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A Revolutionary War colonel and pioneer ironmaster, Wofford raised a regiment in 1775 and built frontier forts near Tugaloo, where Over-Mountain Men staged before the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain. The marker was placed by the Georgia S.A.R.
Colonel William Wofford is a historical marker in Toccoa, Stephens County, erected in 1966. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Stephens County, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.5950, -83.3603 near Toccoa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kelly Dam Disaster (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Toccoa Falls College, The Old Toccoa Falls Power Plant, and The Bell.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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