Captain John Spotswood

Spotswood park is dedicated to Captain John Spotswood born circa 1748, grandson of Royal Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia. Captain John Spotswood, soldier of the American Revolution, served honorably as a member of the Continental Army 10th Virginia Regiment. ...

Sgt. John B. Maberry

Medal of Honor Recipient

Born December 17, 1841, John B. Maberry was the son of John and Temperance Brockson Maberry of Duck Creek Hundred. Responding to the call of his country, he enlisted in the Union Army’s Company F, First Regiment, ...

Johnston's Headquarters

Site of Hq. of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, April 1~4, 1862. After his death at Shiloh, April 6, body was brought here where it lay in state, April 7, 1862.

Marker is on Fillmore Street, on the right when traveling south. ...

John Bruce

This tablet in honor of

John Bruce

One of the earliest settlers in Darien

and donor of the land for this park

to the Village of Darien

This highway is an old Indian Trail

and Territorial Road. It was, and now is,

used as a military road ...

Justice John A. McKinley

First serving as a member of the U.S. Senate (1826-1830), John McKinley was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Van Buren, becoming the first justice from Alabama.

Marker is on Hightower Place.

Courtesy hmdb.org

General John Ashe

Stamp Act patriot; Speaker of the House. Colonel under Tryon in “War of Regulation.” Revolutionary General. Home stood 2 miles east.

Marker is on U.S. 117 north of Simpson Lane, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Rev. John J. Curran

Founding pastor of Holy Savior Parish in 1895. Known as the Labor Priest, he championed the workers' cause and was instrumental in settling the Anthracite Strike of 1902. He was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, who visited here often.

Marker is ...

Johnson's Island Prison

1862-1865

[Marker Front]:

CONSTRUCTION

In 1861 it became apparent to Federal authorities that the war would not end quickly and plans were made for construction of prisons to permanently house thousands of Confederate prisoners. Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman was assigned the task of ...

Johnson's Island

Military Prison Camp

In 1861 the United States Army established a prisoner of war camp on Johnson's Island, approximately 1 mile south of this point. The camp, which housed captured Confederate officers, was maintained until 1865 when it was dismantled. The ...

Colonel John Banister

One mile to the south is the site of Hatcher's Run Plantation and the grave site of Col. John Banister (D. 1787), first mayor of Petersburg and prosperous entrepreneur. Banister represented Dinwiddie County in the House of Burgesses (1765-1775) and ...