The “Freemanville” Settlement

Founded soon after the U.S. Civil War, the settlement that would become “Freemanville” was established by Dr. John Milton Hawks, an abolitionist and Union Army surgeon, along with other Union Army officers and the Florida Land & Lumber Company. In ...

Hell Itself

The Battle of the Wilderness

The Wilderness of today looks different than it did in 1864. Then it was a patchwork of second-growth forest. Brush obscured, briars grabbed, and thickets disrupted the battle lines. One solder described the combat here as ...

Marlfield

A mile and a half west is the site of Marlfield, an eighteenth-century dwelling built by the Buckner family. It was purchased in 1782 by William Jones, who gave the house its name. Jones was among the first Virginia planters ...

In Grateful Remembrance

In grateful remembrance

of the

Citizens of Dumont

who so nobly answered their country’s call to arms to fight in the Great War for Liberty and Democracy

1917 - 1919

[A list of names follow]

Along this road Washington and his Army marched in our War ...

African Americans in the Texas Revolution

Many African Americans, free and slave, supported Texas during its 1835-36 war of independence from Mexico. Although official recognition of the African American role was generally denied, recorded accounts of individual acts of bravery and patriotism survived.

Hendrick Arnold distinguished himself ...

African American Baptist Church Cemetery

Francis Jackson, a freed slave, purchased 7 ¾ acres of woodland here in 1868. Later it would include the black cemetery and “a plain neat little church” built about 1873. The Pastor, Rev. Nicholas Fr. Jackson, lived nearby. The cemetery ...

In Memory of the Underhills

In memory of the Underhills

who lived, worshiped, and died near here.

They were the descendants of Nathanial

son of Captain John Underhill

who arrived at Boston in 1630.

Marker can be reached from S Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Baptist Church

Organized in 1833, issuing from an integrated worship, this church was established by John Ward and Ziah Black. Ward donated first lot. Members worshipped in private homes before occupying the first structure. Construction for present church began, 1904. Distinguished religious, ...

First Volunteer Brigade

Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Volunteer Brigade

Lieut. Col. Freeman McGilvery

5th Mass. Battery E (10th New York Attached)

Capt. Charles A. PhillipsJuly 2d Engaged on Third Corps line on the Wheatfield Road.

9th Mass. Battery

Capt. John Bigelow, Lieut. Richard S. MiltonJuly 2d ...

Effingham County

This is one of the eight original Counties created by the Georgia Constitution in 1777 and is named for Lord Effingham who was an ardent supporter of Colonial Rights. By Act of Feb. 26, 1784, the first County Site was ...