Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White

Born of a white planter and an enslaved mother, White could have passed for white but lived as a Black man. He co-founded the institute that became Morehouse College and ran the Georgia Baptist, denouncing lynching despite threats.

Rev. Dr. William Jefferson White 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 33.4663, -81.9809 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Augustus R. Johnson (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Carrie J. Mays, Rev. Jesse Peters Galphin, and Atty. Judson Whitlocke Lyons.

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