Augustus R. Johnson

An Augusta Institute graduate, he became reputedly among the first African Americans licensed and state-paid to teach in Georgia, leading Black grammar schools here for some four decades.

Augustus R. Johnson is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4662, -81.9810 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Carrie J. Mays, Rev. Jesse Peters Galphin, and Sidney “Beau Jack” Walker.

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