General John Coffee

Home Site and Grave

Cavalry Commander under Andrew Jackson throughout War of 1812:

(Creek War, Pensacola, New Orleans).

Negotiated many treaties ceding Indian lands to U.S.

Made original surveys of Tennessee Valley.

Marker is on Cloverdale Road/Co Rd 157.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Home of Charles Jones Jenkins, Jr., LL. D.

After rendering valuable aid to his State as a justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1860-1865). Charles Jones Jenkins was elected Governor in 1865. For defying certain reconstruction measures of Congress and military orders, he was replaced by Gen. Thomas ...

Jay County Veterans Honor Roll

[[ Center Plaque ]]

In Honor of those

Jay County Citizens who

Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice

in Defense of Our Country

( Six Seals - U. S. Military Branches )

[[ Left Plaques ]]

[ First Plaque ]

* * * World War I ...

Jewett Family – Kern County Pioneers

This area was originally a portion of the Jewett Brothers’ Ranches. In 1859 Solomon and Philo Jewett walked 2000 miles to present day Kern County. They built the first store in Bakersfield in 1865 and the same year raised the ...

Bluemont Junction, ca. 1934

(Trail Side):

Bluemont Junction began operation in 1912 as a part of the newly formed Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Railway. The station was a busy transfer point for passengers and freight from Alexandria and Georgetown to points west, ending at ...

St. Joseph Catholic Church

The Catholic church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years. The present brick edifice, completed in 1874, is an example of simple Gothic style. Stained ...

Joseph H. Chapman Summer Residence

Built about 1869 in the late Italianate style of architecture, it was the summer home of Joseph H. Chapman who was a Wall St. insurance agent. In 1868 a group of investors laid out streets and house lots and named ...

John Witherspoon

1723 - 1794

Preacher

“One of the most useful qualifications of a good minister is that he have a lively sense of religion upon his own heart.”

John Witherspoon

Born in Gifford, Scotland, in 1723, Witherspoon was educated at the University of ...

Jackson's Command

Archer's Brigade, Hill's Light Division

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command.

Archer's Brigade, Hill's Light Division.

Brig. Gen. J.J. Archer.

Organization.

19th Georgia Infantry,

7th Tennessee Infantry,

14th Tennessee Infantry,

1st Tennessee Infantry, (Provisional Army)

September 17, 1862.

Archer's Brigade formed line in the road at this point about 3 p.m. Supported on the ...

Squirrel Cage Jail

The Historic Pottawattamie County Squirrel Cage Jail. Built in 1885 and in continuous use as a jail until 1969. Acquired by the Park Board in 1971 for preservation. Named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 by the ...