- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Winder's Most Historical Site historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Barrow County
Historic sites--Georgia--Winder
Cities and towns--Georgia--Winder - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Barrow County, Winder, 33.99261, -83.72017
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in park at Church St. and Ga. 211 several blocks from downtown Winder
Text of marker: "WINDER'S MOST HISTORICAL SITE. For years inestimable the CREEK INDIAN VILLAGE of SNODON stood here. In 1793 ALONZO DRAPER, HOMER JACKSON and HERMAN SCUPEEN and their families became the first white people to establish homes in SNODON. This same year SNODON became JUG TAVERN. In 1862, BRYD BETTS gave a portion of land for JUG TAVERN'S first church, the First Methodist. In 1880 HILLMAN D. JACKSON, DR. JAMES M. SAUNDERS and REV. D. FRANK RUTHERFORD purchased 11 1/2 acres and built JUG TAVERN'S FIRST SCHOOL on this spot known as the ACADEMY LOT. These three men served as Board of Trustees until 1887, at which time they transferred the school to a new board consisting of: ROBERT L. CARITHERS, C.W. HARRIS, HILLMAN D. JACKSON. J.H. KILGORE and Z.F. STANTON. JUG TAVERN became WINDER in 1893 and the ACADEMY LOT remained the site of WINDER'S Public School until 1938. ERECTED BY DESCENDANTS OF DR. JAMES M. SAUNDERS AND HILLMAN D. JACKSON IN 1979" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_winders-most-historical-site
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_winders-most-historical-site
- 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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