On Lewis Lake Road, 1.6 miles north of Bartow Road (Georgia Route 242), on the right when traveling north.
Union Major General William T. Sherman and the 17th Corps of his army's "Right Wing" left their encampment at New Hope Methodist Church on Tuesday morning, November 29, 1864. They marched generally southeast toward Tarver Place, Plantation. Their . . . — — Map (db m103357) HM
On Fenn's Bridge Road (Georgia Route 88) 0.5 miles south of Belmont Road, on the right when traveling north.
On Nov. 27, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved from Sandersville toward Louisville on its destructive March to the Sea. The 20th Corps (Williams) and Carlin’s division, 14th Corps (Davis), moved to Davisboro . . . — — Map (db m38008) HM
On New Hope Church Road at Heards Bridge Road on New Hope Church Road.
New Hope is the oldest Methodist Church still in existence in Washington County. Its early written church records are lost, but oral history relates that New Hope's original structure was built in the late 1700s. It was a one-room building with a . . . — — Map (db m103249) HM
On Georgia Route 24, 1 mile west of Main Street (Georgia Route 231), on the right when traveling east.
On Nov. 27, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved from Sandersville toward Louisville. Ward’s division, 20th Corps, and Carlin’s division, 14th Corps, with the artillery and trains of both corps, moved to . . . — — Map (db m49508) HM
On Deepstep Road at Indian Trail Road, on the right when traveling west on Deepstep Road.
In 1805, this site was settled by the family of Alexander Giles (1793-1873) who moved from Warren County to Washington County after the Creek Indian Cessation. The farm’s borders were Bluff Creek and Indian Trail Road, a high ridge trail used for . . . — — Map (db m38521) HM
On West Church Street (Georgia Route 24) 0.3 miles east of Indian Trail Road, on the left when traveling east.
On Nov. 24, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [USA] left Milledgeville enroute to Sandersville, the 14th Corps via Black Spring, the 20th Corps via Hebron. That night, the advance of the 20th Corps camped at Hebron, . . . — — Map (db m197785) HM
On Georgia Route 57 at Unnamed private road leading S from GA Hwy 57 when traveling west on State Route 57.
On Nov. 23, 1864, Maj. Gen. H. C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia, was in Oconee (No. 14, CRR), 10 miles N. with a mixed force [Confederate] of 1200 men and 6 guns (including the Corps of Cadets, Georgia Military Institute) to defend the RR bridge over . . . — — Map (db m107287) HM
On Georgia Route 57 at Georgia Route 68, on the right when traveling west on State Route 57.
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (85 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed . . . — — Map (db m41411) HM
On Georgia Route 68 at Georgia Route 272, on the left when traveling north on State Route 68.
On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball’s Ferry (O.4 mi. N of Ga 57). The 17th Corps (Blair), . . . — — Map (db m35498) HM
On Georgia Route 272 at Ridgeview Drive, on the right when traveling south on State Route 272.
On Nov. 19, 1854, Maj. A. L. Hartridge, CSA, arrived from Savannah with 186 men and 2 guns [CS] to defend the railroad bridge against raiding parties from Gen. Sherman’s army [US], then on its destructive March to the Sea. Next day, he was joined by . . . — — Map (db m35456) HM
On Bartow Road (Georgia Route 242 at milepost 19), 0 miles west of Dublin Bartow Road, on the right when traveling east.
This highway is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below Milledgeville, along the course of a former trading path to the Creek Indians. The lower . . . — — Map (db m21254) HM
On Bartow Road (Georgia Route 242) 0 miles west of Riddleville-Davisboro Road (Georgia Route 231), on the right when traveling east.
In this locality was one of the four academies of Washington County authorized by the State of Georgia and known as the Riddleville Academy. Mr. Anderson Riddle, a prominent citizen of the community and an ardent advocate of education, learning of . . . — — Map (db m21256) HM
On West Church Road (Georgia Route 540) at Smith Robinson Road, on the right when traveling east on West Church Road.
Early on Nov. 25, 1864, the advance guard of the 20th Corps & of Gen. Sherman's army reached this vicinity and found that the nine bridges over, Buffalo Creek and tributaries had been burned by Wheeler's cavalry. A detachment of the 58th Indiana . . . — — Map (db m151273) HM
On Fall Line Freeway (Georgia Route 88) at Gordon School Road, on the right when traveling east on Fall Line Freeway.
For over 60 years this outstanding Negro was an entrepreneurial, educational, religious, and political leader in Washington County. On this site in 1897 he founded the Royal School for young Negro children. — — Map (db m24439) HM
On Deepstep Road, 0.2 miles east of Tucker Road, on the right when traveling west.
Traces its beginning to a Methodist Society held at home of pioneer William Hicklin around 1805, and the 1825 Hicklin Meeting House Roll with 32 members recorded by Rev. Tillman Snead, early Methodist Pastor. First deed found in 1831 settlement of . . . — — Map (db m38681) HM
On West Haynes Street, 0 miles east of Jones Street, on the left when traveling east.
Governor Thomas William Hardwick, lawyer and statesman, spent most of his life in this city. Born in Thomasville, Dec. 9, 1872, he graduated from Mercer in 1892 and from Lumpkin Law School, U. of Ga., in ‘93, in which year he was admitted to the . . . — — Map (db m24746) HM
On South Harris Street (Georgia Route 15) 0 miles south of Newman Street, on the left when traveling south.
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (68 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed . . . — — Map (db m24785) HM
On West Haynes Street at Jones Street, on the right when traveling west on West Haynes Street.
A beautiful reproduction of the Greek Temple Athene, erected in 1855-56 for the Masons, of brick, hand-made by slaves, stood on this corner. An appeal by Mr. James D. Anthony and Dr. James R. Smith -- Methodist Ministers -- and Mr. Pincus Happ, . . . — — Map (db m24677) HM
In 1944, at Ft. Slocum, N.Y., Duckworth, an ordinary buck private
from Sandersville, Georgia, authored one of the most popular
marching cadences in military history. At first, it was known as the
"Duckworth Chant." It later gained fame as . . . — — Map (db m103232) HM
On Virginia Avenue at West Church Street (Georgia Route 24), on the right when traveling south on Virginia Avenue.
James Danelly Anthony entered the Methodist ministry at the 1847 Georgia Conference and after 50 years of service retired in 1897. He had 12 different charges and was 4 times Presiding elder for separate districts, one being the Sandersville . . . — — Map (db m24763) HM
On North Harris Street (Georgia Route 15) at West Haynes Street, on the right when traveling south on North Harris Street.
The present site of the building, which stands on the corner of South Harris Street and West Haynes Street, was the location of Mr. Mark Sander’s store at the crossing of roads. On December 19, 1793, the Legislature of Georgia authorized that a . . . — — Map (db m24756) HM
Near North Harris Street (Georgia Route 15) south of East McCarty Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Brown House was built about 1850 by Nathan Haynes. It was purchased by merchant and planter William Gainer Brown about 1851. During the 1850s portraits of William and Miriah Brown were painted by an itinerant artist for $75 plus room and board. . . . — — Map (db m103238) HM
On East McCarty Street (Georgia Route 24) 0.1 miles west of McDaniel Drive, on the left when traveling east.
On Nov. 24, 1864, the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Milledgeville enroute to Sandersville. On the 26th, after delays caused by destruction . . . — — Map (db m24443) HM
Near West Haynes Street west of Virginia Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
To the memory
of the
Confederate
soldiers,
who illustrated
Washington Co.
on many battlefields.
A hero's crown is
thine forever.
There are deeds which
should not pass away
and names that cannot
be forgotten.
1861 – . . . — — Map (db m197787) WM
On North Harris Street (Georgia Route 15) at Malone Street, on the right when traveling south on North Harris Street.
Washington, Georgia’s ninth county and first in the nation to be named for George Washington, was created in 1784 for granting land to soldiers for Revolutionary War services.
Court House Square, located on the old stage coach road from . . . — — Map (db m24690) HM
On West Haynes Street at Stacer Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Haynes Street.
On Thursday, November 24, 1864, the 14th and 20th Corps of Union Major General William T. Sherman's army began entering Washington County. By November
26th the 28,000 soldiers of the two corps arrived in Sandersville, marching on separate roads . . . — — Map (db m103235) HM
Dedicated
to the
Men and Women
of
Washington County
who served our
country with honor
during
the Korean War
June 27, 1950
January 31, 1955
{Honor Roll on Left and right panels of those who . . . — — Map (db m103379) WM
On Stacer Avenue at West Haynes Street, on the left when traveling north on Stacer Avenue.
In Sacred Memory of the
men of Washington County
who made the supreme
sacrifice in World War I
Carroll William Deal
Claude Louis Deal
Julius Hartley
Abbie Lee Johnson
Lewis Cheatham Newsom
Wilbur Stuart Sewell Sr.
William . . . — — Map (db m103385) WM
On Georgia Route 15 S at Montgomery Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 15 S.
Colby Smith, a Revolutionary War soldier who was prominent in America’s War of Independence settled in the 89th District in 1798 and was granted property by the Governor of Georgia in Honor of his service to America. He, his children, and his . . . — — Map (db m21300) HM
On Georgia Route 68, 0.1 miles north of Hurst Road, on the right when traveling north.
On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball’s Ferry (9 miles SW), on pontoon bridges, after two days of . . . — — Map (db m35509) HM
On Deep Cut Road at Ohoopee Church Road, on the left when traveling north on Deep Cut Road.
Jared Irwin, Statesman and twice Governor of Georgia, moved from Mecklenburg Country, N.C to Burke County, Ga. as a child. Commissioned a brigadier general during the Revolutionary War, he distinguished himself following the War as an Indian . . . — — Map (db m35502) HM
On Smith Street at East South Central Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Smith Street.
Late on Nov. 24, 1864, Lieut. Gen. Wm J. Hardee CSA, arrived in Tennille to consult with Maj. Gen. H.C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia as to the advisability of further resistance along the line of the Oconee River, already reached by Gen. Sherman’s . . . — — Map (db m25268) HM
On Smith Street at West North Central Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Smith Street.
Tennille, the highest point, on the Central of Georgia Railroad, between Macon and Savannah, named for a public spirited citizen, Mr. Francis Tennille, was called for a number of years, Station No. 13. The land for the Right of Way, which made the . . . — — Map (db m25267) HM
On Smith Street at West North Central Avenue on Smith Street.
Tennille was founded in 1837 as Franklinville for Sam O. Franklin who gave land for the railroad's right-of-way and the town's creation. Its name was changed in 1842 after a prominent local citizen, Francis Tennille. The following year Tennille also . . . — — Map (db m103239) HM
On Warthen Road (Georgia Route 15) 0.2 miles north of Bay Springs Road.
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America and party camped near here in a wooded area, when trying to reach Mobile, in his flight from Federal Soldiers. The party, on horseback, stopped at Warthen’s Store to purchase food . . . — — Map (db m24361) HM
On Warthen Road (Georgia Route 15) 0 miles south of Warthen Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Washington County, which once embraced all the territory from the Cherokee corner North, from the Ogeechee to the Oconee and the Liberty on the South, was surveyed in 1784. Soon the small settlement known as Warthen’s Store was designated as the . . . — — Map (db m24393) HM
