- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Richard Christmas historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Muscogee County
Memorials--Georgia--Muscogee County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, 32.50996, -84.87704
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Private cemetery on Freedom Trail off County Line Road
Text of marker: "RICHARD CHRISTMAS c. 1763-1848. A veteran of the North Carolina militia in the American Revolution, Christmas is buried here with his wife, Mary Roberson, his son, Nathaniel G. Christmas, and other descendants. Living then in Green County, Ga., he drew a land lot nearby in present Harris County in the Land Lottery of 1827. He acquired property and moved here before 1835. His home was to the northeast on County Line Road. A marker honoring his military service was placed on his grave by the Button Gwinnett Chapter, D.A.R. with special ceremonies in February 1929. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE HISTORIC COLUMBUS FOUNDATION 1987" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_richard-christmas
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_richard-christmas
- 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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