Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, camped near-by along Hominy Creek.

Marker is on Smokey Park Highway (U.S. 19/23).

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Hawthorne School of Aeronautics

From 1941 to 1945, 5924 American &

French pilots were trained here,

totaling almost 330,00 flight hours.

Site is 1 mi. NW.

Marker is at the intersection of Rowesville Road (U.S. 21) and South Carolina Route S-38-57, on the right when traveling ...

Festge Park

You are looking across a deep preglacial valley. Once glacial meltwaters drained west to the Wisconsin River, depositing sand and gravel brought south to Middleton by the giant ice sheets. Today, winding through this unglaciated outwash plain is Black Earth ...

Battle of Chester Station

Here, on May 10, 1864, as part of Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 3400 Federals and 2000 Confederates fought the Battle of Chester Station. This monument is erected in their memory by the Chester Station Camp #1503. Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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Battle of Chester Station

Here, on May 10, 1864, as part of Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 3400 Federals and 2000 Confederates fought the Battle of Chester Station. This monument is erected in their memory by the Chester Station Camp #1503. Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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Mazie Whitfield Nelson

Jan. 1, 1890 - Feb. 2, 1977

Marker Front:

From her birth home just across the railroad track on Gilbert Street, Mazie Whitfield Nelson watched the growth of downtown Smyrna from a village of less than 400 when she was born on ...

Reuben Ford

A mile north are the home and grave of Reuben Ford, pastor of Goochland Baptist Church, 1771-1823. He was an advocate of equal religious rights for all, a leader in securing separation of church and state in Virginia.

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First Marked Burial

Elijah H. Fleming

Marker Front:

There may have been burials in this cemetery prior to 1848, however, this grave is the earliest one with an engraved headstone which shows a date. His daughter Mary, who died at approximately 17 years of age ...

Servis - Quick Family Cemetery

19th century family graveyard. Over 100 graves of local residents. Captain Jacob Servis, aide to Gen. Washington at Yorktown buried here. Stone wall built in 1848.

Marker is on County Road 579, on the left when traveling north.

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Remains of Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery

The State of New York Caused the Remains of Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery to be conveyed from Quebec and Deposited beneath this Monument the 8th day of July 1818.

Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and Vesey Street, on the ...