Palmer Family Cemetery

This family cemetery was established October 24, 1845, when Barbara Jane, the infant of John and Barbara Morris Palmer, was buried here. John Palmer acquired the property - lot 116 in the 7th District of Fayette County, Georgia, in October, ...

The Oconee Electric Membership Corporation

Dudley, Georgia

To honor the founders whose vision transformed this rural area from darkness to the splendor of light; who serve as our reminder that no job is too difficult

if the cause is just and the people are determined.

Incorporators:

Paul J. ...

Site of the Home and Private School of Adiel Sherwood

Site of the home and private school of Adiel Sherwood 1832-1836

Author, Educator, Gospel Minister, Founder state Temperance Society, Citizen of the Commonwealth for about thirty years.

Born Fort Edward, New York, Oct. 3, 1791

Died St. Louis, Missouri, Aug. 18, 1879

In 1828 ...

Seth Pomeroy & Jeremiah Drake

In this churchyard

or the adjoining old cemetery

is buried in an unknown grave

Seth Pomeroy

the first Commander of the American Army

As senior Brigadier General in February 1775

the churchyard and primarily the plot of

Jeremiah Drake

a ...

Plank Roads

Fayetteville was the focal point for five plank roads, chartered 1849-52. The longest was built to Bethania, 129 miles northwest.

Marker is on Green Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Second Baptist Church

On Green Square

Was founded December 26, 1802

by Rev. Henry Cunningham and

Twenty-five other Baptists.

General William T. Sherman and

Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton

met with the Negroes of this city

and the newly freed slaves at

Second Baptist Church when Savannah

surrendered to General Sherman ...

West Riding Hall / Polk Hall

(Left of Stairs)

West Riding Hall

Constructed 1908

Used as an indoor training arena by mounted troops, the Cavalry School, and the U.S. Olympic equestrian team and for horse shows and polo games until 1952

(Right of stairs)

Polk Hall

in memory of

James Hilliard Polk

General

United States ...

First Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1800. The original building, begun in 1816, rebuilt on same walls after fire of 1831, stands one block east.

Marker is at the intersection of Green Street and Bow Street / Maiden Lane, on the left when ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

About midday on 25 April 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips discovered that the right flank of the American militia, on the edge of Blandford was vulnerable to attack from the south and rear. He ordered Lt. Col. John ...

The Bulldozer Press

The earth-moving machine we call a "bulldozer" got its name from this type of press. This bulldozer press made by Williams and White, shapes and straightens pieces of metal.

Marker can be reached from Tredegar Street 0.1 miles from South 5th ...