Robert Jones Rivers

In Memory Of

Pioneer, patriot, lawyer, and orator. Born in Virginia in 1806. Died in Goergetown December 14, 1854.

His eloquence protected the helpless; his wit charmed all.

Marker is on South Austin Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

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Anderson's Brigade

Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Anderson's Brigade

Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Col. W. F. Tucker.

Nov. 25, 1863.

7th Mississippi - Col. William H. Bishop.

9th Mississippi - Maj. Thomas H. Lyman.

10th Mississippi - Capt. Robert A. Bell.

41st Mississippi - Col. W. F. Tucker.

44th Mississippi ...

Amos-Godbey House

Built in 1909 by the C.S. Belford Lumber company, this was originally the home of Southwestern University German professor Martin C. Amos (d. 1911) and his family. It was later purchased by another member of the university faculty, chemistry professor ...

Lamy Building

Built in 1878, the Lamy Building was originally part of St. Michael's College. The lower two floors, which remain today, were constructed of adobe. The third floor, with its mansard roof and domed cupola, was framed in wood, probably to ...

Southwest Bastion

The Southwest Bastion was the most heavily fortified area of the fort with emplacements for seven guns, as well as a magazine and a filling room. The largest gun in Fort Ward, a 100-pounder Parrott Rifle, was located in the ...

Town Clock / Kaminski Building

Town Clock

This Greek Revival market

and town hall was built in 1842 after a fire destroyed many of the frame buildings on Front Street. An open-air market occupied the first floor and the town hall occupied the second floor; the clock ...

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

[Southwest face:]

Resident of Petersburg

1815-1829

First President of the Republic of Liberia

1848-1855 + 1871-1876

[Northeast face:]

Joseph Jenkins Roberts worked on Union Street, about 100 yards northwest of here.

This marker was authorized June 7, 1977 by the City Council of Petersburg.

Hermanze E. Fauntleroy, ...

Hutto Baptist Church

Hutto Baptist Church was formally organized in 1882. Served by ministers Abram Weaver and Joseph Gronde, the congregation met in the local schoolhouse until a sanctuary was constructed in 1883. Destroyed by a storm in 1886, it was rebuilt twice ...

Cabin from Gabriel Mills Area

This cabin of squared logs and hand-hewn limestone was built in the early 1850s near the village of Gabriel Mills (20 mi. NW). It stood on property owned in 1850-53 by Samuel Mather (1812-78), miller and blacksmith who first settled ...

Fiddlin’ Charlie Bowman

1889-1962

Charlie Bowman, Hall of Fame fiddler, vaudeville performer, and writer of Nine Pound Hammer and East Tennessee Blues, toured with the Hill Billies and other music groups, once performing for President Calvin Coolidge. Two daughters, Jennie and Pauline, were among ...