08 LC 34
1871
House
Resolution 1779
By:
Representative Carter of the
159th
A
RESOLUTION
Memorializing
the life of Christmas Moultrie and dedicating an interchange in his honor; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Christmas Moultrie was born a slave on Mulberry Grove Plantation on Christmas
Day, 1863; and
WHEREAS,
Christmas Moultrie was the last child born into slavery on Mulberry Grove
Plantation; and
WHEREAS,
Christmas Moultrie lived most of his life on the Plantation as a renowned
Savannah River market hunter; and
WHEREAS,
Christmas Moultrie´s expertise as a market hunter is documented in a book
entitled Ward Allen,
Savannah River Market Hunter by John
Eugene Cay, Jr., copyright 1958; and
WHEREAS,
Mulberry Grove Plantation was where President George Washington stayed during
his only visits to Georgia in the 1790´s as the guest of Catherine Greene,
the widow of the Revolutionary War hero, General Nathaniel Greene;
and
WHEREAS,
Christmas Moultrie´s grave is located outside Port Wentworth, Georgia, in
historic Cherokee Hill Cemetery; and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting that the life of Christmas Moultrie be memorialized by
dedicating an interchange in his honor.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body honor the life of Christmas Moultrie by dedicating the entire north
and south interchange at I-95 and SR 21 in Port Wentworth, Georgia, as the
Christmas Moultrie Interchange.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to place and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the road facility
named in this resolution.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the North
Port Wentworth Citizens Council and the Department of Transportation.