Gen. John Sevier

1745-1815

Frontiersman - famed Indian fighter - Revolutionary patriot - Co-Commander Battle of King's Mountain - first Governor of Tennessee and six times Governor - first Congressman west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Founder of New Market, Va in 1765. His ...

Old Johnsonville

This town was named for Andrew Johnson, military governor of Tennessee (1862 - 65). Although the community had been a steamboat landing prior to the Civil War, it was not until the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad was completed by the ...

John M. Olin

1851 - 1924

A trust fund established by Mr. Olin President of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association from 1894 to 1910, made possible the purchase of this burr oak grove.

Marker is at the intersection of Knickerbocker Street and Arbor ...

John Hart

Signer of The Declaration Of Independence

Farmstead site of the signer, who lived here 1742-1779. Without formal education, consulted by many, respected by all, "Honest John Hart" gave his property and his life for the cause of liberty. Farmer, miller, judge, ...

John Brown Hanging Site

Creation of a Martyr

This is where seven men were hanged in December 1859 and March 1860 for their part in John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry. The scaffold stood here in a large field.

A month after the trial, on December ...

“The fort and garrison, with Col. Johnson, are ours.”

You are now inside the remains of the Upper Works. Within 15 minutes of each other, the two columns of American Light Infantry converged on the flanks of these fortifications. Lieutenant Colonel Francois de Fleury, a French engineer and professional ...

John J. Donnelly

Rocky River Nature Center

The John J. Donnelly Rocky River nature center is designated to commemorate the distinguished service of the honorable John J. Donnelly to Cleveland Metro parks. During his 17-year tenure (1991-2008) as Senior Probate Judge of Cuyahoga ...

Brig. Gen. John Patterson House

About Thirty Feet from this Spot

Stood the House in Which

Brig. Gen. John Patterson

Was Born in 1743 - 4

Member of two Provincial

Congresses from Lenox Mass.

Leader in the War of Independence

Distinguished Jurist and Member of

Congress from Lisle N.Y.

Where He Died in 1808

Marker ...

Seneca John, Noted Chief

Seneca John, Noted Chief

was executed near this spot,

easterly, by his tribe,

in 1828,

charged with witchcraft

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North 30 rods is the boundary

of the reservation.

Marker is on Ohio Route 19 ½ mile south of Limerick Road, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Matthews McDonald

North Carolina-born John Matthews McDonald (1827-1883) came to Texas in 1848 and lived first at Larissa, Cherokee Co. and then Mound Prairie, Anderson Co., where his brother Murdoch earlier settled. Two years later, he moved to the young town of ...