Seth Pomeroy & Jeremiah Drake

In this churchyard

or the adjoining old cemetery

is buried in an unknown grave

Seth Pomeroy

the first Commander of the American Army

As senior Brigadier General in February 1775

the churchyard and primarily the plot of

Jeremiah Drake

a ...

Site of First Washington County Jail

Erected 1783, of logs

Aaron Burr incarcerated here 1807, en route to trial for treason

Placed by Governor Jared Irwin Chapter, D.A.R.

Marker is on Warthen Lane 0 miles from Warthen Lane, on the right when traveling south.

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N. C. Junior Reserves

Held the line along

this road and repulsed

the assault of Hobart’s

Union Brigade, March 19,

1865. This line was

evacuated, March 20.

Marker is on Bass Road (Local Route 1194), on the right when traveling north.

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Jacques Timothe Boucher de Montbrun

(Timothy Demontbreun)

French Canadian fur trader and explorer

Officer of the American Revolution

Lieutenant Governor of the Illinois Territory

Honored as Nashville's "First Citizen"

Sculptor: Alan Lequire

Plaque donated in memory of: Dr. Truman Weldon Demunbrun, President of the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society 1977 - 1996.

Marker ...

John Wolford

Revolutionary War

Soldier

John Wolford

1754 - 1839

Built house here

about 1805

Marker is on State Highway 72 0.1 miles west of State Highway 32.

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Attempt On The Life Of Jose Marti

1893

In a small isolated cottage located in this vicinity, an attempt to poison Jose Marti, the leader of the Cuban Insurrection of 1895, was made by two Spanish agents. Marti's intuition saved his life. The traitors repented and Marti forgave ...

1834 Jail

1834 Jail

In 1906, Chester Gillette

was held here during his

famous trail for the murder

of Grace Brown, basis for

novel "An American Tragedy."

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main ...

Jacksonburg Public Square

On March 30, 1830, a commission appointed to choose Jackson County's seat of government reported: "A territorial road, call the St. Joseph's road, was last winter laid.... Where this road crosses the Grand river... a flourishing village is commenced." Named ...

The Home of Blue Jacket

This Marks the Site of

The Home of

Blue Jacket

Celebrated Chief of the

Shawonoe Indians

Marker is on South Detroit Street north of West Auburn Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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James S. Wadsworth

Brigadier General and Brevet Major General

United States Volunteers

commanding the 4th Division

V Corps Army of the Potomac

was mortally wounded near this spot

May 6, 1864 and died two days later

in the field hospital of Hill’s

Confederate Corps:

He fell attempting desperately to

resist a Confederate ...