Famous Personalities at Fort Cumberland

Horatio Sharpe

Lived: 1718-1790. Here as Governor of Maryland and the commander of the fort. Fort Frederick was built by his direction. Governor: 1753-1769. Sharpsburg, Md., was named in his honor.

Daniel Boone

Lived: 1734-1820. Here as a teamster with Braddock's forces, blazed ...

Aliceville First Baptist Church

Aliceville First Baptist was founded in 1823 as the Enon Baptist Church. The original church site was located in the Garden Community west of Aliceville. In 1904, the membership made the decision to move their congregation to the newly established ...

Swineyards - Willcox Wharf

Charles City County, Virginia

This area was settled before 1622 by George Shinehow. Tobacco warehouses and docks were located at Swineyards and Willcox Wharf. A post office was established at Swineyards in 1848 and later located at Willcox Wharf. Landmarks have ...

Snidow's Ferry

In this vicinity Christian Snidow, pioneer, established a ferry over the river in 1786, and built a house in 1793.

Marker is on Virginia Avenue (U.S. 460) 0.4 miles west of Big Stony Creek Road (Virginia Road 635), on the right ...

The Fort Proper

The fort proper was the bastioned work at the west end of the fort. It was to your left (primarily on the site of the Church of Christ Scientist). Besides the four bastions (b) and the joining walls, there were ...

In Memory of James McCrory

who departed this life

November 24th 1840

Aged 82 years, 6 months

and 9 days.

The deceased was a soldier

of the Revolution and was at

The battles of Germantown,

Brandywine and Guilford

Court house, and was one of

Washington’s life guards at

Valley Forge and served his

country ...

Kings Mountain Battlefild Trail

If you follow the trail to your left, you will circle the base of Kings Mountain, as gathering patriot forces did on the afternoon of October 7, 1780. The path climbs to a rock-strewn ridge line which was defended by ...

Prince Frederick's Chapel

[Front]

The first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the Rev. Hugh Fraser in 1834. Most of its parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee ...

First Physician

Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.

Marker is on 73rd Place, on ...

Hill of Three Waters or the Triple Divide

A triple point, or triple divide, is the place where two continental divides intersect and water drains into three different watersheds. Five widely-recognized triple divides exist in the United States, including: Triple Divide Peak, Montana, The Hill of Three Waters, ...