Barrow County

Barrow County was created by Act of July 7, 1914 from Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton Counties. It was named for David Crenshaw Barrow, Chancellor of the University of Georgia for many years. Born in Oglethorpe County, October 18, 1852, he ...

Hartshorn Memorial College

This stone

marks the site of

eight surrounding acres of

Hartshorn Memorial College.

Founded in 1883

as a Christian College

for Negro women

by Joseph C. Hartshorn,

of Rhode Island,

in memory of his wife,

Rachel Thurber.

Lyman Beecher Tefft, A.M., D.D.

first president of the college

1883-1912

united in 1931 with

Virginia Union University.

This ...

The Cornerstone of Freedom

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This Cornerstone of Freedom

presented June, 17, 1948

at Bedford, Indiana, U. S. A.

The Stone City of the World

On this spot June 17, 1948 as a

part of the Indiana Limestone

Centennial Cornerstones of

Freedom were given to

representatives ...

Saunders Field

Battle of the Wilderness

"The Last crop of the old field had been corn and among its stubble that day were sown the seeds of glory."

Morris Schaff, USA Staff

Tucked away in the Wilderness's trackless forest were several small clearings, where families ...

Greensville County

Virginia

Greensville County was formed in 1781 from Brunswick County; parts of Brunswick and Sussex Counties were added later. It was the prehistoric home of the Meherrin and Nottoway Indians. Edward Bland and Abraham Wood explored the land in 1650; the ...

Sullivan Veterans War Memorial

2nd World War

Korean War

Vietnam War

We dedicate this symbol to the men and women of this community who helped preserve the freedoms of humanity to keep forever living the freedom for which they died.

Let us forever remember and hold them in ...

Wickliffe Church

Clarke Episcopal Parish

1819 Original stone building

1846 Present brick building

1919 Chapel of Grace Church

Annual homecoming service

second Sunday in August

Marker is on Wickliffe Road (County Route 608), on the right when traveling north.

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Virginia Union University

The result of the merging on this site in 1899 of two institutions founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society as follows:

1865 - Richmond Theological School for Freemen

1865 - Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.

1932 - Hartshorn Memorial College (opened in ...

Pre Civil War Spring House

According to local legend,

the North came here to get water

during the day and the South at night.

Restored in 2002

Marker is on Washington Street (Business U.S. 340), on the right when traveling east.

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Prisoner Exchange

Thousands of Civil War soldiers, including many held in Confederate prison at Salisbury, were exchange here, Feb. 26–Mar 4, 1865.

Marker is on U.S. 117 near Browns Ferry Road.

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