Wm. G. McAdoo's Birthplace

The house atop hill was one of the few battle-field houses surviving military operations of the Kennesaw Campaign.

McAdoo ownership was Jan. 6, 1863-Feb. 3, 1864. Here, Oct. 31, 1863 was born the Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo. Secy. of the Treasury, ...

John S. Barbour’s Birthplace

Just to the south stood Catalpa, where John Strode Barbour was born on 29 Dec. 1820. In 1849, he was appointed the state’s representative on the board of directors of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The board elected him president ...

Birthplace of Girl Scouting

Birthplace of Girl Scouting in the United States

March 12, 1912

This building formerly the stable of

Julliette Low

••Founder••

The meeting place of the first Girl Scout Troops in the United States

Dedicated October, 1937

Marker is on Drayton St, on the right ...

The Birthplace of the “Gallant Pelham”

Major John Pelham C.S.A.

Born September 14, 1838

at the home of his Grand Parents

William McGehee and Elizabeth Clay McGehee

Erected by Forney District U.D.C.

May 5, 1937

Marker is on Choctaw Street north of Tomahawk Trail, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow / China Grove Plantation

Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow. China Grove was the birthplace of the Reverend Jeremiah John Snow (1836–1892), a son of the third James Snow who lived here. He entered the Methodist Conference in 1863, and was a chaplain in the ...

Birthplace of the American Water Spaniel

Of all the breeds of dog recognized by the American Kennel Club, only five were developed in the United States and one, the American Water Spaniel, originated in Wisconsin. The development of the Water Spaniel as a purebred was due ...

Birthplace of an Airline

It was here in Clintonville that Wisconsin Central Airlines, now known as North Central Airlines, was founded in 1944. Fostered and promoted by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, the airline was an outgrowth of the company’s need for air ...

Jennie Wade Birthplace

In this modest weatherboard house, constructed ca. 1820, Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade was born on May 21, 1843. Wade, the second of six children of James and Mary Filby Wade, spent her childhood here, attending local schools and helping with ...

Lott Cary Birthplace

A mile and a half northwest, Lott Cary was born in slavery about 1780. In 1804 his owner, John Bowry, a Methodist minister, hired him out to a Richmond tobacco firm. Cary joined the First Baptist Church in 1807. He ...

Birthplace of Charles Holmes Herty

(1867-1938)

Charles Holmes Herty, one of America’s outstanding chemists, was born on this site December 4, 1867. He spent his early life in Milledgeville where he attended the Middle Georgia Agricultural and Military College (now Georgia College). Later he studied at ...