Oglethorpe County-GHM 109-4-Oglethorpe Co
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N 33° 52.147 W 083° 06.667
17S E 304727 N 3749649
Courthouse in Lexington
Waymark Code: WM6RNQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2009
Views: 11
This County created by an Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Gen. James E. Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia. Born in London, England, Dec. 22, 1696, Oglethorpe left England in Nov. 1732 with 116 settlers and arrived at Yamacraw in Jan. 1733, where he established the settlement which is now the city of Savannah. He later brought over 150 Scotch Highlanders & some German Protestants from Salzburg. He returned finally to England in 1743 and resigned his Georgia Charter to the British Government in 1752. Always a friend of America, he died July 1, 1785.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 109-4
Date: 1954
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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