- Tharp Home State Historical Marker
- Located on U.S. 80 about 1.5 miles south of Dry Branch,
Ga. near the Twiggs-Bibb County line
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- REV. VINCENT A. THARP
HOME (1809)
This historic house, built for
Rev. V. A. Tharp by his sons, John and Charnick, with slave labor
in 1809, is the oldest known house in Twiggs County, then Wilkinson.
The Tharp family, who occupied this house-in-the-wilderness in
1811, helped to supply Baptist leadership in the surrounding
area and the Ebenezer Baptist Assn. Baptist notables were guests
in this hospitable home -- Revs. Polhill, Franklin, Ross, Rhodes,
Baker, McGinty, Mercer and others. In 1832 the property was sold
to John Parker for $600. Later owners have been Joe Burkett,
P.W. Martin and American Clay Co., and Stone Creek Baptist Church.
The hand hewn timbers and logs remain in this pioneer landmark.
143-9 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1958
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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