Joseph Hayne Rainey

This National Historic Landmark was the family home of Joseph H. Rainey, the first African American elected to the US House of Representatives, 1870–1879. Born in Georgetown County in 1832, Rainey, it is said, made blockade-running trips during the Civil ...

Joseph Baker

Born in Maine 1804. Died in Austin, Texas July 11, 1846. One of the founders of “The Telegraph and Texas Register” at San Felipe De Austin, October 10, 1835. A soldier at San Jacinto. First Chief Justice of Bexar County, ...

In Memoriam John Clayton

1685 - 1773

The Garden club, Gloucester, VA, planted a live oak tree, April 2, 1957 near old clerk's office on Court Green in honor of the internationally revered botanist and for 51 years, 1722-1773, Clerk of Gloucester County, VA.

Scientiae Artis ...

Captain John Carpenter

In Memory Of

Captain John Carpenter

Born in London, England, 1628

Settled In

Stratford, Connecticut

Before 1646

He commanded the Jamaica Fusiliers

In the Defense of Fort James, New

York, When the Dutch Fleet Of

William of Orange Recaptured

New York From the English

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Presented by

The Connecticut Chapter

Of The National ...

Captain David Judson House

The Captain David Judson House

Built 1723

Has been entered into the

National Register of Historic Places

By the United States Department

Of the Interior – 1973

A priceless reminder of Stratford’s

cultural heritage

Marker is at the ...

Pvt. James Daniel Gardner

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

36th U.S. Colored Troops

Sept. 16, 1839 - Sept. 29, 1905

Served during the Civil War as a private in

Company 1, 36th United States Colored Troops.

He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his

bravery at the ...

Alfred Eugene Jackson

Born January 1807, this native Tennessean became one of the area’s most successful businessmen, achieving prominence as a financial agent for the East Tenn.& Va. Railroad, which he helped to found. During the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier ...

Jonesboro: Oldest Town in Tennessee

Formally established in 1779, by the General Assembly of North Carolina, as county seat of Washington County, first county west of the mountains. In 1784, the State of Franklin was organized here, with Jonesboro as its first capital.

Marker is on ...

John Williams, Howell Hoggett, William Atkinson, Daniel Hornsby

To John Williams and Howell Gaggett. Killed by Indians in May, 1836 while detailed from Captain John J. Tumlinson’s company of Rangers to help protect the families of the Hornsby’s settlement on returning from the “Run Away Scrape”.

To William Atkinson. ...

Jefferson County Courthouses

Side A

Territorial legislature designated home of Maj. Moses Kelly (in Jones Valley) as site of first court in this area of Alabama, 1818.

After creation of Jefferson County, 1819, court held at Carrollsville (Powderly) until county seat established at Elyton, 1820.

County ...