Natives, Explorers, Tobacco and Buccaneers

The Early History of Gloucester Point

“I made a draughte of our river…by us discovered.” Robert Tyndall to Henry, Prince of Wales

In 1600, this tidewater land was part of a vast American Indian empire ruled by the Powhatan nation. English mariner ...

Saint Peter's Episcopal Church

Salem, Massachusetts

The first congregation of the Church of England gathered in Salem in 1626. Driven underground by the puritans, it re-emerged in 1733 as Saint Peter's Parish, built on land given by Philip English, one of the accused Salem witches. ...

Lewes Presbyterian Church

The origin of this church can be traced to the earliest days of Presbyterianism in America. A congregation was established here in 1692 under the leadership of the Reverend Samuel Davis. The steady flow of immigrants from Scotland and Ireland ...

Peck Library

Library and 600 Seat Opera

House Constructed May 1894

To May 1895. Willed to the

People of Martathon by Mrs.

Mercena Brink Peck A.D. 1891

Marker is on East Main Street (County Route 221), on the right when traveling ...

Auto Production in Kenosha

Thomas B. Jeffery purchased the 1895 Sterling Bicycle Factory and pioneered Kenosha’s auto industry in 1900. His company was an industry leader, creating the second mass produced auto in 1902. Jeffery was the first auto manufacturer to make all wheels ...

Wade Hampton

[East Face]

Commander

of

The Hampton Legion

Lieutenant General

C.S.A.

[Lower Plaques]:

[Trevilian] [Seven Pines] [Burgess Mill] [First Manassas] [Gettysburg]

[North Face]

To

Wade Hampton

Born

March 28

1818

Died April 11

1902

[West Face]:

Governor of South Carolina

Goodwill Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

(Front text)

Founded in 1867 by 100 black members of

Salem, Black River, Presbyterian Church (1759)

desiring seperation. Dismissal granted, thus

becoming the first black church in Sumter

County. The congregation began meeting in

Goodwill School, established by the northern

Presbyterian Church thru Freedmen's Board.

Rev. ...

The Berry Project

This row of buildings from 2009 to 2017 Second Avenue dates from the early years of the 20th century and has undergone a variety of changes and modernizations over the years. Originally part of a larger building that burned in ...

The Village of Trenton / The Elk Creek Baptist Church and Cemete

Side A: The Village of Trenton

Platted 1816. Incorporated as Village 1895. Became a city 1971

Trenton's founder, Michael Pearce, came to the area in 1801. The original village of 33 lots was named Bloomfield. When the post office was established in ...

Maple Hill Cemetery

Brief Peace in the Midst of War

The brick church formerly on this site was named Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. The congregation stopped meeting here after Federal forces occupied Petersburg in May 1862, took over the church building, and began using ...