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Warthen
Washington County, which once embraced all the territory f...
Marsh-Warthen House
c. 1836
The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was bui...
African American Pioneers of the Marsh-Warthen-Clements House
The Marsh-Warthen-Clements House was hand built by enslave...
Results for Warthen
Warthen
Washington County, which once embraced all the territory from the Cherokee corner North, from the Ogeechee to the Oconee and the Liberty on the South, was surveyed in 1784. Soon the small settlement known as Warthen’s Store was designated as ...
Marsh-Warthen House
c. 1836
The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh, a prominent and influential merchant and statesman who donated land for John
B. Gordon Hall. Marsh, with two other businessmen, founded Trion Factory, a major cotton mill. In 1863 ...
African American Pioneers of the Marsh-Warthen-Clements House
The Marsh-Warthen-Clements House was hand built by enslaved African Americans in an African cultural style known as the "Shot Gun." Slaves traveled with Marsh from North Carolina and Covington, Georgia to LaFayette. African Americans served in the Marsh House, circa ...