Walnut Hill Academy-GHM 157-28-Wilkes Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 47.477 W 082° 45.432
17S E 337320 N 3740401
Ga 17 about 3.7 miles north of Washington
Waymark Code: WM6RY9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2009
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Walnut Hill Academy, one of the famous schools of its time, was established in 1788 by the Rev. John Springer in a building erected close to his house on this plantation. Among the Students taught by Mr. Springer at the Academy were John Forsyth, afterward Governor of Georgia; Jesse Mercer, founder of Mercer University and one of the State´s leading Baptist ministers. The Rev. Hope Hull, noted Methodist minister, was for some time assistant to the Rev. Mr. Springer at Walnut Hill Academy.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 157-28
Date: 1958
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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