1925
Donated by Mrs. E. M. Williams — — Map (db m197735) HM
This site was originally built in the 1890s and was home to the Bank of George Felker. The last business to occupy the space was G.B. Peters Jewelry. The downburst of 1993 destroyed the building leaving only the safe. For twenty years the lot sat . . . — — Map (db m236745) HM
D. A. V. & D. A. V. A.
Robert E. Parker
Chapter °48 Monroe, GA
In honor of all American veterans
November 11, 1994
Chartered Aug. 13, 1984
D. A. V.
M. E. Wright Sr., Comm. • D. Lee, Sr., Vice Comm. • E. Bruce, Jr., Vice Comm. • J. . . . — — Map (db m197732) WM
This City of Monroe, settled in 1818 and incorporated Nov. 30, 1821, was named for James Monroe, fifth President. Born in Virginia in 1758 he fought in the Continental Army. He served in the Virginia legislature, in Congress and the Senate, and as . . . — — Map (db m20718) HM
2.4 miles east, at Moore’s Ford Bridge on the Apalachee River, four African-Americans - George and Mae Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom (reportedly 7 months pregnant) - were brutally beaten and shot by an unmasked mob on the . . . — — Map (db m19775) HM
Walton County has been the home either through birth or short residence of the following Georgia Chief Executives:
Wilson Lumpkin (1831-1835)
Alfred Holt Colquitt (1877-1882)
James S. Boynton (1883)
Henry D. McDaniel (1883-1886)
Clifford . . . — — Map (db m20717) HM
This County created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 15 & 19, 1818, is named for George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Walton, born in Va. in 1749 came to Savannah when 20 to study law. Elected Secretary of the first Provincial . . . — — Map (db m20703) HM
[west face]”On fame’s eternal camping ground, their silent tents are spread, and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.” Comrades To Our Confederate Dead [east face]”How sleep the brave, who sink to . . . — — Map (db m174122) WM
