Grave of General Wiley Thompson - GHM 052-14
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This marker, about a 19th century resident of Elberton, is of three historical markers at the Elbert County Courthouse in Elberton, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM17NH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2007
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The text of the marker is:
GRAVE OF
GENERAL WILEY THOMPSON
4 bl.. E.
General Wiley Thompson, considered the ablest and most
humane of the agents to the Seminole Indians of Florida, was
ambushed and killed near the agency at Fort King, Florida,
December 28, 1835, by Osceola and a band of warriors who
opposed removal to the West. Some months later his body was
brought to Elbert and reburied in the garden of his home,
4 blocks east of here (now Heard Street).
Born in Virginia, September 25, 1781, General Thompson was
reared in Elbert County. A militia officer in the war of 1812,
in 1817 he was elected major general of the 4th Division of the
Georgia Militia. A State Senator from 1817 to 1819, General
Thompson resigned and served on the commission to determine
the boundary between Georgia and Florida. After serving six
consecutive terms as a member of Congress where he supported
President Jackson's policy of Indian removal, he was appointed
agent in September 1833.
This marker, #052-14, was placed in 1959, by the Georgia Historical Commission
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: GHM 052-14
Date: 1959
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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