John P. Rhoads

In Memory Of

One of the Donner Relief Party. Born Oct 5 1818, he carried little Naomi Pike over the snow clad mountains to Sutter Fort in 1847.

Dedicated May 29, 1932.

By Liberty Parlor 213

Native Daughters

Of the Golden West

Marker can ...

James Verree House

c. 1754

This Pre-Revolutionary single house is one of a group of three dwellings including 56 and 60 Church Street built c. 1754 by James Verree, a house carpenter. The Verree House was purchased in 1784 by Thomas Heyward, a ...

Joseph Verree House

47 Church Street

Joseph Verree, a prosperous Charleston master carpenter, constructed this two-and-one-half story Georgian single house circa 1767. It occupies the southernmost part of Town Lot No. 77 of the "Grand Modell of Charles Town," the original plan of ...

Brailsford & Susan Jenkins House

42 Church Street

This substantial house was built by J. Brailsford Jenkins, soon after they purchased the site in 1905. The lot previously had been part of the extensive grounds of present-day 38 Church Street, where Dr. Vincent LeSeigneur had ...

John Craig House

[Front]:

This house, the oldest in Chesterfield, was built ca. 1798 for John Craig (1755-1839), veteran of the American Revolution, merchant and miller, and county official. Craig’s father Hugh moved his family from Ireland to Virginia in 1760; John and his ...

Senator William J. Connors

July 26, 1891 – June 24, 1961

Supt. of Chicago License Bureau – 1923

Member of the Sanitary District – 1924

Member – Bd. of City Improvements – 1925

Dem. Ward Committeeman 42nd Ward – 1930-1961

State Representative – 1932 to 1934

State Senator – 1934 ...

Josiah Nelson House

This was the site of Josiah and Elizabeth Nelson’s home. Josiah was a farmer as well as a housewright – a person who built and repaired houses. According to family tradition, when a party of men on horseback was passing ...

James Lide Coker

Side A

James L. Coker (1837-1918) came here from Society Hill ca. 1858 as a planter. While serving in the Civil War as a captain in Co. E, 6th Regiment SC Volunteers, he was seriously wounded. Promoted to major in ...

John L. Hart / John Hart House (#1)

John L. Hart In 1845, John Lide Hart (1825-1864) bought a 491-acre plantation here. Along what is now Home Avenue, he built a carriage factory, a store, a steam-powered sawmill and grist-mill, and houses for himself and his workers. Hart ...

Jared D. Sheldon

1813 - 1851

These millstones were brought from Mexico by water and oxcart in 1846 and were used by Jared D. Sheldon one of the earliest settlers in this valley in his grist mill near here, his Rancho Omochumne was granted ...