First Baptist Church in Georgia

Kiokee Church, the first Baptist Church to be constituted in Georgia, was organized in the Spring of 1772, by the Rev. Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist denomination in Georgia. A meeting house was built, and the ...

"The Publick Building Called the Temple"

Chaplain Israel Evans proposed building a “Temple of Virtue” where officers could assemble for meetings and the army could worship together rather than attend separate services around town or ignore the Sabbath completely. To this end, soldiers provided 5,000 feet ...

Violet Bank

The present building was built around 1815 as it is the domestic architecture of the federal period. There are two theories concerning the origin of the name “Violet Bank”.

(1) Because of the thousands of violets that covered the hillside.

(2) An ...

Hopper Family Burying Ground

Located on the

boundary between

two Hopper farms, the

cemetery was shared

by both families and

their relatives for

almost one hundred

years. The earliest

known burial was

in 1804.

Marker is on Spotswood Road 0.1 miles west of Delmar Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Logan's 15th & Blair's 17th A.C. to Decatur

July 19, 1864. Logan's troops, in "light fighting order" left camp at Henderson's mill (0.8 mile N.E.), at 5 A.M. & marched to Decatur. They were joined at this point by Blair's corps which had camped at Blake's Mill, 2 ...

Doniphan – Hubbell House

From circa 1830 until 1925 a house stood on this site once occupied by Alexander W. Doniphan. A native Kentuckian, Doniphan practiced law in Clay County for 30 years, defended the Mormans, and founded William Jewell College. During the Mexican ...

Dodge's & Blair's Columns Seperate

July 19th, 1864. Blair's 17th A.C. followed by Dodge's 16th (US), having camped near Blake's Mill, 6 mi. N. on the old Shallow Ford Rd. the night before, moved S. to this point where their lines of march diverged.

Dodge's ...

Site of Former Greenbush Cemetery Burials

Nineteenth century cemeteries were sometimes relocated as a community expanded. In 1845, land was purchased for a cemetery in the Greenbush neighborhood of Madison where St. Marys Hospital is located today. The cemetery became overcrowded with Madison's German and Irish ...

St. Bride's Church

At this point stood St. Bride's Church. The parish church of St. Bride's Parish which was established in 1761. The church, sometimes known as Northwest Church, was built in 1762 and survived until 1853.

Marker is at the intersection of Battlefield ...

Battle of Decatur

During the Battle of Decatur on July 22nd 1864 there was hot fighting in and around the old courthouse which stood on this square.

Wheeler's Cavalry made a gallant charge here and captured a battery of federal artillery with officers and ...