Benjamin F. Hicks

1847-1925

Born six miles north of here near Courtland in the Berlin-Ivor District of Southampton County, African American Benjamin Hicks made his living by farming. Highly respected for his industrious and creative talents, he used the anvil, forge, and woodworking devices ...

Chapel of Ease

To St. Helena's Church, Beaufort, S.C. Built about 1740. Made a separate church after the revolution. Burned by forest fire Feb. 22, 1886.

Marker is on Lands End Road (South Carolina Route 45), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Southern Branch Chapel / Battle of Great Bridge / Wilson Family

Site of

Southern Branch Chapel

A Chapel of ease of the Anglican Church

for the

Elizabeth River Parish 1701 - 1761

St. Brides Parish 1761 - 1845

Encampment area for American Patriots

Battle of Great Bridge

December 1775

First land battle for the American Revolution fought in Virginia

Residence of ...

From Lewis and Clark to the Future

Change came slowly to Spirit Mound after 1804. For 55 years the area remained the land of the Yankton Sioux, with fur traders conducting business from posts on the Missouri. The tallgrass prairie continued to thrive as it had for ...

Confederate Cemetery

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Burial of Confederates killed in a railroad collision, September, 1863, on land given by Mrs. Jane Glover, established this cemetery. Later more land was given by Ann Moyer and others, and the [CS] dead here from Marietta hospitals and the ...

Giles County Trail of Tears Memorial

"Long time we travel on way to new land...Womens cry... Children cry and men cry... but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much."

-Recollection of a survivor ...

Battle of Great Bridge DAR Monument

December 9, 1775

(side 1)

This monument honors

Patriots who assembled

at this site in the Cause of

American Freedom in 1775

American Patriots

at the Battle

Second Virginia Regiment

Commanded by

Colonel William Woodford,

of Caroline County, Virginia

Culpeper Minute Men

Battle of Great Bridge

December 9, 1775

Monument placed by the

Virginia Daughters of ...

Beaufort

Second oldest town in South Carolina,

Authorized by the Lords Proprietors,

December 20, 1710,

Chartered January 17, 1711,

Laid out prior to February 16, 1717,

Incorporated by the state,

December 17, 1808

Marker is on Boundary Street (U.S. 21) near Ribaut Road, on the right when ...

The Trail of Tears Interpretive Center

The Trail of Tears Interpretive Center Popularly known as the Rock Church, this beautiful chapel of Gothic architectural design was constructed by native limestone and was dedicated as the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on August 10, 1941. A significant financial ...

In Commemoration of the Treaty Between Great Britain and the Rus

28 February 1825, Demarcating Canada's Western Boundary

[English]

In Commemoration of the Treaty Between Great Britain and the Russian Empire, 28 February 1825, Demarcating Canada’s Western Boundary

[Russian]

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[French]

Commémorant ...