Station Number 17 on the Central Railroad of Georgia, Gordon was named for. William W. Gordon, first president of the Central Railroad (and grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA). It was a strategic point . . . — — Map (dbm103218) HM
Central of Georgia Railway, laid 1st tracks through Gordon in 1840. 1st passenger train through 1846. Regular stop for Nancy Hanks. May have been the site of a wayside hospital in 1862 operated by women of Gordon. Depot burned in 1864 — . . . — — Map (dbm164683) HM
J. Rufus Kelly, 18, was a member of Co. B, 14th Ga. Infantry, Confederate Army. At Jericho Ford, Va. when the 14th had orders to fall back, young Kelly kept advancing, waving his hat and rifle and urging his comrades to come on. When the retreat . . . — — Map (dbm41743) HM
Ramah Primitive Baptist Church on the South Fork of Commissioner’s Creek was constituted June 10, 1809 by the Brethren Gaylord and McGinty with ten members. Educational, social, and cultural affairs of the community centered around affairs of the . . . — — Map (dbm41697) HM
On Nov. 20, 1864, Maj. Gen. H. C. Wayne, Adjutant General of Georgia, found that telegraphic communications with Macon had been cut by the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman’s Army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the . . . — — Map (dbm41747) HM
On Nov. 21, 1864, with the arrival of Smith’s Division, 17th Corps, preceded by the 1st Alabama Cavalry [US] which met with only sporadic resistance, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th . . . — — Map (dbm41746) HM
In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman’s army [US] closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest,” he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen George Stoneman, with three cavalry . . . — — Map (dbm41745) HM
Graduate Mercer University Member General Assembly, House and Senate President Senate Trustee Georgia School Technology Author of Elders-Carswell School Law Champion of Eleemosynary Institutions Benefactor of Confederate Veterans and . . . — — Map (dbm41910) HM
On the night of Nov. 23, 1864, Hq. 17th Corps [US], Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, was established at McIntyre (old Station No. 16, CRR), 2 miles NE, after moving forward from Gordon (old No. 17) where the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s Army had . . . — — Map (dbm41811) HM
On Nov. 15th, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army [US] moved in two wings. The Left Wing marched east from Atlanta in two columns, to feint at . . . — — Map (dbm41863) HM
This County was created by Acts of the Legislature May 11, 1803 and Dec. 7, 1805. It is named for James Wilkinson, Revolutionary General, and formed from part of the lands acquired from the Creeks by the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson (on the Oconee) at . . . — — Map (dbm41869) HM
An Ancient Ford Four Hundred Yards Below This Point Was A Crossing Of The Upper Uchee Indian Trail, Along Which Marched Early Traders And Military Expeditions. A Ferry Was Built And Maintained There By John Ball Prior To . . . — — Map (dbm127230) HM
On Nov. 24, 1864, the 1st Alabama Cavalry [Union] reached Ball’s Ferry (1/4 mile N) to secure it for the passage of the Left Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [Union], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to . . . — — Map (dbm107231) HM
Near this site is the plantation and grave site of John Hatcher, Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War soldier and statesman. From 1780 to 1800 he served in Candler’s Refugee Regiment of Richmond County, the Georgia Militia, Carr’s Rangers of Burke . . . — — Map (dbm13080) HM
To honor the memory of Robert Toombs July 2, 1810 – Dec. 15, 1885 United States Senator Secretary of State, C.S.A. Patriot and Statesman For whom the town of Toombsboro is named — — Map (dbm41908) HM
Ball's Ferry, named for John Ball, a Revolutionary War soldier, operated on the Oconee River from about 1806 until 1939. The quiet ferry crossing became a battleground in November 1864. Henry C. Wayne, Georgia's Inspector and Adjutant General, . . . — — Map (dbm127161) HM
Toomsboro on November 22nd 1864 the left wing (15th and 17th corps of Major O.O. Howard. USA) of the General Sherman's army which had left Atlanta on November 15th on its destructive march to the sea began moving from Gordon to the Oconee River the . . . — — Map (dbm208060) HM
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Kaolin mining and processing is the principal industry in Wilkinson County. The valuable white clay is used in many manufacturing products including paper, paint, rubber, make-up and medicines. The Wilkinson County Historical Society has completed a new book entitled The Cemeteries of Wilkinson County, Georgia.
History. Irwinton was founded in 1811 as the seat of Wilkinson County. The community was named for Governor Jared Irwin. Irwinton was incorporated as a town in 1816 and as a city in 1904.
It was incorporated in 1811 and quickly made the county seat. No buildings within Woodville can be positively dated to this period. The earliest structures located in the Woodville Historic District represent the Federal or Neo-Classical style of architecture popular in the region from 1820-1840.
GEORGIA.: Named by and for King George II of England. The colony bore this name in the charter granted by the king to General James Oglethorpe, colonial administrator, in 1732.
Georgia's colonial experience was very different from that of the other British colonies in North America. Established in 1732, with settlement in Savannah in 1733, Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded.
Troup County was officially opened for settlement in 1827, and LaGrange was incorporated as the county seat in 1828. West Point was incorporated four years later, in 1832, and Hogansville, in 1870. Troup County became known as a leading center of trade and commerce.
This Mississippi county was formed in 1802 from part of the Choctaw Nation's ancestral lands. Named after General James Wilkinson, a Revolutionary War military leader and first governor of the Louisiana Territory, it was initially inhabited by Native Americans and early settlers who farmed tobacco and other crops.
Woodville was home to one of Mississippi's slave markets. By 1840 the population had topped 14,000, and more than 76 percent of county residents were slaves.
It became one of the fastest growing centers of trade and culture in Georgia, a bustling town known for commerce and gracious living, and the site of a factory manufacturing cotton gins in the 1800s.
The textile industry found its way to the South and Coweta County. In 1866 the Willcoxon Manufacturing Company was the first cotton plant built in the county. By the early 1900s more cotton factories had opened. Textile mills continued to be built in the county.
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