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Cemetery Square State Historical Marker
- Cemetery Square State Historical
Marker
- Located at South Liberty and West Franklin Streets
in Milledgeville, Ga.
(Text)
- CEMETERY SQUARE
This square was reserved for public
use in the city's original survey and became the site of early
church buildings. One hundred yards south of this point is a
stone marking the site of the first Methodist Church erected
in Georgia west of the Oconee River, in 1805. The earliest graves
date from this period. Near the church site is a lot containing
graves of legislators who died during legislative sessions in
Milledgeville. None appear after 1845 when rail transportation
became available. Those legislators who died in Milledgeville
were: Senators, William W. Baker, Liberty Co., 1826; Nathaniel
Bradford, Crawford Co., 1841; Robert Brown, Murray Co., 1838;
Jonathan Lewis, Burke Co., 1834; George Galphin Nowlan, Effingham
Co., 1816; Alexander M. Sanford, Bryan Co., 1843; James Thompson,
Walker Co., 1840; and Representatives, John Bell, Decatur Co.,
1827; Jacob Hentz, Baker Co., 1845; Aaron Jones, Lee Co., 1834;
McLin Lunday, Screven Co., 1834; James Spalding, McIntosh Co.,
1820; and Horatio Webb, Jackson Co., 1840.
- 005-28 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1961
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- © Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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