Jones Cemetery

By the 1840’s, a group of local Methodists were

meeting nearby in Jones School. Desiring a permanent

place of worship, the congregation built a

church in 1857

at a site one-half mile west of here. In 1861,

Jacob Jones and his ...

Forrest’s Murfreesboro Raid

July 13, 1862

Surrender of the Union garrison took place about 4:00 P.M. Units surrendering were Gen. T. T. Crittenden and staff, detachment of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, detachment of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry, “B” Battery, Kentucky Light Artillery, the 9th ...

Carey's Camp

Carey's is one of the few campgrounds still in existence on the Delmarva Peninsula. * The Tabernacle where the

Evangelistic services are held each summer is encircled by 47 tents, occupied only during camp. * Many changes

have been made ...

Shielding the Army

Where are the Confederates?

The mountains provided Gen. Robert E. Lee with cover. As his army of 75,000 men and 272 pieces of artillery rumbled north through Washington County, the U.S. Army commander did not know his whereabouts because South Mountain, ...

Bethany United Methodist Church

(Lowe's Crossroads)

In the early part of the twentieth century,

members of the Old Jones’ Methodist Church

began to search for a more central

location for the congregation to worship.

Although the land for the new church was

donated by Sarah ...

Site of Fort Mechanic

So named because local mechanics gave their services for much of its construction. Originally a timber structure built in 1794, during the wars of the French Revolution. It was replaced in 1809 by a fort of masonry. It was garrisoned ...

Storehouse - 1776

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“ordered a large Stoer House to be built.” -

Col. Jeduthan Baldwin, August 17, 1776

At least one of the storehouses constructed on Mount Independence during the Revolution stood in this area. Portions of the remaining ...

Gadsden Amphitheater

Through the efforts of local citizens, Benny Dean and Floyd Beddingfield, the City of Gadsden obtained this facility from American Legion Post Number 5 in 1985. Built in 1935, the amphitheater seats 1600 persons. Designed by local architect, Paul W. ...

John Witherspoon

1722 Scotland – Princeton 1794

Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Presbyterian Minister.

“For my own part, of property I have some reputation more that reputation staked. That property is pledged on the issue of this contest: and although these gray hairs ...

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior.

Marker is on S. Pitt Street north of Duke Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org