Year Erected: 1957

Image courtesy of Tony Parrott

Marker Text: In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville:

KINGSVILLE HOSPITAL, Surgeon B. N. Avent.

KINGSTON HOSPITAL, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V.S. Hopping. This hospital was moved from Kingston, Georgia.

MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Surgeon W. P. Westmoreland (also in charge at Milner). This hospital moved from Atlanta.

FLEWELLEN HOSPITAL, Surgeon Miles H. Nash. The hospital was named for Surgeon Edward A. Flewellen who lived at The Rock and is buried at Thomaston.

ERWIN HOSPITAL, Surgeons Joseph A. Groves and B. N. Avent.