Joseph Emerson Brown

Joseph E. Brown, Georgia's defiant Civil War governor through four terms, later became chief justice, railroad magnate, and U.S. senator; he is buried in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery, where he died in 1894.

Joseph Emerson Brown is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.7490, -84.3890 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Second Baptist Church of Atlanta (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The March to the Sea, Transfer of Command, and The Battle of Atlanta.

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