Historical Marker

Paul Hamilton Hayne

Grovetown · Columbia County · Erected 2005

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The Story

After war destroyed his Charleston home, Southern poet Paul Hamilton Hayne moved in 1865 to Copse Hill near Grovetown, where from a modest pine-woods cottage he wrote for Harper's and the Atlantic until his death in 1886.

About this site

Paul Hamilton Hayne is a historical marker in Grovetown, Columbia County, erected in 2005. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Columbia County, among 54 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4508, -82.1997 near Grovetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bugg Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include World War Two German Prisoner of War Cemetery, Newman Cemetery, and Steiner Cemetery.

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

📍 33.4508, -82.1997 · Grovetown, Columbia County
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