Birthplace of General James Longstreet

Birthplace

of

General James Longstreet

C.S.A.

1821 - 1904

1 air mile east

Marker is on West Martintown Road.

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Lt. General James Longstreet (1821-1904)

Born 1 mi. E. Cmdr. 1st Corps, Army of Northern VA Confederate States Army; Lee's "Old Warhorse"; west Point graduate; Mesixan War veteran.

Marker is on West Martintown Road.

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Johnson House

1159 Main Street

Believed built 1850s of precut lumber from Maine shipped around the Horn. I.B. Johnson was squatter on entire block 1849. Town board gave him title in 1852 for fifteen dollars.

Marker is on Main Street south of Fremont Street, ...

John G. Matthews House

After coming to Texas with his parents in 1840, John G. Matthews (1824-1903) joined a Ranger company and fought in the Mexican War (1846-48). He married Nancy Leanorah Carothers (1838-93) and in 1872 built this hand-hewn native limestone house, which ...

Joseph Buffet

Killed near this spot

in 1781 trying to regain

his cattle & sheep from a

British raiding party re-

turning to Huntington.

Marker is on Fort Salonga Road (New York Route 25A), on the left when traveling east.

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Frederick C. Franck, Jr., Residence

1179 Washington Street

Built in 1905 by Frederick C. Franck, Jr. (1873-1954). Santa Clara town trustee, businessman and son of Senator F.C. Franck. The Franck family owned this entire block. Maude Shuld Franck (1878-1960) his wife lived her until her death.

The ...

John McIlhenny Home

John McIlhenny, Civil Engineer, City Council member, and Mayor of Columbus 1873-1874, lived in this house in the 1860’s. Mr. McIlhenny is recognized as the father of the Columbus public school system. Authorized by the Georgia Legislature in December 1866, ...

Rev. John Rosbrugh

In memory of

Rev. John Rosbrugh

Clerical Martyr of the Revolution

Moderator of the

Presbytery of New Brunswick

1776

Chaplain 3d Battalion

Northampton County PA Militia

December 25, 1776

Bayoneted to death by Hessians

in Trenton

January 2, 1777

Marker is on East State Street just east of North Broad Street, on ...

Benjamin Hawkins

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“The Beloved Man of the Four Nations” to the Creeks, Benjamin Hawkins (1754 - 1816) was appointed Indian agent by President Washington. Soldier, Congressman, Senator, he determined with firmness and kindness to guide the Indians toward civilization. His agency was ...

Jefferson Prairie Settlement

?Ole Knutson Nattestad, first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, came to Clinton Township, July 1, 1838.

In his native Numedal, Nattestad had been a farmer, peddler, and blacksmith. In 1836 he and his brother Ansten visited Stavanger and there heard for ...