Barnsley's-GHM 008-30-Bartow Co
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N 34° 18.089 W 084° 58.836
16S E 685839 N 3797430
Barnsley Station Rd west of Hall Station Rd, N of Kingston at the entrance to Barneley Gardens Resort
Waymark Code: WM828V
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2010
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A unique, ante-bellum plantation, established by Godfrey Barnsley in the 1850´s.
Maj. Gen. J.B. McPherson´s H´dq´rs. May 18, 1864. K. Garrard´s cav., via Hermitage, arrived at noon. A detachment (Minty´s brigade) sent S. toward Kingston was driven back by Ferguson´s cav. During the fighting near the house, Col. R.G. Earle, 2d Ala. cav., was killed. McPherson, and Logan´s 15th A.C., arrived at evening - Harrow´s 4th div. camping on the plantation. Midnight, Dodge´s and the 16th A.C. camped in vicinity. These troops moved S. on 19th and camped on the Woolley plantation 2 mi. W. of Kingston.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 008-30
Date: 1985
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Marker
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