Forsyth-Simpson Mill

The Forsyth County Men

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The World War

1917-1918

In Grateful Remembrance of

The Forsyth County Men

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice

In The World War

Clinton A. Anderson

William M. Bazemore

Jim Bennett

Clyde Bolling

Frank J. Brewer

Isaac L. Brown

Sam Chambers

James R. Cook

Horace B. Connelly

James Cottingham

Herbert Crighton

Samuel Crews

Germie ...

Forsyth Bridge

Named by the 5th Cavalry in 1938 for Colonel William Dennison Forsyth Commander of the Fifth U.S. Cavalry at Fort Clark, Aug 1921 - Feb 1924

Placed by "The Colonel's Daughter" Elizabeth Forsyth Scheuber 1995

Marker is on Pecan Road, on the ...

Forsyth

Forsyth, County Seat of Monroe County, was incorporated by Act of Legislature in 1823. It is in almost the exact geographical center of the State. First commissioners were James S. Phillips, Henry H. Lumpkin, John E. Bailey, Anderson Baldwin and ...

Georgia Militia at Forsyth

On Nov. 16, 1864, Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, reached Griffin (30 miles NW) after a night withdrawal from Lovejoy’s Station (13 miles N of Griffin) where he had been posted to support Iverson’s division of Wheeler’s cavalry [CS] ...

George Duncan Forsyth

[Text on Front Side of Marker]

F. C. L.

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George Duncan Forsyth

Lt. Co. B. 100th O. V. I.

Captured at Limestone Station

Sept. 8, 1863.

Shot and Killed

in Libby Prison.

Apr. 12, 1864,

aged

23 Years.

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Dulce et Propria

Est ...

Forsyth Park

In the 1840s, William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871) conceived the idea of setting aside ten acres of wooded land at this site for development of Savannah's first recreational park. It was named for former Georgia Governor John Forsyth (1780-1841). William Bischoff ...

Home of John Forsyth

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This house was part of the home of John Forsyth located on this property. As U.S. Minister to Spain, in 1819 Forsyth negotiated the treaty by which Florida was acquired by the United States.

He was Congressman from Georgia, 1813- 1818; ...

Forsyth County

Forsyth County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 from Cherokee County. It was named for Gov. John Forsyth (1780-1841), a native of Frederick Co., Va., a graduate of Princeton, and gifted Georgia lawyer. He was Attorney-General of Ga., ...

Benjamin Forsyth

Officer in the War of 1812. Mortally wounded in Canada, 1814. Forsyth County named for him. Home stood a few feet north of this spot.

Marker is on State Highway 8 & 65 0.2 miles south of South Friendship Road, on ...