Summer Home Of Joseph Habersham - GHM 068-7
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Firefrog69
N 34° 37.531 W 083° 29.475
17S E 271612 N 3834337
Located on Highway 17 at Dixon Crossroads.
Waymark Code: WM2NJG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2007
Views: 51
Summer Home Of Joseph Habersham
This was the summer home of Joseph Habersham of Savannah (1751-1815).Georgia Patriot.Revolutionary War hero,and political leader.He was a Colonel in the Continental Army,a member of Continental Congress,and of the Georgia convention that ratified the Constitution in 1788.Educated at Princeton,he returned to Georgia to aid in organizing the "Liberty Boys" as the revolution approached.With other Patriots,he organized the council of safety at Tondee's Tavern,June 22,1775.On January 17,1776,leading a small group,he captured and placed under guard Sir James Wright,British Colonial Governor.With Captain Bowen,he commanded the first commissioned vessel of the revolution.Twice speaker of the general assembly,in Georgia's first legislative body,in 1785,Joseph Habersham signed the first charter granted to a state's university in America- that of the University of Georgia.He served as Postmaster General under Presidents Washington,Adams and Jefferson.From 1802 until his death he was President of the Georgia branch or The Bank of the United States.Habersham County,created December 19,1818,was named for Joseph Habersham.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 068-7
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Not listed
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