Mother of Georgia's Pecan Industry

A pecan seedling planted in 1848 in Judge William Taylor's Cuthbert garden, from a Texas nut carried home by his mother-in-law, was honored in 1923 by the American Tree Association as a mother tree of Georgia's pecan industry.

Mother of Georgia's Pecan Industry is a historical marker in Cuthbert, Randolph County, erected in 1955. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Randolph County, among 54 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.7746, -84.7906 near Cuthbert. The nearest cataloged historic site is The George McDonald House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The City of Cuthbert and Early Randolph County, The Second Creek War in Randolph County, and Frederick Davis Patterson, M.D. / Patterson Hospital.

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