"Refuge" - HCC - Decatur County,Ga.
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N 30° 47.387 W 084° 36.769
16R E 728425 N 3408741
Located South of Bainbridge on Ga 97 at Green Shade Road
Waymark Code: WM7G0K
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2009
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Chris John Munnerlyn lived in an elegant residence called “Refuge.” This beautiful house boasted an extensive library and an organ. The pipe organ was installed for the pleasure of Munnerlyn’s wife. Harriet Eugenia Shackelford Munnerlyn. The family cemetery is situated near this marker. It is located about 800 feet north of the site of “Refuge.” The house burned in 1883. The Munnerlyn plantation contained over 3,000 acres and had a landing on the Flint River, It was worked by over 200 slaves.
Type of Marker: Highway
Date: 1985
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Decatur County Board of Comissioners
Marker #: Not listed
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