Rushville in Fairfield County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Joe Selby

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2019

1. Joe Selby Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Fugitive slave who inspired
Ben Hanby to compose the
song "Darling Nellie Grey"

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 39° 45.571′ N, 82° 25.698′ W. Marker is in Rushville, Ohio, in Fairfield County. It is on Bashore Road NE 0.1 miles south of Cincinnati Zanesville Road NE (U.S. 22), on the right when traveling south. Monument is in Pleasant Hill (AKA Rushville) Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rushville OH 43150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hocking Hills

and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Formerly Enslaved People (here, next to this marker); The Underground Railroad in Rushville / Joseph Selby and Darling Nelly Gray (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bremen World Wars Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); Wesley Chapel (approx. 3.9 miles away); Bremen Oil Boom (approx. 4 miles away); First Mass in Ohio (approx. 4.8 miles away); Randolph Mitchell House / Reading Township, Perry County (approx. 5.3 miles away); Opal C. [nee Hatlestad] Kistler (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rushville.

Also see . . .
1. Darling Nellie Grey. (Submitted on August 6, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Pleasant Hill Cemetery at National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. (Submitted on August 6, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2019

2. Joe Selby Marker

Monument closer to shed

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 6, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.