Lannahassee-GHM 152-4-Webster Co
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 32° 03.967 W 084° 32.247
16S E 732465 N 3550417
On Hamilton Street at the Courthouse in Preston, GA
County: Webster
Waymark Code: WMA7AE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2010
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Lannahassee, near the Indian village by that name on Lannahassee Creek, was the first white settlement (1836) after the Creek Indians left the area to migrate westward. About 1851 the town moved a mile or two away and became McIntosh. When the County of Kinchafoonee, later Webster, was created in 1853, the name of the settlement was changed to Preston and it became the county seat. The Creek Indians lived in this section from about 1700 until their migration after the treaty at Indian Springs.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 152-4
Date: 1955
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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