Site of First Court in Greene County

Site of First Court

Held in

Green County

1797

Marker is on E Roy Furman Highway (Pennsylvania Route 21) 0.3 miles east of Jensen Hollow Road (Pennsylvania Route 2013), on the right when traveling west.

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A County Older Than The State, Greene County

Named for Revolutionary hero,

General Nathaniel Greene,

who drove British from Southeast.

Area explored by DeSoto, 1540.

Claimed as French Louisiana, 1699.

Ceded to England, 1763.

Ceded by Choctaw Nation, 1816.

Made a territorial county, 1819.

Eutaw, county seat, is named

for Greene’s victory at

Eutaw Springs, South Carolina.

Marker is ...

Greene County Coal Miners Memorial

John L. Lewis, President

United Mine Workers of America

1920 to 1960

Greene County, Pennsylvania

proudly dedicates this monument

to all coal miners

On December 6, 1962, 460 feet directly beneath this site,

37 miners lost their lives in the U.S. Steel

Robena ...

Greene County World War I Memorial

Honor Roll of the men of Greene County who gave their lives in the World War.

Areford, John G. •

Bissett, Joseph •

Buchanan, Bert •

Carey, Harold T. •

Closser, Hallie, J. •

Courtwright, John •

Crayne, Thomas E. •

Creel, James F. •

Davis, Albert •

Dunn, Harry ...

Greene County

Formed February 9, 1796 from Washington County. Named for Gen. Nathanael Greene. Waynesburg, the county seat named for Gen. Anthony Wayne, was incorporated in 1816. Site of Waynesburg College, founded 1849. Near Ten Mile is birthplace of Gov. Edward Martin.

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Greene County Civil War Memorial

Erected by the County of Greene in grateful memory of her Soldiers and Sailors of the War for the Union. 1861 - 1865

Marker is on Wayne Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Greene County Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to Greene County veterans who honorable served their country.

Marker is on High Street (U.S. 19), on the left when traveling west.

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Old Greene County "Gaol"

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The old rock jail in the rear of the Court House is patterned after the bastilles where prisoners were housed and punished a hundred or more years ago. Built of granite about two feet thick, it is two stories in ...

Orange County / Greene County

(West Side):Orange CountyFormed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George II of England, earlier ...

Greene County War Memorial

In memory of

All War Veterans

of

Greene County

Marker is at the intersection of Detroit Street (U.S. 68) and Main Street (U.S. 35/42), on the right when traveling north on Detroit Street.

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