The Great Seal of Georgia

When Union troops took Milledgeville in 1864, Secretary of State Nathan Barnett hid the Great Seal of Georgia under a house and stashed the legislative minutes in a nearby pig pen, keeping the symbols of statehood out of enemy hands.

The Great Seal of Georgia is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1960. 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 33.0811, -83.2291 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Great Seal of Georgia and the Unfinished Acts of the Legislature, 1864 (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.