- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the monument in front of the courthouse, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia]
- Date of Original:
- 1800/1994
- Subject:
- Monuments--Georgia--Lawrenceville
Cities and towns--Georgia--Lawrenceville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, 33.95621, -83.98796
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lawrenceville, Monument on the northwest corner of the courthouse square. Under it are buried eight men from Gwinnett County who were killed in 1835 by the Creek Indians in the battle of Shepherd's Plantation. The monument was erected over the grave in 1840.
2003/06/21: The eight people buried beneath the monument are:
1- Issac Lacy
2-James C. Martin
3-William M. Sims
4-John a. V. Tate
5-Robert T. Holland
6-James H. Holland
7-Henry W. Paden
8-James M. Allen - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gwn238
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gwn238
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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