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Creation Date
9-5-2010
Description
Wildes Massacre Marker Waycross GA
The text on the marker reads as :
" Here, on a Sunday morning in July, 1832, seven members of the Wildes Settlement were murdered by an Indian raiding party from the Okefenokee Swamp. Six of the victims were of the Wildes family, one was a 12-year-old girl of the Wilkinsons. Five children escaped to the Post House 2 miles away. After the massacre, the Indians robbed, then burned the Wilds home."
Georgia Historical Commission 1958
Latitude, Longitude
31.21130000, -82.35510000
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Wildes Massacre Marker, Waycross, GA" (2010). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 4352.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/4352
