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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-3a54b_veterans-of-all-wars-memorial-a-war-memorial_Ocilla-GA.html
Memorial In honor and memory of veterans of all wars Ocilla, Irwin County, Georgia Donated by American Legion Jeff Davis Post 100 Woodmen of the World Camp 757
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-e40f5_irwin-county-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Ocilla-GA.html
Dedicated to the men and women who served our country in the Armed Forces. God bless all those who died and especially those who paid the ultimate sacrifice so we might live openly. (left panel) World War II Honor Roll (right panel) Wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-3420e_confederate-memorial-a-war-memorial_Ocilla-GA.html
(front panel) "Tell it as you may, it never can be told! Sing it as you will, it never can be sung. The story of the glory of the men who wore the gray. (rear panel) "Silently this stone proclaims the deathless fame of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR5X_irwin-county_Ocilla-GA.html
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 15, 1818 and December 21, 1819, is named for Gov. Jared Irwin who served from 1806 to ?09. He helped revised the State Constitution in 1789 and ?98 and was famed for his uncompromising oppos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR00_jefferson-davis-memorial-state-park_Ocilla-GA.html
On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the present Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park (1 mile north) and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRD_jefferson-davis-memorial-state-park_Ocilla-GA.html
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (178 miles NE of the Park), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed enroute…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQR0_dorminys-meeting-house-youngs-meeting-house-brushy-creek_Ocilla-GA.html
Dorminy`s Meeting House was constituted December 17, 1831, on a site 1 mile Northwest of Irwinville, near the home of John B. Dorminy, Sr. The Church was of thePrimitive Baptist faith, and the elders constituting it were the Rev. J. Baker and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCLU_old-coffee-road_Ocilla-GA.html
The highway leading north and south at this point is the Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this section. Beginning at Swain's Ferry on the Ocmulgee River, it ran this way to the Florida Line via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil,…
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