Historical Marker

Civil War Era Maconites of African Ancestry

Macon · Bibb County · Erected 2013

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This marker honors Macon's enslaved and free Black residents during the Civil War, among them future AME bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the daring escapees Ellen and William Craft, who fled bondage from this area in 1848.

About this site

Civil War Era Maconites of African Ancestry is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County, erected in 2013. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8398, -83.6316 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Stoneman Raid (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cannonball House, Fencing from Findlay Foundry, and Judge Asa Holt House.

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

📍 32.8398, -83.6316 · Macon, Bibb County

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