- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Home of Robert Toombs historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Wilkes County
Homesites--Georgia--Washington
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, Washington, 33.73679, -82.73931
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: East Robert Toombs Ave., Washington
Text of marker: "HOME OF ROBERT TOOMBS. This was the home of Robert Toombs - planter, lawyer, and distinguished Southern statesman. Born July 2, 1810, Robert Toombs was educated at Franklin College, Georgia, at Union College, New York, and at the University of Virginia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, 1837-1840, 1842-1845; of the United States House of Representatives, 1845-1853; of the United States Senate from 1853 until his resignation in 1861. He served as Secretary of State, C.S.A., resigning to become a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1877. Robert Toombs died in this house on December 15, 1885, an "Unreconstructed Rebel." After his death this became the home of his devoted niece, Mrs. Frank Colley. This marker replaces one erected by the Children of the Confederacy of Georgia in June, 1941. 157-30 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1959" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_home-of-robert-toombs
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_home-of-robert-toombs
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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