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In 1993, Oglethorpe County celebrated
its 200th anniversary. In conjunction with the county's bicentennial,
county officials erected a granite monument in recognition of
Georgia founder James Oglethorpe. The monument is located in
front of county courthouse in Lexington. Its inscription reads
as follows:
IN HONOR OF
GEN. JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE
- OGLETHORPE, THE FIFTH [sic] COUNTY CREATED
IN GEORGIA, DEC. 19, 1793 WAS NAMED
FOR JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE, FOUNDER AND FIRST GOVERNOR
OF GEORGIA.
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- BORN IN LONDON, DEC. 22, 1696, OGLETHORPE
STARTED HIS EARLY LIFE IN GODALMING,
ENGLAND. HE WAS A PHILANTHROPIST, SOLDIER AND MEMBER OF HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
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- OGLETHORPE ARRIVED WITH THE FIRST GEORGIA
COLONISTS AT YAMACRAW BLUFF ON FEB.
12, 1733, AND STARTED THE SETTLEMENT OF SAVANNAH. AS WAR THREATENED BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SPAIN, OGLETHORPE
DEFEATED THE SPANIARDS AT THE BATTLE OF BLOODY MARSH, JULY 1742.
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- OGLETHORPE DIED IN CRANHAM, ENGLAND JUNE
30, 1785 AND IS BURIED WITHIN ALL SAINTS
PARISH CHURCH.
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- © Carl Vinson Institute
of Government, University of Georgia
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