Historical Marker

Home of Robert Toombs

Washington · Wilkes County · Erected 1959

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The Story

Robert Toombs, U.S. senator and the Confederacy's first Secretary of State, lived in this Washington home. A fiery secessionist who later refused to seek pardon, he died here in 1885 an unreconstructed rebel.

About this site

Home of Robert Toombs is a historical marker in Washington, Wilkes County, erected in 1959. 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 33.7364, -82.7341 near Washington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Toombs, Robert, House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dyson House, Toombs-Anderson House, and Wisteria Hall.

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

📍 33.7364, -82.7341 · Washington, Wilkes County

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