Good Hope Church

Oldest Presbyterian Church

in continuous existence

in Anderson County.

Organized in 1789.

First pastor, Rev. John Simpson.

Congregation worshipped at three

sites nears Generostee Creek,

three miles west of Iva.

Old cemetery at third site.

Sanctuary built in Iva in 1909,

200 yards west of marker.

Marker is on Lowndesville Highway ...

Jordan's Point

Weyanoke Indians, part of the Powhatan Chiefdom, occupied Jordan's Point, around two miles north on the James River, when English colonists arrived in 1607. There, about 1620, Samuel Jordan settled; the place was called Jordan's Journey. By 1625, his widow ...

Prettyman House

104 West Jefferson Street

For many African Americans emancipation from slavery meant transitioning from a household slave to a paid domestic servant.

The Johnson-Prettyman family lived in this 1841 house for five generations. During their ownership they transitioned from owning slaves to ...

History at Prince George Courthouse

Lord Cornwallis, going toward the James in pursuit of Lafayette, passed here, May 24, 1781. A part of Grant's army passed here on the way to Petersburg, June, 1864. The place was occupied by Union troops in 1864-65.

Marker is at ...

Clayton Road

Named in memory of

Colonel Bertram T. Clayton

Headquarters, 1st Division

Killed in action in France

May 30, 1918

Marker is on Clayton Road, on the left when traveling east.

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Bailey's Creek

Bailey's Creek is named for Temperance Bailey (ca. 1617-ca. 1652), the daughter of Cicely Bailey and her first husband, whose name is unknown. When he died before Sept. 1620, Temperance inherited 200 acres of land near here at the age ...

Fort Gaines Guards

Organized in 1836 under the command of Col. J. E. Brown, for 74 years the Fort Gaines Guards was one of the best and, later, the oldest military organization in western Georgia. Kept intact between wars, the Guards fought in ...

General Henry Hastings Sibley

[symbol of the Daughters of the American Revolution; image of the Sibley House]

To the glory of God and in memory of General Henry Hastings Sibley. Born February 20, 1811, died February 18, 1891. A great patriot - soldier - statesman. ...

Union Second Cavalry Division

Units of the Union Second Cavalry Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. D.M. Gregg, were engaged here with a portion of the Confederate "Stonewall" Brigade, Johnston's Division, from about 6 to 10 p.m. on July 2, 1863. The 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry ...

World War I Veterans Memorial Park

Harrison Park

World War I

Veterans Memorial Park

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Dedicated May 30, 1919

by

The Town of Wallingford

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Re-Dedicated

November 10, 1991

by

Boy Scout Troop 2

and

Town Veteran Organizations

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Cedar Lane and Kovacs Place, on the left when traveling east.

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