Charlestown in Clark County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Grave of Jonathan Jennings
(1784-1834)
| | (Two blocks east) | |
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 24, 2022
1. Grave of Jonathan Jennings Marker
Congress, 1809-1816.
President of Indiana Constitutional
Convention, June, 1816.
First Governor of Indiana, 1816-1822.
Member of Congress, 1822-1830.
Erected 1966 by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission. (Marker Number 10.1966.1.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1816.
Location. 38° 26.765′ N, 85° 39.92′ W. Marker is in Charlestown, Indiana, in Clark County. It is on Market Street (State Road 3) 0.2 miles south of Clark Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charlestown IN 47111, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Green Tree Tavern (approx. Ό mile away); Mary Garrett Hay (approx. Ό mile away); First Masonic Capital of Indiana (approx. 0.3 miles away); Downs House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fern Grove and Rose Island Resorts (approx. 1.1 miles away); Indiana State Parks: The First 100 Years 1916-2016
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Also see . . . Jonathan Jennings: Honoring the Autonomy and Democratic Values of Pioneer Hoosiers. The future first governor of the State of Indiana grew up in western Pennsylvania. He moved to the Indiana Territory at age 22, settling first in Jeffersonville, where he began a law practice. (S. Chandler Lighty, Indiana Historical Bureau Indiana History Blog, posted July 26, 2017) (Submitted on September 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 24, 2022
2. Grave of Jonathan Jennings Marker
James Forbes via Indiana Historical Bureau (Public Domain)
3. Jonathan Jennings
© C. Bedford Crenshaw via Wikimedia Commons, September 30, 2008
4. Jonathan Jennings Gravestone
He is buried in Charlestown Cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 4,916 times since then and 579 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
