Historical Marker

Birthplace of Benjamin Harvey Hill

Hillsboro · Jasper County · Erected 1957

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The Story

This Jasper County hamlet was the 1823 birthplace of Benjamin Harvey Hill, the orator and statesman who served in both the United States and Confederate senates and whose name the local Ben Hill School still carries.

About this site

Birthplace of Benjamin Harvey Hill is a historical marker in Hillsboro, Jasper County, erected in 1957. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Jasper County, among 58 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.1769, -83.6392 near Hillsboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Across the Ocmulgee (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hillsboro, Hillsboro Cemetery, and Benjamin Harvey Hill.

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

📍 33.1769, -83.6392 · Hillsboro, Jasper County

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