Historical Marker

Hardwicke

Ga. 144 Spur 2.1 miles east of Ga. 144 8 miles southeast of Richmond Hill · Bryan

Inscription

HARDWICKE. This site on the Great Ogeechee, 14 miles from the Atlantic, was selected in 1755 by Governor John Reynolds for the capital of Georgia. He named it for his kinsman, Lord High Chancellor of England, Philip Yorke Hardwicke. Reynolds said: "Hardwicke has a charming situation, the winding of the river making it a peninsula and it is the only fit place for the capital.

" In 1761, Sir James Wright, the Province Governor, determined against the removal of the capital from Savannah. Hardwicke then became little more than a trading village and it is now listed among "the dead towns of Georgia." GEORGIA SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS - 1968

Location

AddressGa. 144 Spur 2.1 miles east of Ga. 144 8 miles southeast of Richmond Hill

CountyBryan

StateGeorgia

Coordinates32.013220, -81.442470

Sources

Digital Library of Georgia, Georgia Historical Markers Collection

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