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Tracing to a 1767 royal grant and held by the Carswell family since 1835, Bellevue saw a running cavalry fight during Sherman's 1864 march. Bullet damage from the clash between Kilpatrick's and Wheeler's horsemen reportedly marked the house.
Bellevue Plantation is a historical marker in Waynesboro, Burke County, erected in 1961. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Burke County, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.9300, -82.0211 near Waynesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Planters Electric Membership Corporation Organizational Meeting (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Buck Head Creek, The 14th Corps at Lumpkin's Station, and Cavalry Skirmish at Thomas' Station.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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