Robert Toombs Home State
Historical Marker
Located on East Robert Toombs Ave., Washington,
Ga.
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HOME OF ROBERT
TOOMBS
This was the home of Robert
Toombs -- planter, lawyer, and distinguished Southern statesman.
Born July 2, 1810, Robert Toombs was educated at Franklin College,
Georgia, at Union College, New York, and at the University of
Virginia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives,
1837-1840, 1842-1845; of the United States House of Representatives,
1845-1853; of the United States Senate from 1853 until his resignation
in 1861. He served as Secretary of State, C.S.A., resigning to
become a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He was a
member of the Constitutional Convention in 1877.
Robert Toombs died in this
house on December 15, 1885, an "Unreconstructed Rebel."
After his death this became the home of his devoted niece, Mrs.
Frank Colley.
This marker replaces one erected
by the Children of the Confederacy of Georgia in June, 1941.
157-30 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1959
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