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Bishop William McKendree UM43
William McKendree was born in King William County in 1757. He soon moved with his family to present-day Greensville County, and later served in the Revolutionary War. In 1786, the county licensed him to keep a tavern at his house (12 miles south). The next year, transformed by the Second Great Awakening, McKendree entered the Methodist ministry as a circuit rider. In 1790, Francis Asbury ordained him Deacon. McKendree became presiding elder in the Western Conference extending from western Virginia to Illinois in 1800. In 1808, he became the first native-born American elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal (now United Methodist) Church. He died on 5 March 1835.
Lewis and Clark - Golconda IL193
1803 - 1806 Golconda In 1796 Major James Vance Lusk, Revolutionary War veteran, and his wife Sarah, daughter of Gen. James McElwaine, led a party of 35 - half of the children - from Washaw, South Carolina to a site in Kentucky, opposite the mouth of Lusk Creek. Lusk obtained a license from Kentucky, and operated a ferry until 1798 when he established an unlicensed business on the Illinois bank, in protest of Kentucky's slave status. He built a two-story house of keelboat timbers near the mouth of the creek which still bears his name. Known as the Ferry House or the Tavern House, it was visited by many important travelers. In 1803 Major Lusk died after completing a narrow road from Tennessee to Green's Ferry on the Mississippi. In 1804 Sarah Lusk was granted a license by Gov. Wm. Henry Harrison of Indiana Territory. She operated the ferry and a store until 1805 when she married Thomas Ferguson, later a member of the First and Second Territorial Legislatures. Ferguson took control of the business and sold it in 1816. In 1798 this was the only Illinois settlement between Kentucky and Kaskaskia. Records of 1807 show there were three small stores, one tavern, one saloon, and twenty dwellings. The name changed from Lusk's Ferry to Ferguson's Ferry, Sarahville, and finally became Golconda in 1817.
George Rogers Clark Campsite IL188
2nd Night Lt. Col. Clark and his troop of 170 volunteers passed near this spot, called Buffalo Gap, on July 1, 1778, on their way to a campsite some four miles north of here. The men were marching from Fort Massac to capture the British post at Kaskaskia. This attack and a later one at Vincennes, Indiana, prevented the British and their Indian allies from invading Kentucky. It also secured the Illinois Territory for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
The History of Johnson County Court House IL187
Johnson County Court House The Contract for the present courthouse was let on Aug. 5, 1868 for $38,000. Final payment was made in 1881 with the total cost over $80,000. When the courthouse was completed, it was one of the most attractive ones in the area. About 1908 the interior of the building was rearranged, fire proof vaults built, a heating plant installed, and a local water supply system added. During the 1960's the courthouse got a much needed face lift when it was sandblasted and tuck pointed. The east and west entrances were sealed up and enclosed into offices to give more room. The clock has been recently repaired and again can be heard striking the hours. Some of the county offices have now moved in a building on the west side of the square in an effort to relieve overcrowding.
Much of the work on the grounds of the courthouse was done by the Daniel Chapman Chapter DAR. They were responsible for much of the coping wall around the court square which was completed in 1920.
The boulder and tablet in the northeast corner was placed there by the DAR. The tablet contains the names of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Johnson County. Next to it is a tablet commemorating George Rogers Clarks' Trail through Johnson County, also place there by the DAR.
George Rogers Clark Campsite IL182
Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark and his troop of 170 volunteers, principally Virginians, camped near this site, called Indian Point, on June 30, 1778. They were marching from Fort Massac to attack the British post at Kaskaskia. This was the first of five campsites on that march. Clark's men would take the post at Kaskaskia and later, the British fort at Vincennes, Indiana. This work helped secure the Illinois Territory for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Maryland State House MD31
Built 1772-1779 In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, general George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23,1783. Here, January 14, 1784, Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War and, May 7, 1784, appointed Thomas Jefferson Minister Plenipotentiary. From here, September 14,1786, the Annapolis Convention issued the call to the state that led to the Constitutional Convention.
Lafayette's Encampment MD29
March-April 1781 During the revolutionary war, 1200 continental light infantrymen under the command of the Marquis De Lafayette encamped on the rise behind this sign en route to the decisive battle in Yorktown, VA. They arrived in Annapolis from head of elk by a flotilla of Maryland ships under the command of Commodore James Nicholson.
William Campbell's Grave K20
The nearby Aspenvale Cemetery contains the grave of Brig. General William Campbell, Revolutionary War soldier, Militia Commander and regional political leader. Campbell was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1745 and by 1768 had moved to present day Smyth County. During the Revolutionary War, Campbell led his soldiers to victory at the Battle of King’s Mountain in North Carolina on 7 October 1780. In June 1781, Campbell the Marquis de Lafayette in Eastern Virginia until his death at Rocky Mills in Hanover County. By 1832 his remains were reinterred at Aspenvale Cemetery.
Macon MO114
Macon is the seat of justice for one of Missouri's richest coal bearing counties. The town was laid out on rolling upland prairie, between the Middle Fork of the Salt and the East Fork of the Chariton rivers, 1856. Hudson, named for a railroad official, was laid out just west, 1857, and both towns joined as Macon City, 1859. The Hannibal and St. Joseph (Burlington) reached here, 1858, and the North Missouri (Wabash), 1859. A railroad center, Macon was a Union troop concentration point in the Civil War, and it replaced pro-Southern Bloomington as seat of Macon County, 1863. Organized, 1837, the county is named for Nathaniel Macon, Revolutionary War soldier and N.C. statesman. Here 11 military parole violators were executed by order of Union General Lewis Merrill, Sept. 26, 1862. Macon County, through which passes the Great Divide between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, abounds in bituminous coal deposits. A prime coal producer, the county was first in the state, 1891-1913. Coal was first discovered at nearby Bevier, laid out, 1858, named for Col. Robert S. Bevier. Macon lies in the Glacial Plains Region of Missouri, territory claimed by Sac, Fox, and Iowa Indians until 1824. Pre-historic Indian mounds are found in the area and the Great Indian Trail is believed to have crossed the county near Macon. A pioneer trail, the Bee Trace ran north from here. First settlers, from the South, came in late 1820's, and soon many states and countries were represented. In the late 1860's, Welsh settled nearby New Cambria. Many Welsh and later Italians came to mine the coal. Early schools established in Macon were Johnson College (Methodist), 1866; St. James Academy and St. Agnes Hall (Episcopal), 1875 and 1884; outstanding Blees Military Academy, 1899; and south at College Mound, noted McGee (Presbyterian) College, 1853. Blees Academy was sold, 1914, and is now the Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanatorium. Macon owes much of its development to Col. F.W.V. Blees (1860-1906), Prussian-born educator, businessman, and philanthropist; and to Theodore Gary (1854-1952), utilities magnate, first chairman Mo. State Highway Commission, and town benefactor. [Western College, which operated in Macon from 1892 to 1921, provided educational opportunities for black youths. By the late 1890's, an elementary department, a college preparatory department, a normal department, a college department, and a theological department had been established.]
Peterstown IL139
MERCHANT PRINCE The north end of waterloo was originally called Peter's Town, for Emery Peter Rogers, 1795-1859. Coming from Massachusetts in 1816, he started with 5 acres here on the west side of the Kaskaskia Trail, where he operated a grist mill, woolen mill, rope factory, carding mill, cider mill, carriage factory, brickyard and quarry, in addition to his general store. He developed a large commercial business, with markets in St. Louis and New Orleans. In 1843 he built a large brick residence and hotel on the east side of Main Street with 14 rooms and 12 fireplaces. The second floor was used as a hall for the Masonic Lodge. "Peter" Rogers was County Treasurer in 1827, and County Commissioner 1834-1838, and 1846-1849. His father, Elder Peter Rogers, 1755-1849, came to Waterloo in 1828. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, enlisting as a Fife-Major Nov. 26, 1776, and served Gen. George Washington as Chaplain, Aide De Camp and Life Guard. He participated in many battles, including Valley Forge. As commander of the ship "Trumbull", he took a sloop as prize. He was discharged Dec. 31, 1779 He was one of the first to clear Monroe Co. forests and make improvements. As an ordained minister he preached 60 years, delivering a sermon in the Waterloo Baptist Church in 1845 at the age of 90. Both father and son are buried in the Waterloo Cemetery. Display # 41 - 50 of 189 |