Ezekiel Wimberley-GHM 143-7-Twiggs Co
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N 32° 41.245 W 083° 20.734
17S E 280091 N 3619066
Courthouse in Jeffersonville
Waymark Code: WM7TBG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2009
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Major General Ezekiel Wimberly commanding the Twiggs Militia erected and garrisoned three forts along the Ocmulgee River for frontier protection. Born in Bertie County, North Carolina, September 1, 1783, son and grandson of Revolutionary soldiers, he was a resident of Twiggs County from its founding in 1809 until his death, May 5, 1843. General Wimberly was a member of the House and Senate, twice a Presidential Elector, a Colonel in the War of 1812 and Major-General from 1820 until his resignation in 1840
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 143-7
Date: 1955
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Commission
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