Waterville

This crossroad was the center of the Waterville of long ago. It rose, it flourished, and then declined, the victim of a railroad which bypassed it in 1881.

The stone structure which stood at this site was built as a ...

The 14th & 20th A.C. Cross at Pace’s Ferry

July 17, 1864. Palmer’s 14th and Hooker’s 20th A. C. [US] crossed to the Fulton Co. side of the river on two pontoon bridges. This passage was covered by Wood’s 4th A.C. div., which marched down Mt. Paran Rd. from ...

Early Transportation Routes

King Street

Throughout Lancaster City's history, king Street has been a major throughfare between Philadelphia and points west. In 1733 work commenced on the King's Highway, now Route 340. This highway began at the square extended eastward on King Street ...

John Bateman House Site

Bateman Tannery Site

John Bateman was a local tanner who had his house, storehouse, and workshop on this site. The house now located at 440 South Main was built circa 1869 by Joseph Haines, a carpenter who built a number of ...

Warner Bateman House

Circa 1858

Warner Bateman, nephew of the village founder Jonathan Wright, was an “agent” on the Underground Railroad. An “agent” was one who provided assistance to runaway slaves on their way to freedom. As an attorney, Bateman was in the difficult ...

Confederate Dead Monument - Thornrose Cemetery

West Panel:

Honor to the Brave

870 Lie Here

Recorded by Name, Company & Regiment:

From

Virginia 385, N. Carolina 176, S. Carolina 59,

Georgia 208, Alabama 49, Florida 8,

Mississippi 11, Louisiana 19, Tennessee 12,

Arkansas 20, Texas 3,

And 207

Recorded by Name Only

Confederate Dead

South Panel:

“There is True ...

Battle of Fishing Creek

At this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defeated by Lt. Col. Tarleton and 160 soldiers. The disaster followed only two days General Gate's defeat by Lord ...

Battle Of Beckhamville

May 1780

British under Houseman surprised and

defeated by band of 33 patriots under

Capt. John McLure with 9 Gaston

brothers and neighbors, who struck

first blow for liberty and resisted

attempt to subject people to oath of

allegiance to ...

The Sclater Building

The oldest surviving commercial structure in Old Hampton was built by William S. Sclater following the War Between the States. The lot is part of an original one-half acre on which, by the 1750's, was a large brick house belonging ...

Catholic Presbyterian Church

One mile south.

Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, active in the area, is credited with unifying and naming them in 1770. The cemetery contains many graves of Revolutionary and Confederate ...