Timothy Barnard GHM 096-2 Macon County
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N 32° 17.552 W 084° 03.771
16S E 776597 N 3576651
Located on Ga 49 at Randolph Street in Oglethorpe, GA.
Waymark Code: WM4TCM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2008
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Timothy Barnard
Timothy Barnard, first white settler known to live on land now in Macon County, operated an Indian Trading Post on the west bank of the Flint River one mile southeast of here freom pre-Revolutionary days until he died in 1820. For his loyalty to the American cause, his sons by his Uchee wife were given reserves in the County. Trusted by his Indian neighbors, he became Assistant and Interpreter to Benjamin Hawkins, Indian Agent. Through here he blazed Barnard's Paths, principal early trails from the Chattahoochee River to St. Mary's and St. Augustine.
GHM 096-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 096-2
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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