Port Tobacco in Charles County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mulberry Grove

Birthplace of John Hanson

Photographed by Rico Ramirez, July 7, 2024

1. Mulberry Grove Marker

Inscription. President of the United States in Congress Assembled 1781–1782.
Died, Oxon Hill, Maryland, November 22, 1783

Erected 1953 by Maryland State Highway Administration.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is November 22, 1704.

Location. 38° 29.735′ N, 77° 0.981′ W. Marker is in Port Tobacco, Maryland, in Charles County. It is on Chapel Point Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Tobacco MD 20677, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

crow flies: John Hanson (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Mulberry Grove (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Port Tobacco Jail (approx. 1.1 miles away); St. Columba Masonic Lodge (approx. 1.1 miles away); Port Tobacco: Commerce (approx. 1.1 miles away); Port Tobacco: Conspiracy & the Plot to Assassinate President Lincoln (approx. 1.1 miles away); John Wilkes Booth (approx. 1.1 miles away); Port Tobacco (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Tobacco.

Regarding Mulberry Grove. John Hanson was one of the Presidents of the Congress which governed the United States after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War until the Constitution was adopted. He was born in 1715.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . Mulberry Grove, Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. (Submitted on January 17, 2019.)

Mulberry Grove - Birthplace of John Hanson image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard White, February 3, 2007

2. Mulberry Grove - Birthplace of John Hanson

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, March 30, 2019

3. Mulberry Grove Marker

John Hanson Memorial and Mulberry Grove Exterior. image. Click for full size.

National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, March 30, 2019

4. John Hanson Memorial and Mulberry Grove Exterior.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2007, by Richard White of La Plata, Maryland. This page has been viewed 4,677 times since then and 106 times this year. Last updated on January 17, 2019, by David Lassman of Waldorf, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on July 10, 2024, by Rico Ramirez of Prince Frederick, Maryland. 2. submitted on April 8, 2007, by Richard White of La Plata, Maryland. 3, 4. submitted on August 5, 2019. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.