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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5C_fort-jones_Omaha-GA.html
Fort Jones, a stockade fort built during the Creek uprising of 1836, stood on this site. After the burning of Roanoke, the frightened settlers sought refuge in its blockhouse, built of upright skinned logs with high windows for gun holes. The fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV58_roanoke_Omaha-GA.html
Roanoke, ½ mile west of here on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River was originally an Indian village. Incorporated in 1832 with about 30 families, a post office and several stores, it became a thriving white settlement. Roanoke was attac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV55_fort-mccreary-1836_Omaha-GA.html
One mile north of here is the site of Fort McCreary built for the defense of Georgia's frontier along the Chattahoochee River. During the Creek Indian War of 1836 it was garrisoned by the U. S. soldiers and Georgia Volunteers under command of Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQCV_lumpkin-and-stewart-county_Lumpkin-GA.html
Lumpkin, named for Wilson Lumpkin, Governor, Congressman and Senator, first the County Seat of Randolph County, became the Seat of Government of Stewart County when that county was constituted from Randolph December 23, 1830. On a hill between two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7I_louvale-church-row_Louvale-GA.html
Originally Antioch, the town developing at the terminus of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery (Little SAM) Railroad, was renamed Louvale in 1886. Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, founded 1832 in Pleasant Valley, moved to Moccasin Gap 1842 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7H_antioch-institute_Louvale-GA.html
Built in the 1850's, the school was operated by the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church until it was sold to Stewart County in 1895. The building is believed to have been used for church services until the handsome building to the south was erect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIN_first-seat-of-government-of-randolph-county_Lumpkin-GA.html
Near here on the old Fort Gaines Road, the first Monday in August 1829, at the home of Allen and Jeanette (Roby) Wamble, was held the first Inferior Court for Randolph County which, at that time, included Stewart, Webster and Randolph Counties. Lu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFG_county-courthouse_Lumpkin-GA.html
This handsome structure as built in 1895 in the Classical style made popular by the buildings housing the Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893-94) to which Lumpkin-born architect John Wellborn Root was a major contributor. It replaced a wooden co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGG_bedingfield-inn_Lumpkin-GA.html
The Bedingfield Inn or Tavern was constructed on this site in 1836 by Dr. Bryan N. Bedingfield as a family residence and stagecoach stop. It was a center for commercial and community activities and a one-day's travel from Columbus, Fort Gaines, Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFIS_green-grove-missionary-baptist-church-green-grove-schoolhouse_Lumpkin-GA.html
Side 1:Green Grove Missionary Baptist ChurchThis church served as the focus for the religious, educational and cultural life of African Americans in the Green Grove community during the late 19th century and well into the 20th century. Deacons Per…
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