Cemeteries
Wilkes County has 261 known cemeteries or graveyards. More information coming soon.
Callaway Plantation
Callaway Plantation, a 56-acre historic restoration project, offers a glimpse into the bygone era of working plantations in the agricultural South. Telling the intimate story of one family's legacy, visitors to Callaway Plantation can see, feel and touch 200 years of Wilkes County history. Callaway Plantation humbly began with a log cabin built by Job [...]
Wilkes County
Wilkes County, named for British politician and supporter of American independence, John Wilkes, is considered Georgia's first county established by European Americans. It was the first of eight original counties created in the first state constitution on February 5, 1777. The other seven counties were organized from existing colonial parishes. Wilkes was unique in being [...]