Historical Marker

Washington's Southern Tour

Monteith · Chatham County · Erected 1999

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This marker near Mulberry Grove recalls President Washington's 1791 Southern Tour, when he called on the widowed Catharine Greene at the plantation General Nathanael Greene had been granted for his Revolutionary service.

About this site

Washington's Southern Tour is a historical marker in Monteith, Chatham County, erected in 1999. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.1808, -81.1878 near Monteith. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mulberry Grove Plantation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Richmond Baptist Church, Richmond Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, and Cherokee Hill Cemetery.

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

📍 32.1808, -81.1878 · Monteith, Chatham County

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