Historical Marker

Howell Cobb Plantation

Milledgeville · Baldwin County · Erected 1993

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The Story

Confederate leader and former governor Howell Cobb owned the plantation here. On Sherman's March in November 1864, Union troops, learning the owner's identity, burned it to the ground in a night.

About this site

Howell Cobb Plantation is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1993. 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 33.1210, -83.3846 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cobb's Quarter, Sherman's Campsite (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Humphries Cemetery, Stiles Cemetery, and Fishing Creek Cemetery.

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

📍 33.1210, -83.3846 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County

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