Great Seal of Georgia and the Unfinished Acts of the Legislature, 1864

When Sherman's troops reached Milledgeville in 1864, Secretary of State Nathan Barnett hid Georgia's Great Seal beneath a house and the legislative records in a pig pen, saving the symbols of state government.

Great Seal of Georgia and the Unfinished Acts of the Legislature, 1864 is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1939. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0812, -83.2291 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Great Seal of Georgia (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Blackbridge Gallery, Georgia College & State University Planetarium, and Museum of Fine Arts.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.