Colonist's Crossing-GHM 052-8A-Elbert Co
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Sprinterman
N 34° 03.709 W 082° 39.164
17S E 347476 N 3770242
Ga 72 about 1 mile west of the Savannah River
Waymark Code: WM7J78
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2009
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COLONISTS´ CROSSING
8 mi.
´The Point´, where early settlers crossed into Georgia, is eight miles east of here. As soon as this are was ceded, Governor Wright opened a post at the confluence of the Broad and Savannah Rivers, known as Fort James. ´The Point´ became the gateway for settlers from Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina who registered there and secured their tracts of land. A land court at Dartmouth, which grew up around the fort, was held from September 1773 through June 1775 to open this section. In 1777 all this ceded land was, by the State Constitution, created into Wilkes County.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 052-8A
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Commission
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