THE GEORGIA GUIDE STONES aka GUIDESTONES

"THE GEORGIA GUIDE STONES SAY:



1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000* in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
10.Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature."

So I've heard of the Georgia Guide stones, and was curious to find out who owns the land the stones were placed on. Turns out they are on land owned by Elbert County, Georgia. The following is the info found on the Elbert County Assessor website:

Owner and Parcel Information
Owner Name ELBERT COUNTY BOC Today's Date February 8, 2011
Mailing Address ELBERTON, GA 30635 Parcel Number 027 018
Tax District Unincorporated (District 01)
Location Address GUIDESTONES RD 2008 Millage Rate 25.985
Legal Description GUIDESTONES Acres 4.93
Class Code(NOTE: Not Zoning Info) E1-Exempt Neighborhood UNINCORPORATED
Zoning Homestead Exemption No (S0)
Parcel Map

Current Value Information
Land
Value Improvement
Value Accessory
Value Total
Value Previous
Value
$ 21,479 $ 0 $ 0 $ 21,479 $ 21,479

Land Information
Type Description Calculation Method Soil Productivity Acres Photo
RUR Small Parcels Rural 1 4.93 NA
Soil Analysis
Improvement Information
No improvement information associated with this parcel.

Accessory Information
Description Year Built Dimensions/Units Value
No accessory information associated with this parcel.

Sale Information
Sale Date Deed Book Plat Page Price Reason Grantor Grantee
10-01-1979 127 0261 $ 5,000

Here is the link to the Elbert County Assessor website:
http://qpublic3.qpublic.net/ga_search.ph...=ga_elbert

As you can see, it is listed as having NO IMPROVEMENTS? That's odd.

Here is the actual physical address of the Guidestones according to Google Maps:
1065 Guidestones Road Northwest
Dewy Rose, GA 30634

Anyone else find this interesting, or want to discuss this? It would seem that the local government is supporting the Stones and/or the message on them !!!

This is what Wikipedia has to say about the origin of the guidestones: In June 1979, a man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian approached the Elberton Granite Finishing company on behalf of "a small group of loyal Americans", and commissioned the structure. Christian explained that the stones would function as a compass, calendar and clock, and should be capable of withstanding catastrophic events. Joe Fendley of Elberton Granite assumed that Christian was "a nut" and attempted to discourage him by giving a quote several times higher than any project the company had taken, explaining that the Guidestones would require additional tools and consultants. Christian accepted the quote.[2] When arranging payment, Christian explained that he represented a group which had been planning the Guidestones for 20 years, and which intended to remain anonymous.[2]
Christian delivered a scale model of the Guidestones and ten pages of specifications.[2] The five-acre[2] land was apparently purchased by Christian on October 1, 1979,[3][4][non-primary source needed] from farm owner Wayne Mullinex.[2] Mullinex and his children were given lifetime cattle grazing rights on the Guidestones site.[2] The monument was unveiled on March 22, 1980, before an audience variously described as 100[5] or 400 people.[2] Christian later transferred ownership of the land and the Guidestones to Elbert County.[2]