Oak Grove in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Jefferson Davis Highway
June 10, 2010
1. Jefferson Davis Highway UDC Marker
Erected 1929 by Elliott Grays Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.
Location. 37° 30.201′ N, 77° 26.798′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in Oak Grove. Memorial is at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Harwood Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond VA 23224, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Richmond Defences (approx. 0.7 miles away); Here Rest More Than One Hundred (approx. one mile away); The First Baptist Church of South Richmond (approx. one mile away); Dr. Dorothy Irene Height (approx. 1.1 miles away); Dorothy Height (approx. 1.1 miles away); Manchester Elliott Grays (approx. 1.3 miles away); Colonel Thomas Stegge, Jr.
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More about this marker. "The Elliott Grays Marker, in Richmond, is one of 16 granite markers erected (1927–47) in Virginia along the commemoratively designated Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1). Following the creation of the Lincoln Highway in 1913, the United Daughters of the Confederacy conceived the idea of linking 3,417 miles of various roads from Arlington to San Diego and naming the route for the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, with signs designating the highway. The UDC promoted the Davis highway in educational brochures and maps nationwide and it considers the highway and affiliated markers to be one of its greatest undertakings. The four-foot tall Grays marker, set on a concrete base, reads: “Jefferson Davis / Highway / This tree marks the / site of Battery 17 of / the inner defenses of / Richmond, 1862-65, and / is planted in soil taken / from battlefields / A memorial to / Confederate Soldiers / by the Elliott Grays / Chapter U.D.C. 1929.” (The tree died many years ago.) The UDC chapter took its name from Company I, 6th Virginia Infantry, The Elliott Grays, a Civil
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2. Jefferson Davis Hwy & Harwood St (facing south)
Also see . . . Elliott Grays Marker. National Register of Historic Places (Submitted on June 10, 2010.)
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3. Ingram Ave & Harwood St on Jefferson Davis Hwy
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,798 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2010. 3. submitted on June 14, 2010.
