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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62N_closing-the-gap_Atlanta-GA.html
July 20, 1864. A critical factor in the alignment of Federal troops moving on Atlanta, from Peachtree Creek valley, was a wide gap between Peachtree Rd. (the left of Thomas' forces) & Schofield's 23d A.C. posted at the intersection of N. Decatur &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62M_in-1648-margaret-brent-asks-for-vote-and-voyce_St-Marys-City-MD.html
Margaret Brent (ca. 1601-1671), a Catholic gentlewoman, lived in Maryland from 1638 to 1650. In June 1647 the dying governor, Leonard Calvert, made her executrix of his estate with power to pay the soldiers he had hired to put down a Protestant re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62L_durands-mill_Atlanta-GA.html
Water-powered sawmill & factory operated in the 1860's by Samuel A. Durand (1822-1891), later on by Frederick A. Williams (1817-1883), whose name long designated the old road leading S.W. and now known, in sections, as Briarcliff and Williams Mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62K_thomas-j-jarvis_Grandy-NC.html
Governor, 1879 - 1885;Minister to Brazil; U.S.Senator; was born in ahouse which stood here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62J_martins-hundred-church_Williamsburg-VA.html
The first Martin's Hundred Parish church was probably built at Wolstenholme Town, an early 17th-century settlement that was located a mile southeast of here. None of the structures excavated there have been identified as a church; it may have been…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62I_mother-of-light-shrine_Coltons-Point-MD.html
East Face
Maryland was dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, during the first Mass held on St. Clement's Island. John Carroll, the first Catholic Bishop of the United States declared our young nation to be under Mary's protection in 1792. Natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62H_martins-hundred_Williamsburg-VA.html
This plantation was allocated to the London-based Society of Martin's Hundred by 1618 and was later assigned 21,500 acres. It was initially settled in 1620 around Wolstenholme Town, its administrative center, located near the James River. Archaeol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62G_roger-lacy-lacey_Thunderbolt-GA.html
Roger Lacy (Lacey) arrived in Savannah in 1734. While a resident of the Georgia Colony, he spent most of his time at a trading post in Augusta. There he gained employment as a trader and served as the post commander. Roger Lacy (Lacey) was a membe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62F_bradwell-park_Hinesville-GA.html
In Memory of Samuel Dowse BradwellFounder of Bradwell Instituteon this site in 1871
Built by City of Hinesvillewith assistance from HUD andLiberty County Garden Garden Clubs
( Mayor and List of Councilmen )
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62E_union-brotherhood-society_Midway-GA.html
(Front text)William Mckinley Walthour, Sr. founded the Union Brotherhood Society or "The Society" in March 1932 to help provide for a proper burial of Negro citizens. During this period of segregation and Jim Crow Laws, Negroes were uninsured and …