Old Mercer-GHM 066-13-Greene Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 40.101 W 083° 10.498
17S E 298350 N 3727506
At the site of the school in Penfield, west of Ga 77
Waymark Code: WM6HGD
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2009
Views: 8
Actuated by a legacy from Josiah Penfield, Mercer University was founded here in 1833 as Mercer Institute. After considering several locations, the Trustees moved the institution to Macon in 1871 and, in 1880, transferred all holdings in Penfield to the Georgia Baptist Association, except the venerable Penfield Cemetery where Jesse Mercer, Billington M. Sanders, Mrs. Sanders, and other notable Mercerians are buried. The chapel was given to the Penfield Baptist Church, founded in 1839 with Rev. Adiel Sherwood as pastor. The academy building became the Penfield public school building.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 066-13
Date: 1958
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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