Jesse Taylor

Private, Company F, 7th Regiment, W.V. Volunteer Infantry

Jesse Taylor, Priv. Co. F, 7th Regt. W.Va. Vol. Infy., Aged 21 yrs. and 1 mon.

First soldier killed from Greene Co. Pa. in the War of the Rebellion at Romney W.Va. Oct ...

Waushara County Civil War Memorial

W·R·C·

Erected in memory

of the defenders of

our country 1861·1865

by the G·A·R: W·R·C· &

the citizens of

Waushara County

G·A·R·

Marker is at the intersection of South Saint Marie Street and West Park Street on South Saint Marie Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Fort George

La Bataille de Fort George

On the 25th May, 1813, the American Fleet and the Batteries at Fort Niagara across the river began a devastating two-day bombardment of Fort George. On the 27th a large American force was landed and after ...

Hull's Army

Hull's Army

passed through

these grounds

in 1812

Marker is on Township Road 190 West west of U.S. 68.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Community of Coltharp

(1.2 mi SE)

By the late 1850s Eli Coltharp lived beside Cochina Bayou. He opened a store and post office on the stage route west of Nacogdoches. The farm area called Coltharp Hill boasted a gin, gristmill, blacksmith and millinery shops. ...

Fort Stockton

CSA

(Front):

After federal evacuation at start of Civil War, occupied by 2nd Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles. On far western frontier defense line. Supply post for troops going to and from Arizona-New Mexico campaign 1861-1862, designed to make confederacy an ...

Wilson Cary Nicholas

1761-1820

Just to the south was Mount Warren, the home of Wilson Cary Nicholas. He served in the Continental army, represented Albemarle County in the General Assembly (1784–1789, 1794–1799), and was a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1788 that approved ...

Hagerville Community

(5 mi. SE)

Kentuckian James Henry Hager (1822-1879) and his wife Naoma (Clark) came to Texas in the 1840s. Hager, a farmer and cabinet maker, opened a blacksmith shop and mill in Houston County. The Nacogdoches-to-Navasota stage and mail road ran ...

First Baptist Church of Kennard

In October 1903, approximately fourteen men and women organized the First Baptist Church of Kenard. The congregation selected four trustees: Dr. T.M. Sherman, George W. Willis, M.B. Matchett and Hugh P. English, who served the church in many capacities throughout ...

Randolph County

Randolph County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1828 from Lee County. Originally Randolph County included all of what is now Stewart and Quitman and part of Terrell and Clay Counties. It was named for “John Randolph of Roanoke” ...