Bratton House Site / Jefferson Davis's Flight

Bratton House Site

Robert Clendinen, Yorkville lawyer and South Carolina Senator from York Disrict (1816-30), purchased this land in 1813. The house which he built here before his death in 1830, was acquired in 1847 by Dr. James Rufus Bratton, a ...

Jefferson Davis

The President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which was a few yards N.

Marker is at the intersection of South Elm Street and West McGee Street, on ...

Joseph Jefferson Jackson

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Philadelphia Athletics 1908-1909

Cleveland Naps 1910-1915

Chicago White Socks 1915-1920

Position: Left Field

Threw: Right

Batted: Left

1919 World Series Batting Average .375

Lifetime Batting Average .356

Third Highest in Baseball History

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1911 - Batted .408, Highest Batting Average Ever by a Rookie

1912 - Led American League ...

Dr. Charles E. Jefferson

On the site of this building Dr. Charles E. Jefferson, internationally known preacher, lecturer & author was born August 26, 1860. An advocate of world peace.

Marker is on Wheeling Avenue (U.S. 40) east of 9th Street, on the right when ...

Jefferson Rock

"On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac [Potomac], in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their ...

Jefferson County First Court House

The first court house in Jefferson County created in 1829 and named for President Thomas Jefferson was erected on this site at (Pine Bluff) in 1833. Meanwhile, sessions of the county court had been held first at the house of ...

Jefferson Davis

On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (178 miles NE), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Soon thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed enroute to the ...

Jefferson Davis

(front):

Jefferson Davis

President

of the

Confederate States

of America

1861-1865

(reverse):

On this spot

May 10, 1865

President Jefferson Davis

was made a

prisoner of war

by Federal troops

Erected by the

State of Georgia

Eugene Talmadge, governor

in the year 1935

Sponsored by Mary V. Henderson

Chapter and the Georgia Division

of the United Daughters of the

Confederacy

...

Burt-Stark House / Jefferson Davis’s Flight

Burt-Stark House When Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, left Richmond after its fall in April 1865, he traveled south, trying to reach and rally the remnants of his army. On May 2, he spent the night at the home ...

Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park

On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (178 miles NE of the Park), where he performed his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed ...