Possible Vicinity of Juan Ponce de Leon's Landing

While there is disagreement among scholars, it is believed that this site may be in an area where Juan Ponce de Leon made landfall in April 1513. It has long been thought that this event too place near St. Augustine, ...

Sgt. John P. Beech

Born May 1, 1844, in Staffordshire, England.

Beech emigrated to Boston in 1848. In 1856, he moved to Trenton and found a job with City Pottery, at the corner of Perry and Carroll Streets.

Beech joined Co. B, 4th New Jersey Volunteer ...

Justin Morgan

On this site the progenitor of the famous Morgan breed of horses was owned by Sheriff William Rice about 1800. Justin Morgan took his name from that of the singing schoolmaster who originally brought him to Vermont, but who lost ...

John Murrell

8 mi. S. lived the notorious bandit and outlaw, born 1804 in Williamson Co. Leader of the “Mystic Clan”, he fomented slave insurrections and terrorized the lower Mississippi valley for years. He died at Pikeville in 1844 after serving a ...

"Stonewall" Jackson Hill

From this point, "Stonewall" Jackson shelled Hancock, Md., Jan 5, 1862. After destroying supplies, the B&O Railway track and the bridge over the Great Cacapon, Jackson marched his army of 8,500 men to Romney and captured it. January 14.

Marker is ...

Corp. James A. Gere

This tree planted Nov. 11th, 1928

in memory of

Corp. James A. Gere

Co. G 39th Inf. 4th Div.

Died of wounds received in action at

Chateau Thierry, France, Aug. 30, 1918.

Presented by John Gere and David V. Perrine

Marker is on Throckmorton Street, on the ...

John Owen

1787 - 1841

Governor, 1828 - 1830; state legislator; and Whig Party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.

Marker is on U.S. 15/501 near Hanks Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jesse Jewell

1902 - 1975

Jesse Dickson Jewell was born in Gainesville, attended the University of Alabama and Georgia Tech, then returned to his hometown in 1922 to work in the family’s feed, seed and fertilizer business.

Encouraging area farmers to raise chickens, he ...

Old Jamestown

After receiving a proprietary landgrant of 370 acres in 1705. French settlers laid out the town of Jamestown, c. 2 mi. N. By 1706, a church had been built known as the parish church of St. James, Santee. Jamestown never ...

Captain Johnston Blakeley

After many victories, War of 1812, was lost at sea with his sloop Wasp. Lived at "Rock-Rest" 3 miles east.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 87 and East Perry Road/Chicken Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north ...