William C. Dawson Historical
Marker
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Located on N. Main St. at the Greene County Courthouse,
Greensboro
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33.5767, -83.1824
(text)
- WILLIAM C. DAWSON
- 1798 - 1957
- STATESMAN - SOLDIER
- JURIST- FREEMASON
A NATIVE OF GREENE COUNTY, THEN ON GEORGIA'S
INDIAN FRONTIER, HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE LAW AND ADMITTED TO THE
BAR IN 1818. THE REMAINDER OF HIS EXEMPLARY LIFE WAS SPENT IN
THE PUBLIC SERVICE AS LEGISLATOR, CAPTAIN OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE
INDIAN WAR OF 1836 IN FLORIDA, JUDGE OF THE OCMULGEE JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, CONGRESSMAN, AND U.S. SENATOR FROM GEORGIA FROM 1849
TO 1855.
A MEMBER AND OFFICER OF HISTORIC SAN MARINO
LODGE NO. 34, F & A M, GREENSBORO, GA., FIRST CHARTERED IN
1821 AND WHICH LODGE HAS HAD ITS QUARTERS ATOP THE GREENE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE HERE SINCE 1849. BROTHER DAWSON SERVED AS GRAND MASTER
OF MASONS IN GEORGIA FROM 1843 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN GREENSBORO
ON 6 MAY 1856. TWO CITIES AND ONE COUNTY IN GEORGIA ARE NAMED
FOR HIM. ALSO NAMED IN HIS HONOR ARE TWO MASONIC LODGES: DAWSON
NO. 68, F & A M SOCIAL CIRCLE GA., AND DAWSON NO. 16, F.A.A.M,
AT WASHINGTON, D.C.
ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED, RESPECTED AND
DISTINGUISHED GRAND MASTERS IN GEORGIA'S LONG MASONIC HISTORY
HIS HONORED REMAINS LIE IN THE CITY CEMETERY NEAR THIS SPOT.
HIS ENTIRE LIFE WAS A TESTIMONIAL TO HIS DEVOTION TO HIS FELLOWMAN,
HIS COUNTRY AND TO THE SUBLIME PRECEPTS OF FREEMASONRY. HIS NAME
WILL ALWAYS BE REVERED BY THE FREEMASONS OF GEORGIA.
- MARKER PLACED BY THE
- EDUCATIONAL & HISTORICAL COMMISSION,
- GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA, F & A M, 1971
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