Witherspoon’s Ferry / Johnsonville

Witherspoon’s Ferry. In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon’s Ferry was the site at which Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780. Ownership of the ferry lands passed from Robert to John Witherspoon in 1787; in 1802 ...

Grave of John T. Scopes / Scopes "Monkey Trial"

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Grave of John T. Scopes

Here is buried the man who, at age 24, taught Darwin's theory of evolution to a Dayton, Tennessee, biology class. The Paducah native and University of Kentucky graduated violated a Tennessee law forbidding the teaching ...

John Tyler Morgan House

This was the residence of John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907), one of Alabama’s most honored political and military leaders. Constructed in 1859 by Thomas R. Wetmore, it was purchased by Morgan in 1865, and served for many years as his principal ...

John Tillman Melvin

United States Navy R.F.

Erected by the Citizens of Selma

to Commemorate the Heroism of

Lieutenant John Tillman Melvin

United States Navy, R.F.

Born Selma, Alabama Oct. 16, 1887

Among the first to volunteer and the first American Naval officer killed in action in our war ...

John Fox, Jr.

1863-1919

Author of "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come"

"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" and other stories of Virginia and Kentucky

He was the interpreter of "The Heart of The Hills" and endeared to thousands of readers by the charm and truth ...

John Hunt

For whom Huntsville was named lived in a cabin near this spring about the year 1805.

Marker can be reached from Westside Square.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Keowee / John Ewing Colhoun

Keowee

2¼ miles west is the site of Keowee built by John Ewing Colhoun as his upcountry seat in 1792. His sister, Mrs. Andrew Pickens, lived nearby at Hopewell. His daughter, Floride, married her cousin, John C. Calhoun, and lived at ...

John Paul Jones Memorial

[North Face inscriptions - above and beneath Captain Jones' statue:]

John Paul Jones

1747-1792

First to compel foreign man-of-war to strike colors to the Stars and Stripes.

[South Face inscriptions - above and beneath a bas relief rendering of Captain Jones raising the United ...

John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway

Named in honor of John Caldwell Calhoun, (1782-1850), the Old South's most admired statesman and profound philosopher and America's most influential spokesman for state's rights.

From 1808 to 1810 he served his state as a member of the S.C. House of ...

John Baxter

In the spring of 1849, John Baxter, his wife and 8 children moved to this site and built an inn and general store and offered food and lodging to travelers who passed along the Military Road. Baxter was a colorful ...