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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119W_usry-house_Thomson-GA.html
Built by William Usry about 1795 as the seat of his extensive cotton plantations, Usry House early became the center of ante-bellum social life in this region.
In its parlor, the Goodrich-Usry Railroad was conceived, and Lafayette reputedly ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNJ_hickory-hill_Thomson-GA.html
Populist presidential candidate and Georgia political leader Thomas E. Watson purchased this house from Captain James Wilson in 1900. Watson extensively renovated both the house and grounds, installing telephones and even constructing a power plan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSN3_sen-thomas-e-watson_Thomson-GA.html
Born near Thomson, Sept. 5, 1856, Thomas Edward Watson, gifted writer, eloquent speaker and longtime political leader of Georgia, spent most of his life in this section. His home, "Hickory Hill," bought and remodeled extensively by Sen. Watson, ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSN2_mcduffie-county_Thomson-GA.html
McDuffie County was created by Act of Oct. 18, 1870 from Columbia and Warren Counties. It was named for George McDuffie (1788-1851). Born in Columbia (now Warren County, Ga.), he became a political leader in S.C. He was a Maj. Gen. of Militia, Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSM9_wrightsboro-methodist-church_Thomson-GA.html
The Wrightsboro Methodist Church of the Thomson Circuit, on the site of the now dead town of Wrightsboro, has been an active organization for over 125 years. In its historic churchyard are buried several veterans of the Revolutionary War and some …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSM8_wrightsboro_Thomson-GA.html
On this site in 1754, Edmund Grey, a pretending Quaker, founded the town of Brandon, named for one of its leaders. In Dec. 1768, Joseph Mattock and Jonathan Sell, Quakers, obtained a grant of 40,000 acres from the Royal Governor, Sir James Wright,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6B7_william-bartram-trail_Thomson-GA.html
1773 the Treaty of AugustaBartram visited WrightsboroughHe described the view of high hillsand rich vales. He took on supplies.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6B5_the-rock-house_Thomson-GA.html
This 18th Century stone dwelling is the only surviving house associated with the Colonial Wrightsboro Settlement (1768). Its builder, Thomas Ansley, used weathered granite, quarried in its natural form from the nearby geographical fall line, as bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM622_home-of-thomas-e-watson_Thomson-GA.html
After passing the state Bar in 1876, native Thomas E. Watson returned to Thomson and lived in this house with his family from 1881 to 1900. In his first floor office Watson began his law and writing career and entered politics. He served in the Ge…