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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6U_in-memory-of-max-meyerhardt_Macon-GA.html
Worshipful Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., Rome, 1885-1923; Worshipful Master of the Seventh District Masonic Convention, 1897-1923; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia 1900-1907; High Priest Rome Chapter No. 26, R.A.M; 1893-18…
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In Memory of J. Wilson Parker June 26, 1895 ——— July 27, 1966Grand Master 1940Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Masonic Home of Georgia, 1946-1966Raised in Fairburn Lodge No. 180, F. & A. M., 1920; Worshipful Master 1923 and 194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU8Y_the-dunlap-house_Macon-GA.html
The only battles fought at Macon took place here. Twice the Federals attacked Macon, emplanting their cannon on this farm, and twice they were repulsed. In the first attack under Gen. Stoneman on July 30, 1864, they shelled Macon from 10 A.M. unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7O_mercer-university_Macon-GA.html
Founded in Pensfield, Georgia, January 14, 1833, as Mercer Institute, Mercer University, the "oldest child" of the Georgia Baptist Convention, has been the chief source of Baptist ministerial and lay leaders through the years. Among the many notab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7M_the-first-presbyterian-church_Macon-GA.html
Organized as the Presbyterian Church of Macon on June 18, 1826, by the Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve and the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, the church dedicated this house of worship, its third, on September 19, 1858, at the close of the ministry of the Rev.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU68_bibb-county_Macon-GA.html
Bibb County was created by Act of Dec. 9, 1822 from Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Counties. It was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) of Elbert County. Dr. Bibb, physician, legislator, Congressman, Senator, was appointed Governor of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYH_battles-of-dunlap-farm_Macon-GA.html
On July 30, 1864, Gen. Stoneman with 2,500 cavalry crossed Walnut Creek & placed his cannon on a ridge on the Dunlap farm. He attacked Macon to capture the gold in the Confederate Depository; to destroy the Armory, Arsenal & Laboratories, the brid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTXW_vineville-united-methodist-church_Macon-GA.html
Vineville United Methodist Church, the oldest daughter of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, was begun in 1846 to serve wealthy planners of the village of Vineville, just outside Macon. It has been located on this site since 1897. The curren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTXI_the-stoneman-raid_Macon-GA.html
In July, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest," Sherman sought to force its evacuation by sending Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman, with th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKH_ballard-hudson-senior-high-school_Macon-GA.html
Ballard-Hudson Senior High School was built in 1949 as the only high school in Macon for African Americans in grades nine through twelve. The schoolrepresents the merger of two schools: Ballard High School, a private school with roots in Lewis Hig…
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