Site of Camp Lawton
A Confederate military prison built in 1864 to relieve the overcrowded condition at Andersonville Prison in Macon County. Lawton Prison was a stockade, enclosing 42 acres. 1398 feet by 1329 feet considered to be the largest . . . — — Map (db m114323) HM
On Big Buckhead Church Road, 0.1 miles south of Porter Road, on the right when traveling south.
African-American members of Big Buckhead Baptist Church founded Carswell Grove Baptist Church in 1867 and constructed the first permanent structure c.1870. Members named the church in honor of Porter Carswell, who donated the land. On April 13, . . . — — Map (db m234831) HM
On East Winthorpe Avenue near Daniels Street, on the right when traveling west.
( South Face )
1861-1865
Erected June 3rd.1909
By
The Wayside Home
Chapter. U.D.C.
In Honor Of Our
Confederate Soldiers,
Whom Power Could
Not Corrupt,
Whom Death Could
Not Terrify,
Whom Defeat Could
Not Dishonor. . . . — — Map (db m13291) HM
On GA-17/GA-23/GA-67 (E Winthrope Ave), on the right when traveling west.
Jenkins County was organized from territory cut from Burke, Screven, Bulloch, and Emanuel counties in 1905, and officially began its function as a new political unit on Jan. 1, 1906.
The first court house was completed in March, 1908 and burned . . . — — Map (db m13149) HM
On W. Cotton Ave at N .Gray St, on the right when traveling east on W. Cotton Ave.
The city of Millen began about 1835 at a site 200 yds. N.of this marker as the road side inn of Robert Hendricks Gray. In Nov., 1851 the Wayneborough and Augusta Rail Road was extended to meet the line laid though here in 1839 by the Central Rail . . . — — Map (db m13151) HM
On Cotton Ave. near Harvey St., on the right when traveling east.
This flag pole and flags were placed
here on April 30, 2000 by the
Jenkins County Development Authority
to honor all servicemen who served
in the American Revolution,
World War I, World War II,
The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam War.
and . . . — — Map (db m169045) HM
On Cotton Ave. near Daniel St., on the right when traveling east.
This fountain
was originally in the lobby
of the Estelle Hotel.
The hotel was constructed in 1912
and was located on
Gray Street in Millen, Georgia.
Through the generosity
of several local citizens, the
Jenkins County Development . . . — — Map (db m13340) HM
On Cotton Avenue west of North Daniel Street, on the right when traveling east.
Millen Junction was founded in 1835 as an inn owned by Robert
Hendricks Gray. Originally named Brisonville, it is located
approximately 80 miles from Savannah on the Central Railroad of
Georgia. Thus the town was also called "The 80 Mile Depot" . . . — — Map (db m169088) HM
On Statesboro Road (U.S. 25) at Old Savannah Road, on the right when traveling south on Statesboro Road.
The highway crossing here is the Old Savannah Road, an early route from Savannah to Georgia’s western frontier. It follows the course of a former Indian trail to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below today’s Milledgeville. There it intersected the . . . — — Map (db m38241) HM
On West Winthrope Road (State Highway 17) at Old Louisville Road, on the right when traveling east on West Winthrope Road.
On the night of Dec. 2, 1864. Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (US).Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman. USA, camped on the west bank of Buckhead Creek near the bridge. During the late afternoon of the 2nd, the 17th Corps (Blair’s) had crossed the . . . — — Map (db m13092) HM
On Georgia Route 17 at Morris Road, on the left when traveling east on State Route 17.
On Dec.1, 1864, the 17th Corps (Blair’s) of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman’s army [US] moved from Burton (Midville) to Herndon, Station No. 9, CRR, and camped in and near the town. Gen. Sherman, who had accompanied the 17th Corps since the army passed . . . — — Map (db m38245) HM
Near Magnolia Springs Road, 0.3 miles east of U.S. 25, on the left when traveling east.
According to one source, shortly after the end of the Civil War, Camp Lawton's few permanent structures, including its prisoner stockade, burned. The grounds quickly reverted to their previous use as farmland. Over the years, nature and man erased . . . — — Map (db m114322) HM
On East Winthrope Avenue (State Highway 17) at Harvey Street, on the right when traveling west on East Winthrope Avenue.
This boulder is placed by
The Wayside Home Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Jenkins County, Georgia and
The Margaret Jones Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
of Burke County, Georgia
to perpetuate the name of . . . — — Map (db m221766) HM
On Cotton Street near Daniel Street, on the right when traveling east.
Was erected near this spot
by patriotic citizens of this
vicinity for the sick and
wounded soldiers and all
weary and hungry wearers
of the Confederate Grey — — Map (db m13324) HM
Near Magnolia Springs Road, 0.4 miles east of U.S. 25, on the left when traveling east.
In 1864, the Confederate States of America built a prisoner of war camp here. Named Camp Lawton, the stockade, designed to hold 40,000 prisoners, enclosed 42 acres. The first prisoners arrived from Andersonville in late September of 1864. Due to . . . — — Map (db m114315) HM
On Big Buckhead Church Road, 3.5 miles west of U.S. 25, on the right when traveling west.
Big Buckhead Baptist Church was initially established in 1774 but was disrupted by the Revolutionary War. It was reconstituted in 1787. Delegates to the annual convention of Georgia Baptists meeting here in 1831, "Resolved, that as soon as the . . . — — Map (db m103278) HM
On Buckhead Church Road, 0.2 miles Potter Road, on the right when traveling south.
This church, near Buckhead Creek, from which it derives its name, was probably organized before the Revolution by Matthew Moore, Baptist minister, whose loyalist sympathies led him to leave with the British. Buckhead Church was reconstituted Sept. . . . — — Map (db m169061) HM
On Big Buckhead Church Road, 0.2 miles south of Porter Road, on the right when traveling south.
On Nov. 28, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division Union, Brig. Gen. J. L. Kilpatrick, USA, was driven south from Waynesboro by the Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee Confederate, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA. Retreating under constant harassment by . . . — — Map (db m169039) HM
On U.S. 25 at Big Buckhead Church Road, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 25.
4.3 miles west of this point stands Old Buckhead Church. The present structure built around 1845 housed one of the oldest Baptist congregations in the United States. The Buckhead Church was organized prior to the Revolution under the leadership of . . . — — Map (db m169060) HM
On Georgia Route 17 at Scarboro Church Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 17.
This is one of the older settlements in this part of Georgia having been established sometime prior to 1840 and receiving its name from Enoch or Hardy
Scarborouogh of Screven County. In 1839 it became Station No. 7 on the Central Rail Road and . . . — — Map (db m11450) HM
