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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPK7_old-courthouse-1848_Buena-Vista-GA.html
This courthouse built in 1848 at a cost of $1,637 replaced one built in 1839 and was burned in 1845. The courthouse now in use was built at Buena Vista, then Pea Ridge, in 1850 when the county seat was moved. The first courthouse in Marion County …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI45_old-federal-road_Mauk-GA.html
The road crossing east and west here is the Old Federal Road, western Georgia's first vehicular thoroughfare. Beginning at Fort Hawkins (now Macon) it led across the Creek Indian Country to the Alabama River above Mobile. Permission to open the tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI43_fort-perry_Mauk-GA.html
One half mile due east lies the site of Fort Perry, along the Old Federal Road. A stockade fort, defended by block houses, this post was ordered erected by General John Floyd, of Camden county, as he led a body of 400 Georgia Militiamen through th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI3K_new-courthouse-1850_Buena-Vista-GA.html
Built in 1850 of locally made brick, this is one of two courthouses standing in Marion County. The other built in 1848 is at Tazewell. The first courthouse was at Horry. When the county seat was moved here the town was called Pea Ridge. Wishing a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7BU_william-bartram-trail_Mauk-GA.html
In 1774 William Bartram trekked Old Federal Road through Fort Perry, going on to camp at Pintchlucco (Pine Knot Creek).