St. John’s Holiness Church

On this site stood St. John’s Holiness Church. Dedicated 1900. Removed 1936. Rededicated to Prince Frederick Methodist Cemetary Corporation 1986.

Marker is on Hallowing Point Road (Maryland Route 231) 2.8 miles west of Solomons Island Road (Maryland Route 2/4), on the ...

Joseph & James Wilkinson

Two revolutionary leaders who grew up on farm south of Hunting Creek

Joseph Wilkinson was colonel in the Revolution and a legislator. His younger brother James, an adventurer, first attained general’s rank in 1777 at the age of 20. James ...

Jefferson County / Berkeley County

Jefferson County. Formed, 1801, from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Gens. Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington’s men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National Capitol.

Berkeley County. Formed from Frederick ...

Rev. John Witherspoon

Revolutionary Patriot

Signer, Declaration of Independence

Born February 5, 1722

Died November 15, 1794

Marker placed by

Princeton Chapter NSDAR

Princeton, NJ

Old Kent Chapter NSDAR

Chestertown, MD

July 4, 1996

Marker can be reached from Greenview Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock

1839 - 1922

Born in McVeytown

He was the Father of Foresty

in Pennsylvania

Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and John Street, in the median on Market Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Burns

"My thanks are specially due to a citizen of Gettysburg named John Burns who although over seventy years of age shouldered his musket and offered his services to Colonel Wister One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Colonel Wister advised him ...

A. J. and Carolina Anderson House

This house was built in 1908-09 for the family of Swedish immigrant Anders Johan Anderson (1858-1929) just after the death of his first wife, Edla Maria (1859–1906). After its completion, Anderson and his two daughters moved into the house from ...

Judson College

Baptist. Chartered in 1861 as Judson Female College; later coeducational. Operated 1882-1892 in building which stood three blocks S.W.

Marker is at the intersection of Fleming St. and 6th Ave. (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling south on Fleming St.. ...

Captain John Griffiths

1801-1881

In Memory of Captain John Griffiths 1801 - 1881

This island is named after him and he was responsible for bringing the first White settlers from Launceston, Tasmania to Portland Bay and Port Fairy Victoria. He established the first major whaling ...

Judge Harry N. Graves

Born April 4, 1877 in La Vernia (Wilson County), Harry Graves attended Southwestern University in Georgetown and later served three terms as city attorney. As Williamson County attorney, he aided the prosecution in a landmark trial against the Ku Klux ...