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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23YQ_meson-academy_Lexington-GA.html
Erected A.D.1807,
and liberally endowed by
Francis Meson.
Deceased on
the 8th of September, 1806.
1806 —— 1897.
Meson Academy
Trustees.
Dr. W. Z. Faust,
Chairman.
Wm. Gottheimer,
Sect. & Treas.
Hamilton McWhorter,
Geo. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFH_veterans-of-oglethorpe-county_Crawford-GA.html
In God We Trust
V
Marine Corps Seal, Navy Seal, Coast Guard Seal, Air Force Seal, Army Seal
In Honor of the Veterans of Oglethorpe County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFD_james-t-rayle-post-no-123-monument_Lexington-GA.html
Dedicated to those who served
1776-1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFC_oglethorpe-county-veterans-monument_Lexington-GA.html
Front
Oglethorpe Veterans
Reverse
Lest We Forget
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFA_gen-james-edward-oglethorpe_Lexington-GA.html
Oglethorpe, the fifth county created in Georgia, Dec. 19, 1793 was named for James Edward Oglethorpe, founder and first governor of Georgia.
Born in London, Dec. 22, 1696, Oglethorpe started his early life in Godalming, England. He was a philant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LN_wm-h-crawford_Crawford-GA.html
U S Senator
Secretary of the Treasury
Ambassador to France
1772 - 1834
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUC_watson-mill-bridge_Comer-GA.html
Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia's longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long.Covered primarily to protect the structural timbers, the bridge served local traffic, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOU4_governor-mathews-homesite_Carlton-GA.html
George Mathews born in Va. in 1739, of Irish descent, lived in this area then known as "Goose Pond" from 1785. His home since burned. He won distinction fighting Indians in the N.W. Ter. and in 1775 became a Col. serving under Washington at Brandy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFW_clouds-creek-baptist-church_Crawford-GA.html
In 1785, following the Revolutionary War, pioneers from North Carolina—including the Hendons, Hartsfields, Standifers, Johnsons, Lawrences, and Olives—settled near Big Cloud's Creek on the Georgia frontier near the Creek and Cherokee n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHB9_meson-academy_Lexington-GA.html
Francis Meson (1761-1806), an Irishman and "wandering schoolteacher," became a rich merchant in Lexington. He bequeathed $8,000.00 for an academy building and valuable property for an endowment, "the income to be used forever for the benefit of th…