Capt. Dempsey Hammond Salley

1838 - 1903

(Front)

A patriot and Christian

devoted to his country, his

family and his god.

He served his country well

as a member of Hart's Battery

and died loving the cause

for which he fought.

Dempsey Hammond Salley was ...

Childhood Home of Capt. William D. Burnham

Childhood Home

of

Capt. William D. Burnham

When located south of Center Cemetery

1895 – moved by Darwin Keeler to be farm dairy at "Nine Hearths."

1956 – moved to this site and restored by Bridgewater Historical Society.

Given by Mr. & Mrs. A.R. ...

Cash Homesite / Capt. Thomas Ellerbe

Cash Homesite

About 100 yards east of here was the home of General Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash, widely known for his 1880 duel with challenger Colonel William M. Shannon, whom he killed. Subsequently, all officers of the state and members of ...

Capt. James W. Magoffin

Hometown of Texas Confederates

Born in Kentucky. Trader in Mexico. Special U.S. Army agent in Mexican War, 1846-47. Established trading post at Magoffinville about 1850. Named state agent with Simeon Hart to receive U. S. property surrendered at Ft. Bliss, Mar, ...

Capt. William E. Shannon

First Alcade of Coloma

Delegate from this area to First

State Constitutional Convention Convention

at Monterey. September 1849

Marker can be reached from Highway 49.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Capt. James McKay, I (1808 - 1876)

On this site, after the devasting hurricane of 1848, McKay, a native of Scotland, built his first permanent home of finished lumber from Mobile, Ala. Here, with his wife Matilda,they raised their children.

McKay was a dominant factor in the ...

Capt. Don Gentile

A One Man Air Force

Metal marker also has pictures of three aircraft, the Spitfire, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang

Stone Inscription:

Domenic Salvatore Gentile

Son of Paquale and Josephine Gentile

R.A.F. 8/41

U.S.A.F. 9/42

Destroyed 32 enemy ...

Capt. Anthony J. Synodinos & 1st Lt. Edward G. Conrad,

Civil Air Patrol

In memory of

Capt. Anthony J. Synodinos, CAP

Chaplain (1 Lt.) Edward G. Conrad, CAP

They died April 6, 1954, in an airplane crash off this point while performing a search and rescue mission. Service like theirs ...

Capt. Jennifer J. Harris U.S.M.C.

Capt. Jennifer J. Harris U.S.M.C.

Memorial Tree

KIA Iraq 7 February 2007

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Monument Avenue and Burrill Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. James Chambers' Company

Recruited in this part of Cumberland (now Franklin) County, Chambers' Company was a unit of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, in June 1775. From here this company marched about 450 miles to join the siege of ...