Holly Court-GHM 157-13-Wilkes Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 44.071 W 082° 44.200
17S E 339115 N 3734074
Alexander Avenue at Water Street, Washington
Waymark Code: WM6RBC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2009
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This lot, originally sold by the Town Commissioners in 1804 to John Griffin, was later owned by Henry Anthony.
This structure combines two separate houses. The back part probably dates from 1817; the front was moved by oxcart from 7 miles out in the County by Dr. Fielding Ficklen in the 1840`s. In this house, Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her two children spent a few days awaiting President Davis` arrival after the fall of Richmond
Dr. James Pettigrew Boyce, Co-founder and first President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., married Elizabeth L. Ficklen here, Dec. 20, 1848
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 157-13
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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