Macon County GHM 096-1
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Thorny1
N 32° 17.598 W 084° 03.612
16S E 776844 N 3576743
Located at Ga 49 in Oglethorpe beside the Macon County Health Center.
Waymark Code: WM4TCP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2008
Views: 18
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 14, 1837, is named for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, President Pro-Tem of the U.S. Senate. The first County Site at Lanier was moved to Oglethorpe in 1854 to be on the railroad. Lanier became a 'lost town' as did Travelers Rest whose people moved to the railroad at Montezuma two miles away. There was an unsuccessful effort in 1893 to move the County Site to Montezuma. At Willow Lake in this County Sam Rumph and his son Sam Henry Rumph developed the famous Elberta peach named for the latter's wife.
GHM 096-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 096-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Hitorical Commission
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