Gov. Heard’s Home
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Off this road lies the site of Heardmont, home of Governor Stephen Heard, 1740 - 1815 and “God’s Acre,” the family cemetery where he lies buried. A ten acre park surrounding the site is owned and maintained by the Stephen Heard Chapter, D.A.R. A Virginian of Irish descent, Heard came to Georgia, establishing Heard’s Fort, now Washington, Ga., in 1773, and fighting with Elijah Clarke at the Battle of Kettle Creek where he was was captured. As President of the Council, he was de facto Governor for a period in 1781.
After moving to Heardmont, he was one of three who settled the site of Elberton.
Marker is at the intersection of Calhoun Falls Highway (Georgia Route 72) and Pearl Mill Road, on the left when traveling east on Calhoun Falls Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
