Free School

1630 - 1930

A free school for Chebacco

parish was opened in an

upper room of this house in

1695 by the appointed master,

Nathaniel Rust, Junior. The town

gave "Six acres of pasture land

for the benefit of the school

and one-quarter acre for

Mr. Rust's house."

Marker is ...

Jones Cemetery / General James Jones

[Front]

This is the family cemetery of Mathias Jones (1779-1829), planter, merchant, and state representative 1814-17. Jones moved from Virginia to Ridge Spring, in what was then Edgefield District, about 1800. He, his wife Clara Perry Jones (1786-1841), and 4 of ...

Chambers County

Chambers County, created December 18, 1832 from Creek Indian cession. Named for Dr. Henry C. Chambers of Madison County, member of Constitutional Convention 1819, legislature of 1820, elected U.S. Senator 1825 but died enroute to Washington.

County government organized 1833 by ...

The Signer's Monument

Dedicated July 4, 1848, in honor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence for Georgia: George Walton, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett. The first two lie buried in crypts beneath this shaft. The burial place of Gwinnett, whose body ...

The War Ford

Located .2 mi. east on the Big Pigeon River is a strategic crossing used by the Cherokees. In Aug. 1782, Gen. Charles McDowell of Burke Co., North Carolina, raised an army of five hundred mounted militia from Morgan District to ...

Shipyard of 1668

1630 - 1930

In 1668 the town granted the

adjacent acre of land "To the

inhabitants of Ipswich for a yard

to build vessels and to employ

workmen for that end."

The shipbuilding industry has

continued uninterruptedly in

Essex since that date.

Marker is on Main Street (Massachusetts Route ...

Fenn's Bridge

On Nov. 27, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved from Sandersville toward Louisville on its destructive March to the Sea. The 20th Corps (Williams) and Carlin’s division, 14th Corps (Davis), moved to ...

Major Joseph E. Gillette

The "Southampton Cavalry" was formed just north of this site in May, 1861 at what was the Gillette Farm, Cedar Lawn. Joseph E. Gillette was elected captain. The Company eventually became Company A of the 13th Virginia Cavalry. Gillette was ...

Donato (Dan) Persico, Chief T/M

Submarine Combat World War II

United States USS Squalus 192

Donato (Dan) Persico, Chief T/M

A Survivor of the Submarine U.S.S. Squalus, which sank on May 23, 1939 off the coast of Portsmouth, NH. A faulty main induction valve ...

The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications to t he North, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah – the March to the Sea. He divided his army (US) into two wings. ...