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Virginia brothers Felix and William Gilbert admired this grove and returned to claim land grants, building the brick home around 1808, among the oldest north of Augusta. Their descendant E. Porter Alexander became a famed Confederate artillery general.
Gilbert-Alexander House is a historical marker in Washington, Wilkes County, erected in 1953. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Wilkes County, among 123 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7389, -82.7354 near Washington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Home of Sarah Hillhouse (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Toombs-Anderson House, East Robert Toombs Historic District, and Washington Presbyterian Church.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Gilbert-Alexander House” names 2 distinct records in Wilkes County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1953 in Washington. The others:
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