Effingham County Methodist Camp Ground

1790

Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia - from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sister’s Ferry Road on land of George Powledge, later sold to Gideon Mallette. In ...

2nd Battle of Fort Watson

First British Fort To Fall

23 April 1781

American Forces

led by

Brig. Gen. Francis Marion

"The Swamp Fox"

South Carolina Malitia -

Commander

[Marion picture included]

LTC Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee

Lee's Legion

British Forces

led by

Lt. James McKay

64th Regt of Foot

Marker is ...

Rutherford County

Rutherford County, created in 1779, was named for Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford. Griffith Rutherford helped protect Rutherford County through his service as leader of Rutherford Trace in 1776. While serving in the Revolutionary War, Griffith Rutherford was stationed in forts ...

Union Headquarters

The Battle of the Wilderness

Ellwood stood in the midst of the Wilderness, a dark, forbidding forest characterized by stunted trees and densely tangled undergrowth. When the Confederates challenged General Ulysses S. Grant’s advance through the Wilderness on May 5, ...

Confederate Dead Monument

In memory of

the Confederate

dead

Erected under

the auspices of Goldsboro Rifles

October 10, 1894.

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[ Left of Monument: ]

On this spot and

in this vicinity

was fought

the Battle of

Bentonville

March 19, 1865.

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[ Right of Monument: ]

Twenty three of

those buried here

had their last hours

soothed by the

loving care of

John ...

Edmonston House

Built in 1755, by William Edmonston, used as a hqts for General’s St. Clair and Gates in 1782-83 and as a medical staff headquarters during the army encampments at New Windsor

Marker is on New York Route 94 0.2 miles from ...

Rutherfordton Confederate Monument

To the men

and women of

the Confederacy.

"Devotion"

Marker is on North Main Street 0.1 miles north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Harry S. Truman Historic District

Harry S. Truman

Historic District

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Courtesy hmdb.org

Union Chapel United Methodist Church

On April 24, 1855, Irby Hudson Scott deeded to the trustees of a new newly organized and consolidated Methodist Episcopal group, three and three-quarter acres of land in the Tompkins District in Putnam County, Georgia. A church building was to ...

Haven Home Industrial Training School

Named for respected Methodist Bishop Gilbert Haven of Massachusetts, Haven Home School was established in 1885 with the support of the Women’s Home Missionary Society, to provide local African-American girls with a quality education. In 1917, after relocating several times, ...