The Petition of John Ewart

The Petition of John Ewart of the Town of York:

Humbly Shewith:

That while your Petitioner was performing his contract for building the Court House and Gaol in the town of London, in the London District, he was located by Colonel Talbot ...

John Day

John Day, a free African American cabinetmaker and brother of Thomas Day, cabinetmaker and builder, was born in Hicksford (present-day Emporia) on 18 Feb. 1797. Licensed in 1821 as a Baptist minister, he sailed in December 1830 to Liberia, where ...

Johnson's Brigade

Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Johnson's (1st) Brigade,

Walker's 2d Tenn., 15th Tenn., Blythe's Miss., 154th Tenn., One Gun of Polk's Tenn. Battery,

Cheatham's (2d) Div., Polk's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade, reduced to less than 1000 ...

St. John Lutheran Church

The first Lutheran worship services in this area were held at the home of early German settler J.E. Pietzsch, who had moved from Austin County. In 1880 a small school and church building was erected on land donated by John ...

John E. Jones '47

This site honors

the memory of

John E. Jones '47

President

Furman University

1976-1994

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John Gayle

Governor 1831 - 1835

He extended state laws into Indian lands and actively encouraged illegal white settlement there. A treaty with the Creek Indians in 1832 forced them to leave the state and resulted in nine new counties in east Alabama. ...

Johnson County World War Roll of Honor

Dedicated to those of Johnson County Nebraska who in the spirit of self sacrifice enrolled in the service of their country in the Great World War of 1914-1918.

[Roll of Honor]

Marker is on Broadway near 4th Street, on the right when ...

Johnson County World War II Memorial

1941 - 1945

Dedicated to the memory of those who gave their lives in the service of their country

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street and Clay Street, on the right when traveling south on 4th Street. ...

John Murphy

Governor 1825 - 1829

He initiated construction of the Capitol, the University of Alabama, and the State Bank. The legislature passed laws, known as slave codes, to severely restrict the rights of slaves, while citizens began to press for the removal ...

Johnson County Veterans Memorial

Dedicated To All Who Served

Marker is on 3rd Street near Clay Street, on the left when traveling south.

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