- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Senator Nicholas Ware historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Ware County
Legislators--United States
Memorials--Georgia--Waycross - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Waycross, 31.21368, -82.3557
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Courthouse in Waycross
Text of marker: "SENATOR NICHOLAS WARE. This county proudly bears the name of a United States Senator from Georgia. Senator Nicholas Ware was born in Virginia in 1769, a son of Capt. Robert Ware, of the Revolutionary Army. Senator Ware moved to Augusta when a child, and was educated there. He studied law in Litchfield, Conn. then returned to Augusta to practice. He served as Mayor of Augusta, several times a legislator, and was elected a United States Senator late in 1821, serving until his death Sept. 7, 1824. He died in New York during LaFayette's visit and is buried under Grace Church's Annex there. 148-4 Georgia Historical Commission 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_senator-nicholas-ware
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_senator-nicholas-ware
- 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:
-
