Benjamin F. Hicks

1847-1925

Born six miles north of here near Courtland in the Berlin-Ivor District of Southampton County, African American Benjamin Hicks made his living by farming. Highly respected for his industrious and creative talents, he used the anvil, forge, and woodworking devices ...

Gov. Charles James McDonald

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In this area stood the home of Charles James McDonald, elected Governor of Georgia in 1839 and 1841. "Fearless and guided by practical wisdom and integrity," he was Solicitor-General of the Flint circuit. Judge of the Superior ...

James J. Pennington

Born in 1819, he was a Lawrence County farmer, merchant, and inventor of an early flying machine. Patented Sept. 4, 1877, No. 194841. Model exhibited at Scientific Exposition, Louisville, Ky. 1883.

Died in 1885. The field at Lawrenceburg Municipal Airport named ...

Donald Grady Davidson (1893~1966) John Crowe Ransom (1888~1974)

Giles County natives Donald G. Davidson and John C. Ransom were influential personages in American literature. Professors at Vanderbilt University, they helped found The Fugitive (1922~25), a magazine which launched the "Southern literary renaissance." They contributed to the essential Agrarian ...

The John Cummins Mansion

The John Cummins Mansion has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior - May 23, 1980

Marker can be reached from North Main Street just from Mt. Vernon Street.

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James Duane

Born 1732 buried here 1797.

In Continental Congress

Provincial Convention,

Mayor of New York, State

Senator, Federal Judge.

Marker is at the intersection of Great Western Turnpike (U.S. 20) and Duanesburg Churches Road (County Route 127), on the right when ...

St. John’s Episcopal Church

During the Civil War this church served as a signal station for both the Confederacy and the Union. On May 5, 1864 Col. Samuel A. Duncan’s brigade of United States Colored Troops (4th, 5th, and 6th U.S.C.T.) occupied City Point ...

Benjamin Smith

1756-1826

Governor, 1810-1811, legislator, soldier, benefactor of UNC. His plantation, “Belvedere,” was 6 miles northeast.

Marker is on U.S. 17 0.1 miles north of Wire Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Sutter Creek Jail

The jail was built in 1908 to replace the original jail that was destroyed by a fire started when an unidentified inmate set his mattress on fire and burned to death. Sutter Creek and Amador County shared the cost of ...

Henry Jerome Stockard

Poet, author of "Fugitive Lines" and other works; lifelong educator; president of Peace Institute, 1907-12. Home stood here.

Marker is at the intersection of North Church Street and Graham-Hopedale Road on North Church Street.

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