Georgia Marble Company
Georgia Marble Company quarry near Tate, Georgia, 1911. Former Georgia Marble Company plant in Nelson. In the 1830s Henry Fitzsimmons established the first marble quarry in Pickens County, which was part of the Murphy Marble Belt. In 1884, Tate founded the Georgia Marble Company, and leased out the land for others to use. In 1905 Colonel Sam Tate .