[3] The wedding took place in the Athens, Georgia, home of Martha's Berrian's stepfather, Robert Taylor Grady, a Greek Revival mansion known as the Taylor-Grady Home and now designated as a National Historic Landmark.

The Nesbitts eventually settled near Marietta, Georgia, at an estate called Farm Hill, where Robert Nesbitt continued to manage his landholdings in southern Georgia.

[4][better source needed] In 1886, Robert and Rebecca Nesbitt deeded one acre of land, about three miles outside the city of Marietta, Georgia, for the creation of Union Chapel, to "be used as a place of worship for all Christian denominations, for skools [sic] and agricultural societies and for no other purposes.

"[5] Along with John R. Ward, James G. Hughes, Robert C. Irwin, and Hugh N. Starnes, Robert Nesbitt served as a trustee for Union Chapel, a stone gothic revival chapel that served as a community gathering place, school, and place of worship for several Christian denominations.

[4][better source needed] Robert Taylor Nesbitt died at his home on February 13, 1913, and is buried in the St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.