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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Q6_woodmanston-plantation_Riceboro-GA.html
Established in 1760 by William and John Eatton LeConte, Woodmanston became one of Georgia`s earliest inland swamp rice plantations. In spite of Indian attacks and marauding armies during the Revolution, Woodmanston prospered.
In 1810 control of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PQ_old-post-road_Midway-GA.html
This road on the rightwas established in 1736 byGen. James Oglethorpe.First postal route south ofSavannah Stage Coach Roadand line of marchof Revolutionary Soldiers.
Saint John's Parish ChapterDaughters of the American ColonistsMarch 3, 1950
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PL_midway-congregational-church_Midway-GA.html
Organized in 1754 by the descendantsof an English Colony which came firstto Massachusetts 1630 to Connecticut 1635to South Carolina 1695and to Georgia 1752Built on the same spot as the church which was burned by the British in 1778
This Church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PK_liberty-armory-site_Hinesville-GA.html
Returning from the Revolution, the soldiers of Liberty County re-organized themselves into a troop of cavalry, known as the Liberty Dragoons, later the Liberty Independent Troop, the oldest cavalry company in Georgia. In continuous existence since…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PI_hinesville-methodist-church_Hinesville-GA.html
The year 1837 marked the founding of Hinesville and the establishment of the Hinesville Methodist Church. For one hundred years this was the only church in Hinesville. The first services were held in a small frame building near the Bradwell Instit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PH_fort-morris-cannon_Hinesville-GA.html
This small cannon was a part of the armament of historic Fort Morris at Sunbury during the American Revolution. In November, 1778, a superior British force from Florida under Colonel Fuser of the 60th Regiment besieged the Fort. To the ultimatum t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5PG_william-bartram-trail_Riceboro-GA.html
In 1773 William Bartram, here viewed Woodmanston Plantation, later the home of his friend, Naturalist John E. LeConte.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OT_civil-liberties-at-dorchester-cooperative-center-1940-present_Midway-GA.html
In an effort to involve Liberty County African Americans in politics, the Dorchester Cooperative Center (DCC) began to help organizeAfrican American Voters. The DCC taught local African Americans the United States and Georgia constitutions, follow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OM_sunbury-and-fort-morris_Midway-GA.html
he old town of Sunbury, 11 miles East on this road, was a leading port, said to rival Savannah in commercial importance. It was the first Seat of Justice of Liberty County. Sunbury Academy, established in 1788, was in its time the most famous Scho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OE_sunbury_Midway-GA.html
Many famous persons lived in the town of Sunbury. Among them was Dr. Lyman Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independence. It was also the home of Richard Howley and Nathan Brownson, later governors of Georgia; of John Elliott and Alfred Cuthbert…