Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rabun County, Georgia
Clayton is the county seat for Rabun County
Adjacent to Rabun County, Georgia
Habersham County(15) ► Towns County(8) ► Clay County, North Carolina(7) ► Jackson County, North Carolina(26) ► Macon County, North Carolina(34) ► Oconee County, South Carolina(84) ►
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Lillian Eugenia Smith was born in 1897 in Jasper, Florida, moving with her family to Chayton, Georgia, In 1915. After attending Piedmont College and Peabody Conservatory, she taught in China before returning to Clayton to work at Laurel Falls Camp, . . . — — Map (db m237990) HM
This County created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 21, 1819, is named for William Rabun, 11th Governor of Georgia who was elected in 1817 and died in 1819. Self-educated by reading he served as a member of the Legislature and as President of the . . . — — Map (db m28007) HM
1950 Korea 1953
The Forgotten War
In memory of
and with deep appreciation for
the men and women who served
during the Korean Campaign to
preserve our freedom — — Map (db m100621) WM
In honor of those who served Lebanon • Panama • Libya • Persian Gulf • Granada • Bosnia • Samalia • Kosovo • Afghanistan • Iraq — — Map (db m215062) WM
Dedicated to the memory of
Robert H. “Bob” Vickers 1908 – 1984
Clayton City Councilman 1945 to 1951
Sole County Commissioner and Judge of the Ordinary 1952 – 1972 Probate Judge 1972 – 1984
With little . . . — — Map (db m28257) HM
The Rabun County Courthouse has been on this site since 1908 when it was moved from the original Courthouse Square on Main Street. The 1908 building was demolished in 1967 when a new building was constructed. — — Map (db m99018) HM
Built at the foot of one of the longest and deepest valleys in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lake Rabun began filling in May 1915 to form a reservoir of over ten million gallons covering 834 acres with a normal water level of 1690 feet above mean sea . . . — — Map (db m43910) HM
Erected in 1932 by the
Georgia Division
of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
to the memory of
Brig·Gen·Francis·S·Bartow·C·S·A·
8th·GA·Regiment
Born in Savannah, GA·Sept·6, 1816
and killed in the
First . . . — — Map (db m99001) HM
The Georgia Division UDC has contributed 115 acres of land and four cottages to the farm family programs of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. The plan was first proposed by Miss Mildred Rutherford in 1905. Francis S. Bartow Cottage, built in 1938, . . . — — Map (db m203592) HM
One of Rabun County’s first college graduates, Andrew Jackson Ritchie received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University before returning to his native county to devote his life to the education of the mountain people. In 1903 he founded . . . — — Map (db m28008) HM
Mollie Gibson acquired this property from her grandfather in 1873. With husband William T. York, they grew the farm to 400 acres. The two-story chestnut log farmhouse dates to 1846. The inn began in 1896 and was expanded in 1907 to 26 rooms. This is . . . — — Map (db m81198) HM
In 1970, Tightrope walker, Karl Wallenda, used this tower to walk across the gorge. He walked from this overlook to the tower on the South Rim. During his walk, he did two headstands. — — Map (db m170619) HM
Construction of Tallulah Falls Railway began in 1871 at Cornelia, GA, reached Tallulah Falls in 1882, and extended to Franklin, NC, by 1907. As the northern terminus of the rail line for over twenty years, Tallulah Falls became a popular resort . . . — — Map (db m21243) HM
