Image Credit: Clint Joiner
Year Erected: 1954
Marker Text: This county proudly bears the name of a United States Senator from Georgia.
Senator Nicholas Ware was born in Virginia in 1769, a son of Capt. Robert Ware, of the Revolutionary Army. Senator Ware moved to Augusta when a child, and was educated there. He studied law in Litchfield, Conn. then returned to Augusta to practice. He served as Mayor of Augusta, several times a legislator, and was elected a United States Senator late in 1821, serving until his death Sept. 7, 1824. He died in New York during LaFayette's visit and is buried under Grace Church`s Annex there.
Tips for Finding This Marker: At the intersection of Church Street and Gordon Street, on the right when traveling west on Church Street in Waycross.
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