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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9RG_augusta-state-university_Augusta-GA.html
Augusta State University traces its roots to 1783 when its parent institution, the Academy of Richmond County, was chartered. Offering college-level classes to prepare students for admission into universities as sophomores or juniors, the Academy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9O0_joseph-r-lamar-associate-justice_Augusta-GA.html
Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) lived in this manse from 1860-1875 while his father, James Sanford Lamar, was pastor of First Christian Church. A prominent attorney, he served two terms in the Georgia legislature and codified the civil code of Geo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NZ_first-ebenezer-baptist-church_Hephzibah-GA.html
This congregation began when a handful of slaves gathered for services on the Rhodes Plantation in August 1812. In 1851 Absalom A. Rhodes sold a quarter acre of land here for two dollars to the deacon board of Ebenezer Baptist Church. The fifty-si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NY_first-christian-church_Augusta-GA.html
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) began in Kentucky in the early years of the nineteenth century. Dr. Daniel Hook and Captain and Mrs. Edward Campfield established Augusta's First Christian Church in 1835, despite great suspicion and nega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NO_summerville-cemetery_Augusta-GA.html
In this cemetery are buried the following eminent Georgians: JOHN MILLEDGE (1757-1818), Revolutionary officer, Congressman, Governor (1802-1806). He gave the land on which the University of Georgia is built. GEORGE WALKER CRAWFORD (1798-1872…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9MQ_birthplace-of-general-joseph-wheeler_Augusta-GA.html
A short distance north of this place, General Joseph Wheeler was born on Sept. 10, 1836. He graduated from West Point in 1859 and held the rank of 2ndlieutenant when the Civil War broke out. Resigning his commission in the Mounted Rifles, U.S.A., …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ND_founding-of-augusta_Augusta-GA.html
Following the establishment of Georgia's first settlement at Savannah in 1733, General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony, learned of a thriving trading village on the Carolina bank of the Savannah River located near the head of naviga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6MA_major-ferdinand-phinizy_Augusta-GA.html
In Memory OfMajor Ferdinand PhinizyWho Died October 19th, 1818In The 57th Year Of His AgeHe was a native of Parma in Italy,but in early lifebecame a citizen of the United States. He shared in the struggles, advocated the rights, and was a friendto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6M9_woodmen-of-the-world-memorial_Augusta-GA.html
( West Face ) ( Emblem )In the Sacred Memory Of The Men Of Richmond County WhoMade The Supreme Sacrifice World War I{ List of Names } World War II{ List of Names } Time Shall Not Dim TheGlory Of Their Deeds ( Text Reverse ) ( E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6KS_world-war_Augusta-GA.html
[Front]:To honor the men of Richmond County,of every creed and color,who served at their country's callthat aggression and lawless forceshould not dominate the world. [Reverse]:What stands if freedom fall?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Kipling 1914
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