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 ...

Glebe Church

Built in 1738. In 1775 the Parish minister, Parson Agnew, was driven from the Church for preaching loyalty to the King. The building was repaired in 1854.

Marker is on Nansemond Parkway (Virginia Route 337), on the right when traveling west. ...

The Benge Route

The Trail of Tears

John Benge's Route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, 1838-1839

John Benge led one detachment of approximately 1100 Cherokee with 60 wagons and 600 horses that left from Alabama on ...

Bennett's Home

On this stream, Bennett's Creek, stood the home of Richard Bennett. He was one of the Commissioners to "Reduce" Virginia after the victory of Parliament in the Civil War in England, 1651, and the first Governor under the Cromwellian domination ...

The Bell Route

The Trail of Tears

Bell's Route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, 1838-1839 Overview

The detachment headed by John Bell differed from the parties under Cherokee Chief John Ross's supervision. Bell's detachment was composed of approximately 650-700 ...

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 ...

Hiram Rodney Burton House

The land upon which this house now stands was acquired in 1675 by Helmanus Wiltbank, a prominent early

resident and property owner of Lewes. The oldest portion of the present structure is believed to have been constructed by Cornelius Wiltbank ...

AT&T Building

This Georgian Revival building, completed in 1923, at the cost of $300,000, was the third Denmark office of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1898, long-distance lines from Virginia to Georgia, and from Alabama to Charleston crossed here, making ...

Mount Sinai Baptist Church

In 1868, the formerly enslaved Rev. Israel Cross founded Mount Sinai Baptist Church in a log building here on Benjamin Howell's land. He allegedly never closed a sermon without saying, "Buy some land, build a home, and get some education." ...

Bruyer Church

August Bruyer, his wife, Josephine (Simon) and their sons, John and Julius, were born in France, coming to America about the middle of the nineteenth century. By 1858, they had settled in Fairview Township, 4 miles east of what was ...