Home of Robert Toombs
N 33° 44.193 W 082° 44.145
17S E 339205 N 3734298
This marker is located in front of the home of Robert Toombs.
Waymark Code: WM3MME
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2008
Views: 20
This was the home of Robert Toombs -- planter, lawyer, and distinguished Southern statesman. Born July 2, 1810, Robert Toombs was educated at Franklin College, Georgia, at Union College, New York, and at the University of Virginia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, 1837-1840, 1842-1845; of the United States House of Representatives, 1845-1853; of the United States Senate from 1853 until his resignation in 1861. He served as Secretary of State, C.S.A., resigning to become a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1877.
Robert Toombs died in this house on December 15, 1885, an "Unreconstructed Rebel." After his death this became the home of his devoted niece, Mrs. Frank Colley.
This marker replaces one erected by the Children of the Confederacy of Georgia in June, 1941.
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: 157-30
Date: 1959
Sponsor: Rene' Henderson
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