Georgia SP White Oak Creek Covered Bridge
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King, Horace, 1807-1885
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Horace King, also known as Horace Godwin, (born September 8, 1807, Cheraw District of South Carolina, in present-day Chesterfield County – died May 28, 1885, Lagrange, Georgia) was an African-American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. King is considered the most respected bridge builder of the 19th century Deep South, constructing dozens of bridges in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. King was born into slavery on a South Carolina plantation in 1807. A slave trader sold him to a man who ...