Signers Monument, Granite obelisk in Augusta, Georgia, United States

The Signers Monument is a granite obelisk on Greene Street in Augusta, Georgia, measuring twelve feet square at its base and rising fifty feet. A marble slab on its south face shows Georgia's coat of arms and the names Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton in alto-relievo. Robert French designed it, and an iron railing originally surrounded it.

The monument was erected in 1848 and marks the burial site of George Walton and Lyman Hall, two of Georgia's three Declaration signers. The remains of the third signer, Button Gwinnett, were never located.

The three signers came from different backgrounds: Gwinnett was English, Hall was born in Connecticut and Walton in Virginia, yet Georgia claims them as adopted sons. The 1848 dedication on July 4 included an oration by Judge William T. Gould and Masonic ceremonies led by William C. Dawson, Grand Master of the Georgia lodge.

The obelisk stands at the corner of Greene and Monument Streets, in front of the Augusta Municipal Center, the site of City Hall in 1848. Its marble slab with the coat of arms and the three names faces south, so look at that side from the street. The monument was originally enclosed by a substantial iron railing.

George Walton was identified through a specific injury he sustained during the British capture of Savannah in 1778. This physical mark helped researchers many decades later to recognize his remains with certainty.