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Washington-Wilkes Firsts
1775 First stone marker indicating George III land ...
George Washington Paused Here
George Washington
Paused here on the Post Road near...
George Washington Memorial Highway
This tablet marks
the
George
Washington<...
James Washington Cockrum
[Side 'One']
Born 1799 in North Carolina. Pur...
Washington's Southern Tour
George Washington's last overnight stop in N.C., June 3, 1...
George Washington Statue
George Washington was born in Virginia on F...
Washington Street Methodist Church
A church was built here between 1803 and 1805; anot...
General George Washington
in frequent visits to the American
troops encamped...
Swayne College / Booker T. Washington School
Side A
Named for Union General and Freemen’s ...
First Court of Washington County
On Feb. 23, 1778, 0.6 mile NE at the house of Col. Charles...
Results for Washington
Washington-Wilkes Firsts
1775 First stone marker indicating George III land grant Fort Washington Park
1777 First county named in Georgia’s first constitution
1779 First African-American Revolutionary hero in the South. Austin Dabney – Battle of Kettle Creek
1780 First city incorporated in the name ...
George Washington Paused Here
George Washington
Paused here on the Post Road near this church, on October 16, 1789 and afterward wrote in his diary, "the superb landscape which is to be seen from the meeting house is a rich regalia".
In Commemoration ...
George Washington Memorial Highway
This tablet marks
the
George
Washington
Memorial
Highway
at
Waltham
1732 ------- 1932
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 20) and Weston Street (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
James Washington Cockrum
[Side 'One']
Born 1799 in North Carolina. Purchased land 1818 in Gibson County. Cockrum and Jacob Warrick Hargrove laid out the town of Oakland (now Oakland City) on January 15, 1856. Cockrum and his son William Monroe Cockrum, along with sympathizers ...
Washington's Southern Tour
George Washington's last overnight stop in N.C., June 3, 1791, was at the home of Dudley Gatewood, which stood 1 mi. N.E.
Marker is on North Carolina Highway 86 North (North Carolina Route 86) 0.1 miles south of Walters Mill Road ...
George Washington Statue
George Washington was born in Virginia on February 22, 1732. As a boy, he excelled in field sports, and though
his formal education was limited, he exhibited skill in mathematics and surveying.
In the French and Indian War, though ...
Washington Street Methodist Church
A church was built here between 1803 and 1805; another church, erected 1832, was burned by Union troops in 1865 and reconstructed in 1866 of salvaged brick and clay mortar. Present church dedicated 1875. Bishop Wm. Capers (1790-1855), founder of ...
General George Washington
in frequent visits to the American
troops encamped nearby during the
War of the
Revolution
drank at this spring
and gave it its name
Cold Spring.
Marker is at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Main Street, on the left ...
Swayne College / Booker T. Washington School
Side A
Named for Union General and Freemen’s Bureau Agent Wager Swayne, Swayne College was dedicated 21 April 1869. The Bureau appropriated $10,000 for the building and the local black community purchased 3.5 acres for the site. Future officeholder Elijah Cook ...
First Court of Washington County
On Feb. 23, 1778, 0.6 mile NE at the house of Col. Charles Robertson, Trustee, on the east “east (Catbird) branch of Sinking Creek” was held the First Court of the newly formed County of Washington, North Carolina, with John ...