Midway Historic District, Historic district in Midway, Georgia.
The Midway Historic District covers 20 acres at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Martin Road in Midway, Liberty County, Georgia. It contains the Midway Congregational Church, a large wooden church built in 1792, its 18th-century cemetery, the Midway Museum in a modern reconstruction of a raised 18th-century cottage, and a section of Old Sunbury Road, now Martin Road.
The area was established during the colonial period and became significant during the American Revolution. British forces destroyed the original church building, which the community later reconstructed.
The cemetery holds the graves of Governor and Congressman Nathan Brownson and early U.S. Senator John Elliott. The Stewart–Screven Monument honors two Continental Army generals. The church, rebuilt in 1792, remains a wooden meeting house of the Congregational congregation.
The museum is housed in a reconstructed 18th-century cottage and provides context about the area's past. Comfortable shoes are helpful for walking between the various buildings and the cemetery grounds.
The Stewart–Screven Monument in the cemetery honours two Continental Army generals, but the graves of Governor Nathan Brownson and early U.S. Senator John Elliott lie nearby, making the burial ground a compact record of Georgia's Revolutionary-era leadership.
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