{"nrhp_refnum":"11000790","name":"Hawkins, Col. Benjamin, Gravesite","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Benjamin Hawkins Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roberta","county":"Crawford County","state":"GA","lat":32.66867806100004,"lon":-84.09597949899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small grave site on a knoll above the Flint River near Roberta, Crawford County, Georgia, where Colonel Benjamin Hawkins was buried in 1816. It is marked by a fieldstone monument erected in 1931.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the grave is the only known surviving place in Georgia directly tied to Hawkins, who served as the federal Indian Agent to the Southeast from 1796 to 1816. His diplomatic work with the Creek Nation and his \"plan for civilization\" shaped relations between the United States and the Southeastern tribes. It is significant at the state level in politics/government.","narrative":"Colonel Benjamin Hawkins Gravesite sits on a small knoll on the eastern bluff above the Flint River, southwest of Roberta in Crawford County, Georgia. Hawkins died in 1816 and was buried on the Creek Agency Reserve, where he had lived since 1803 as the federal government's Indian Agent to the Southeast. The Daughters of the American Revolution placed a fieldstone monument over the grave in 1931, about seven feet tall on a base roughly eleven feet wide, with a bronze plaque. A chain-link fence surrounds the grassy lot, and a large oak stands beside the grave. Hawkins was appointed by President George Washington in 1796 and served until his death, acting as the main diplomat between the United States and the Creek Nation and promoting a plan to assimilate Native Americans. The exact location of his plantation remains unknown, so the grave is the only known surviving place directly linked to his career, which is why it was recognized at the state level.","period_of_significance":"1816, 1931","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Fenced grassy lot in a rural setting with the 1931 fieldstone monument, a recently added marble gravemarker and a wood display board; funerary and monument uses continue.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.908415-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/11000790.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207703","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/crawford-county/hawkins-col-benjamin-gravesite-11000790/"}