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<blockquote data-quote="Williamsv" data-source="post: 1226082" data-attributes="member: 22323"><p>Jefferson Davis spent the night in our town before he was captured the next day by Union soldiers at Irwinville, GA. He camped under a large oak tree that was called the "Jeff Davis Tree". It was a few feet north of the courthouse just east of U.S. Hwy. 129 North. The tree was on private property and the owner had it cut down a few years go as not much was left of it. </p><p> In 1925 the UDC had a granite boulder marker commemorating Davis's last hours as president of the Confederacy and his sad encampment in custody of the Union soldiers. The marker stands on our courthouse square at the crossroads of north- south and east- west where U.S. 280 and U.S 129 intersect.</p><p>The story has been told that Davis had the Confederacy's gold the night before he was captured, but did not have it when he was captured the next day. Some think that he buried it somewhere between here and Irwinville probably along the banks of the Alapaha River.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Williamsv, post: 1226082, member: 22323"] Jefferson Davis spent the night in our town before he was captured the next day by Union soldiers at Irwinville, GA. He camped under a large oak tree that was called the "Jeff Davis Tree". It was a few feet north of the courthouse just east of U.S. Hwy. 129 North. The tree was on private property and the owner had it cut down a few years go as not much was left of it. In 1925 the UDC had a granite boulder marker commemorating Davis's last hours as president of the Confederacy and his sad encampment in custody of the Union soldiers. The marker stands on our courthouse square at the crossroads of north- south and east- west where U.S. 280 and U.S 129 intersect. The story has been told that Davis had the Confederacy's gold the night before he was captured, but did not have it when he was captured the next day. Some think that he buried it somewhere between here and Irwinville probably along the banks of the Alapaha River. [/QUOTE]
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