Founding of Griffin-GHM-126-9-Spalding County
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Sprinterman
N 33° 15.008 W 084° 16.072
16S E 754540 N 3682346
North Broad Street near East 10th Street, Griffin
Waymark Code: WM4GP5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2008
Views: 13
From a stump near the town spring, now covered by the embankment of the railroad, on June 8, 1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City of Griffin. The first lot was sold to Willaim Leake. Gen. Griffin, an early advocate of the railroad and one of the wealthiest men in Middle Georgia, was the first president of the Monroe Railroad and Banking Co. A General in the Georgia Militia, he fought in the Indian war known as the Florida Campaign and in the wars against the Creeks. He served in the State Legislature in 1829 and 1830.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 126-9
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Not listed
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