Historical Marker

Ivanhoe Plantation

Waynesboro · Burke County · Erected 2013

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The Story

Granted by George III in 1765, Ivanhoe became a witness to Sherman's 1864 march when Wheeler's Confederate cavalry camped here to guard the Augusta road. A resident's wartime diary kept at the plantation survives as a firsthand record.

About this site

Ivanhoe Plantation is a historical marker in Waynesboro, Burke County, erected in 2013. 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 33.1255, -82.0645 near Waynesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Skirmish at Ivanhoe Plantation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Walker Scott Cemetery, First Presbyterian Church, and Shell Bluff.

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

📍 33.1255, -82.0645 · Waynesboro, Burke County

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