Draper Farm Historic Site

Circa 4000BC

Natives of this area made tools from red felsite rock.

1669-1771

The Allen, Capron and Mann families owned this property. The Mann family burial ground still remains close by.

1772

Stephan Draper built a homestead and farmed fifty acres of ...

Van Den Corput's Georgia Battery

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Van Den Corput's Georgia Battery

4-12 Pdr. Napoleons.

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Stevenson's Division, Breckinridge's Corps.

Capt. Max. Van Den Corput, Commanding.

1st Lieut. M.L. McWhorter,

2d Lieut. W.S. Hoge,

2d Lieut. J.E. Stilwell,

2d Lieut. W.A. Russell.

Nov. 25, 1863, 2 P.M.

The Battery ...

Pettus' Brigade

Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Pettus' Brigade

Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus

Nov. 25, 1863

20th Alabama - Capt. John W. Davis.

23rd Alabama - Lieut. Col. J. B. Bibb.

30th Alabama - Col. Charles M. Shelley.

31st Alabama - Col. D. R. ...

Dr. Elisha Warfield

1781 - 1859

His name having wafted down through history as The Father of the Kentucky Turf, Dr. Elisha Warfield had the overriding distinction of having been the breeder of the stallion Lexington. Depicted elsewhere in this park, Lexington was a ...

Baxter's Tennessee Battery

W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Baxter's Tennessee Battery

4 - 3 inch rifles

W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Stevenson's Division.

Capt. Edmund D. Baxter, Commanding.

November 25th, 1863, 2 P.M.

The battery, with its battalion, withdrew from its position west of Chattanooga Creek during the night of the 24th, ...

Hart's Woods

Has been designated a

National Natural Landmark

This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the nation's natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of the environment

Marker can be reached from Clarkes Crossing.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Rowan's GA, formerly 3d Maryland Battery

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Rowan's GA, formerly 3d Maryland Battery

Four 12 pounder Napoleons.

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Stevenson's Div.,

Nov. 25th, 1863, 11 A.M.

Capt. Jno. B.Rowan, Commanding,

1st Lieut. William L. Ritter,

2d Lieut. Thomas D. Giles,

2d Lieut. James W. Doncaster.

This battery with its ...

Warner L. Jones Jr.

1916 - 1994

For more than 50 years, Warner L. Jones Jr. was on the board of Churchill Downs, which a great-great-great uncle, Col. M. Lewis Clark, founded in 1875. For 12 years, Jones was chairman. Thus, much of his career ...

Col. Charles De Witt

Born       1727   ---   Died     Aug. 27, 1787

Patriot Statesman and Leader in the Revolution

Member Colonial Assembly   1768–75

Provincial Convention   1775   Provincial Congress   1778–7

First Convention of State of ...

Botetourt County / Bedford County

Area 548 Square Miles / Area 791 Square Miles

Botetourt County. Formed in 1769 from Augusta, and named for Lord Botetourt, Governor of Virginia, 1768–1770. Buchanan was the western terminus of the noted James River and Kanawha Canal.

Bedford County. Formed ...