Governor John Sevier

1785 1788

To commemorate the Capital

of the State of Franklin

and to honor

Governor John Sevier

and the patriotic pioneers who followed him in the War of the Revolution and assisted in establishing in the wilderness ...

John Nicoll

Clockmaker - c. 1825

This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Belvidere Historic District

Marker is on Wall Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Andrew Johnson National Cemetery

Andrew Johnson chose to be buried atop this hill, then known as “Signal Hill,” which he owned. His family members continued to be buried here in the family plot until his great-granddaughter’s interment in 1992. The cemetery became part of ...

John Hay Whitney

1904 - 1982

British Prime Minister Harold McMillan proclaimed John Hay (Jock) Whitney "the best Ambassador the United States ever had here." Whitney was named to the post in 1954 by President Eisenhower, a golfing and hunting crony. Whitney was named ...

John E. Madden

1856 - 1929

John E. Madden named Hamburg Place, outside Lexington, for Hamburg, one of his many champion race horses. He proceeded to breed five Kentucky derby winners on the farm: Old Rosebud, Sir Barton, Paul Jones, Zev and Flying Ebony. ...

John S. Knight

1894 - 1981

Adjacent to this park is the building of the Lexington Herald-Leader, one of the large Knight-Ridder chain of newspapers. Both Messrs. Knight and Ridder were longtime owners and breeders of racehorses. John S. Knight started with the Akron ...

John W. Galbreath

1897 - 1988

The far-reaching enterprises of John W. Galbreath were sometimes reflected in the names of his horses. Epsom Derby winner Roberto was named for the great baseball player Roberto Clemente, whose team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, was then owned by ...

John D. Hertz

1879-1961

Yellow was the color and name of his taxicab company, and yellow and black were his stable colors. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hertz' most famous Thoroughbred was Count Fleet, which won the triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes) ...

John Wesley Nichols

1839 - 1910

John Wesley Nichols was born January 28, 1839, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to Samuel and Katharine Maxwell Nichols. Little is known of his early years. In 1860 he married Sarah Elizabeth Dearborn, also born in Crawford County.

Nichols joined ...

John Hugh McNaughton

1826-1891

Lived here 20 years

Famous Poet & Song Writer

Marker is on Avon-Caledonia Road (New York Route 5) ¼ mile east of Lowery Road, on the right when traveling west.

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