Historical Marker

In Memory of General Daniel Newnan

Newnan · Coweta County · Erected 1925

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Honors Daniel Newnan, a Georgia militia general who led an 1812 raid into Spanish Florida against Seminole forces and later served as secretary of state and a U.S. congressman; the city of Newnan was named for him.

About this site

In Memory of General Daniel Newnan is a historical marker in Newnan, Coweta County, erected in 1925. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Coweta County, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.3748, -84.7999 near Newnan. The nearest cataloged historic site is Coweta County World War I Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Coweta County, Confederate Hospitals, and Governor William Yates Atkinson.

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

📍 33.3748, -84.7999 · Newnan, Coweta County

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