- The Grove Historical Marker
- Located at 600 Tyson Road (1/2 mile north of Flat
Rock Rd.) in Villa Rica, Georgia.
Latitude 33°40'53.8 N, Longitude 84°54'29.6 W
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- THE GROVE
In the mid-1600s, John Tyson traveled
from the British Isles to Virginia. Over the next 200 years,
his descendents migrated to North Carolina and on to Georgia.
Alexander, Clement, and Jehu Tyson and their mother Penelope
settled this land in 1853. Their children, including Willie,
Joseph T., and Solomon, were born here and helped establish local
churches and schools. Descendents of Willie's five children,
Oscar, Lizzie T. Gardner, Tom, Fannie T. Payne, and Will D.,
consider this their ancestral home and return to the Grove each
year to renew family ties.
- TYSON FAMILY AND FRIENDS
- 2003
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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