- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Wildes Massacre historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Ware County
Massacres--Georgia--Waycross - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Waycross, 31.21368, -82.3557
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 23/319 just south of U.S. 84 in Waycross
Text of marker: "THE WILDES MASSACRE. Here, on a Sunday morning in July, 1832, seven members of the Wildes Settlement were murdered by an Indian raiding party from the Okefenokee Swamp. Six of the victims were of the Wildes family, one was a 12-year-old girl of the Wilkinsons. Five children escaped to the Post House 2 miles away. After the massacre, the Indians robbed, then burned the Wildes home. 148-6 Georgia Historical Commission 1958" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-wildes-massacre
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-wildes-massacre
- 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:
-
