- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Oglethorpe County historical marker
- Creator:
- Hair, Keith
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Counties--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Oglethorpe County, Lexington, 33.86984, -83.11182
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Oglethorpe County Courthouse, Lexington
Text of marker: "OGLETHORPE COUNTY. This County created by an Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Gen. James E. Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia. Born in London, England, Dec. 22, 1696, Oglethorpe left England in Nov. 1732 with 116 settlers and arrived at Yamacraw in Jan. 1733, where he established the settlement which is now the city of Savannah. He later brought over 150 Scotch Highlanders & some German Protestants from Salzburg. He returned finally to England in 1743 and resigned his Georgia Charter to the British Government in 1752. Always a friend of America, he died July 1, 1785. 109-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_oglethorpe-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_oglethorpe-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
