Andrew Female College

This institution was founded in 1854 and conducted under the auspices of the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church. It was in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew (1794-1871), a noted pioneer leader of Methodism. Augustus Alden was the ...

Andrew Jackson's Military Road

-1817-

Construction of this road, as ordered by General Andrew Jackson, began in May 1817 by troops of the U.S. Army for national defense purposes. Beginning near Nashville, Tennessee and continuing to Madison, Louisiana, it shortened the distance from Nashville to ...

St. Andrew’s Church

(Episcopal)

1834 - Organized as mission by Rev. Caleb S. Ives for settlers coming here to the Canebrake from Atlantic Seaboard

1844 - made parish of Diocese of Alabama

1851 - this site selected

1853-54 - this building erected

Marker ...

William Andrew Dowling

Born in Darlington County in 1859, William Dowling was a descendant of Robert Dowling, who had settled in S.C. in the Parish of St. David by 1773. William served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1899-1900, ...

Andrew Hunter

Side A

Andrew Hunter (d. 1823), planter, state representative, and county official, is buried in the Hunter family cemetery about 400 ft. south. During the American Revolution he ran a grist mill several miles south on High Hill Creek, supplying ...

St. Andrews Presbyterian College

Chartered 1958; opened 1961. Formed by merger of colleges dating from 1858. Coeducational, four-year liberal arts college.

Marker is at the intersection of McColl Road (U.S. 401) and Elm Avenue, on the left when traveling south on McColl Road.

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Andrew Jackson Higgins

(1886-1952)

Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and manufacturer of World War II landing craft known as "Higgins boats," was born August 28, 1886, at Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were John Gonegle Higgins, a prominent lawyer and judge, and Annie Long O'Connor Higgins. ...

Andrew Pickens

1739-1817

Partisan General, American Revolution for whom this county and town is named.

Marker is on North Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north.

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St. Andrew's Church

Side A

Reverend Andrew Fowler was elected rector of Christ Church in 1828. He bought a village home on Whilden Street where he held services for 40 people from June to Advent to avoid the malaria-plagued sickly season. Services ...

Andrew Davidson Firebaugh - Firebaugh's Ferry

Andrew Davidson Firebaugh was born in Virginia in 1823. He served with the Texas Mounted Riflemen in the Mexican War. Coming to Californian in 1849, he fought in the Mariposa Indian War under Major James D. Savage on the expedition ...