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By Kevin White, September 6, 2007
Occoquan Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 Virginia, Prince William County, Woodbridge — E-59 — Occoquan Reported permanently removed
Captain John Smith explored this region in 1608. The town of Occoquan began with the opening of a tobacco warehouse on the shore of the Occoquan River in 1734. Occoquan grew as the focus of the commercial and manufacturing activities of John . . . Map (db m2337) HM
2 Kentucky, Todd County, Fairview — Zero Milestone Jefferson Davis Highway
Zero Milestone Jefferson Davis Highway Fairview, Ky. - Biloxi, Miss. Erected 1930 by United Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Born June 3, 1808 in Christian, now Todd Co. KY. Died December 6, 1889 in New Orleans, . . . Map (db m3034) HM
3 Virginia, Hanover County, Doswell — E-22 — Lafayette and Cornwallis
The Marquis de Lafayette and his outnumbered colonial troops abandoned Richmond on 27 May 1781 to avoid Gen. Charles Cornwallis's approaching forces. Lafayette marched north from Richmond through Hanover County and likely crossed the nearby North . . . Map (db m9212) HM
4 Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta — Jefferson Davis Bridge
Jefferson Davis West Point Graduate Class of 1828 * * * Services: Indian Wars 1829- 1835 Member of Congress 1845-'46 Colonel U.S. Army Hero of Buena Vista and Monterey Secretary of War 1853-'57 Senator from Mississippi . . . Map (db m9645) HM
5 Georgia, Irwin County, Irwinville — 077-4 — Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park
On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the present Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park (1 mile north) and . . . Map (db m40345) HM
6 Georgia, Taliaferro County, Crawfordville — 131-1 — Taliaferro County
This County, created by an act of the Legislature Dec. 24, 1825, is named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro, Revolutionary soldier in Lee's Legion and a member of Congress from 1799 to 1802. In this city stands Liberty Hall, now a State Shrine, . . . Map (db m15236) HM
7 Virginia, Richmond, Oak Grove — Jefferson Davis Highway
This tree marks the site of Battery 17 of the inner defenses of Richmond, 1862-1865, and is planted in soil taken from battlefields. A memorial to Confederate soldiers.Map (db m31749) HM WM
8 California, Kern County, Lebec — Camel Trail TerminusFort Tejon
Jefferson Davis, “Father of National Highways,” as Secretary of War 1853-57 sponsored the importation of 33 camels for transporting military supplies to the west coast. The camel trail survey ran from San Antonio, Texas to Fort Tejon which marks the . . . Map (db m32823) HM
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