Created in 1819 by Alabama Territorial Legislature. Named for Patrick Henry of Virginia, colonial statesman and orator: “Give me liberty or give me death.” This area ceded by Creek Indian Nation in 1814 under Treaty of Ft. Jackson. Had . . . — — Map (db m60682) HM
In Memory of Rev. Nathan "Father" Grantham, born May 29, 1751, in South Carolina.
He served two terms South Carolina Volunteers during the Revolutionary War. As a circuit riding Methodist Minister, he served the Liberty Chapel Methodist Church, . . . — — Map (db m167084) HM
Abbeville Southern Railroad. For the first 75 years of its history, Abbeville’s commerce was tied directly to the Chattahoochee River by Indian trails and wagon roads. The arrival of the first train on the Abbeville Southern Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m60685) HM
The oldest remaining colonial settlement in East Alabama from Florida to the Tennessee line and older than the county of Henry and the state of Alabama. An active trading post was located here in the Alabama Territory on “The Hill” early . . . — — Map (db m83757) HM
On this site stood the Henry County Peanut Oil Mill, the first
of its kind in Alabama. It was built in July 1916 by two
entrepreneurial Abbeville businessmen-Robert Newman and Mike
Sachar, a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Owners of the new Abbeville . . . — — Map (db m174715) HM
Founded by Laura L. Ward. Building designed and constructed by Jim McCauley on land given by Glass Maybin. Classes began Sept., 1917. Principals who served school were: J. H. Jackson, W. R. Rosser, Felix Blackwood, Sr., and William B. Ward, Sr. . . . — — Map (db m71809) HM
Upon formation, Henry County was the largest county within Alabama composing all or portions of the present counties of Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Houston and Pike. When the youngest county of Houston was formed in 1903, . . . — — Map (db m60683) HM
A Soldier, Statesman, Author and Editor who went from Abbeville as Captain of the Henry County Pioneers C.S.A.
U.S. Congressman 14 years 1880 - 1894
Brig. Gen. Spanish American War 1897
Member
State Constitutional Convention 1901 . . . — — Map (db m166470) HM
In 1865, Frenchman Édouard de Laboulaye proposed the idea of presenting a monumental gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. A prominent political thinker in his time, Laboulaye had spent much of his political career . . . — — Map (db m214431) HM
Southern Live Oak - Quercus Virginiana
The tree before you sprouted from an acorn circa 1750 and is the lone survivor of a forest that once covered this land. If this elderly oak could talk, it would have quite a story to tell. It is . . . — — Map (db m232912) HM
The now dead town of Little Rock stood here, along a vital Native American trading route which joined northeast Henry County to the Gulf. A U.S. Post Office opened here on April 10, 1820. Amos Wheeler was the first postmaster,succeeded by Henry . . . — — Map (db m213979) HM
Erected to the glory of God, the Methodist Church in Abbeville was established circa 1830 as a mission of the Lawrenceville Circuit. The 1850 church was erected north of the present post office on East Washington Street. Present church retains most . . . — — Map (db m60753) HM
William Irvin Nordan and Lewis Washington Nordan were
brothers and partners in a mercantile business in
Abbeville, Alabama prior to 1901. In 1901, William Irvine and Lewis Washington deeded a "brick store house" in the present location to Charlie . . . — — Map (db m216613) HM
Side 1
Reuben Hicklin Hall Log Home
Reuben Hicklin Hall (1812-1890) and Mary Ann Strange (1814-1872) moved to Henry County by ox wagon from Washington County, Georgia, in 1845. They built a log home just south of here with slave . . . — — Map (db m71821) HM
Civil rights pioneer Rosa McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Shortly after her birth her parents James and Leona McCauley, moved here to a 260 acre farm owned by her grandparents, Anderson and Louisa McCauley. Her . . . — — Map (db m241312) HM
This rare, dual front door, double pen Creole cottage was constructed circa 1840 on the military three-notch road, now Kirkland Street. It is the oldest remaining structure in Abbeville. Earliest known owner was Confederate Colonel William Calvin . . . — — Map (db m60754) HM
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The First Baptist Church of Abbeville
This church was founded in 1834 as a mission of the Lawrenceville Baptist Church. Reverend Jeremiah Campbell was one of the early pastors. Later meetings were held in the lower story . . . — — Map (db m71807) HM
Side 1
The Southeast Alabama Agricultural School
This school and experiment station was created by Alabama Legislative Act No. 579, February 28, 1889. This was the first school in Alabama to offer free secondary education. SAAS . . . — — Map (db m71808) HM
This early settlers' church was constituted as a member of the Choctawhatchee Association District here on the Eufaula-Ozark Wagon Train Road, April 23, 1860. First Presbytery was M.W. Helms and J.J. Dickerson, Deacon William Hasten and Clerk D.R. . . . — — Map (db m71827) HM
(side 1)
Captain Dennis Harrison Zorn
Dennis Harrison Zorn was born in 1843 at Lodi, Barbour County, Alabama. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the service in the 15th Alabama Infantry. He lost an arm at Cold Harbor in . . . — — Map (db m176019) HM
Constituted to the Glory of God, circa 1871, by former slaves in the area that later became Halesburg (now Haleburg), Alabama in 1885. Mt. Zion Church is one of the oldest African-American wooden frame churches in service in Alabama's Wiregrass . . . — — Map (db m165975) HM
Organized in 1867, as the Baptist Church of Christ at Bethlehem, it was located at 1 Cleveland Street. Reverend Thomas Scott was first pastor. William Whitehead was first deacon. Moved to East Church and Peachtree Street in 1893. Moved to present . . . — — Map (db m71818) HM
South side
To those who made
the supreme sacrifice
1917 - World War - 1918
—
Till the day breaks and
the shadows flee away
North side
Erected by Headland Chapter, U.D.C.
To the soldiers of the Confederacy . . . — — Map (db m71871) WM
Headland, Alabama
James Joshua Head (1839-1927) founded Headland in 1871 as Head’s Land. He patented land, platted the town and built his home. The Post Office opened, as Headland, on October 10, 1871. J. J. Head sold Headland to Hosey C. . . . — — Map (db m71817) HM
Begun on 160 acres of land owned by Dr. Joshua Head, "Head's Land," or Headland, was established in 1871, incorporated as a town in 1884 and a city in 1893. The land itself yielded the city's first industry. Due to the abundance of pine trees, . . . — — Map (db m71816) HM
To the glory of God
and in memory of
those boys who went from
Henry County, Alabama
to the battlefields of the
Confederacy
1861-1865 — — Map (db m71840) WM
Side 1
An arm of the Shilo Primitive Baptist Church located near the Abby Creek, began meeting near the Three Cornered Pond just south of here in 1848. A new church called Piney Grove was constituted on April 21, 1849, by the hands of . . . — — Map (db m71815) HM
Lawrenceville
This early cultural, educational and religious center was settled in 1823 and named for Joseph Lawrence, prominent pioneer, farmer, and extensive land owner. A Baptist and a Methodist Church were established here prior to . . . — — Map (db m71825) HM
Cureton Bridge
Cureton Bridge was an old settlement named for the Cureton family who settled here in the early 1820's. The village was located on the East Fork of the Choctawhatchee River in western part of Henry County and Northeast of what . . . — — Map (db m164377) HM
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Newville Baptist Church
A small Baptist congregation met under a brush arbor in 1876, near what later became the village of Wells which grew into the town of Newville, Alabama. A log church called Center was erected in . . . — — Map (db m71814) HM
Newville High School
The first known school in Newville was at Center Church in 1881. When Grange Hall was built in 1891, church services and school were held on the first floor. In 1913, Grange Hall was torn down and the wood was used to . . . — — Map (db m71812) HM
Newville, Alabama
James Madison Wells founded a village called Wells circa 1882. When Abbeville Southern Railroad laid tracks through the town in 1893, its name was changed to Wells Station. The post office was built in 1894. Wells Station . . . — — Map (db m71810) HM
Old Center Methodist Church
The church was organized in 1859. The first building was a log structure located just NW of the present building. In the 1870's it was part of the Newton Circuit and was served by a minister who lived in the . . . — — Map (db m71831) HM
Union Springs Missionary Baptist Church was
dedicated to the Glory of God on September 19,
1896. Founders of the church included the Rev.
Zack Deese, George Murray, Nathan Jones, Alec
Cutchen, George Stokes, Marion Holland and Jasper
Roney. The . . . — — Map (db m174720) HM
The Treaty of Fort Jackson on August 9, 1814 by Major General Andrew Jackson on behalf of the President of the United States of America and the Chiefs, Deputies and Warriors of the Creek Indian Nation, established a boundary line between the . . . — — Map (db m71836) HM
The Treaty of Fort Jackson on August 9, 1814 by Major General Andrew Jackson on behalf of the President of the United States of America and the Chiefs, Deputies and Warriors of the Creek Indian Nation, established a boundary line between the . . . — — Map (db m71838) HM
Liberty United Methodist Church
Also called Liberty Chapel, the Church was organized circa 1830 and originally located three miles northeast of this site, on the Old Liberty Church Road. Rev. Anson West, D.D., renowned Methodist minister, . . . — — Map (db m71829) HM
Site of the 1831 Irwin homeplace where over 50,000 acres of land was owned by Major General William Irwin (1794-1850). He was an Indian fighter, farmer, politician, statesman and considered one of the nation’s richest and most influential men. A . . . — — Map (db m242474) HM
First settler crossings were made here prior to 1817 on a log ferry operated by Robert Irwin. First bridge built by Prescott and Bemis and destroyed by flood of 1855. Second wooden covered bridge was completed in 1869 by ex-slave Horace King. Third . . . — — Map (db m71843) HM
The frontier village of Franklin was established here by Colonel Robert Irwin in 1814 on the site of the Indian town of Cheeska Talofa. It was the first colonial village in east Alabama. Fort Gaines, Georgia, was constructed in 1816 to protect the . . . — — Map (db m71844) HM
Side 1
“The Mansion” was built in the 1830's on this site by Colonel James Bennett and his wife, Harriet M. Grace. Tradition maintains that it was the only three story antebellum home in the Chattahoochee Valley. The top . . . — — Map (db m83759) HM
At first light of August 20, 1864, Confederate General Sul Ross’s Texas Cavalry had located Kilpatrick’s retreating Federals near Lee’s Mill and fought their rear guard as they took the road that led southward to the McDonough Road. This road took . . . — — Map (db m70136) HM
Winner of the first Winston Million in NASCAR history. Achieved 44 wins, 55 career poles and raced in 828 races. Inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015. — — Map (db m187112) HM
85 career NASCAR Cup Series wins, 1983 NASCAR Cup Series Champion, One of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers, member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. — — Map (db m187109) HM
Founder of Speedway Motorsports Inc. and Speedway Children's Charities. Operator of Atlanta Motor Speedway and 7 other NASCAR tracks. Inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016. — — Map (db m187110) HM
On Nov. 16, 1864, Murray's brigade of Kilpatrick's cavalry (Federal) struck the advance of Iverson's cavalry (Confederate) at Lovejoy's Station, 4 mi. N. and drove it south to Bear Creek Station (Hampton), 1 mile E. where Iverson halted to reform . . . — — Map (db m176707) HM
Known as “The Intimidator”. Seven time NASCAR Cup series champion. NASCAR Hall of Fame member with 76 wins including nine victories at Atlanta Motor Speedway — — Map (db m187115) HM
Winner of three NASCAR Cup series championships and 84 NASCAR Cup series races. Three time Atlanta Motor Speedway winner. 2012 inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Voted one of the 50 greatest NASCAR drivers of all time. — — Map (db m187107) HM
Native of Unadilla, Ga. - veteran of 14 NASCAR Cup series seasons. Two career Cup series wins in 2011 at Daytona and 2013 at Talladega. Began career in Legends racing program at Atlanta Motor Speedway. — — Map (db m187105) HM
Area pastor with over 25 years of loyal and faithful service to the local and NASCAR racing communities and Atlanta Motor Speedway. A friend to all who knew him and a champion of God's word through his many areas of ministry. — — Map (db m187106) HM
Four time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, achieved 93 career wins, 81 pole positions, raced in 797 races over 24 years. First race was in 1992 at Atlanta Motor Speedway — — Map (db m187114) HM
After the failed McCook and Stoneman raids, Union Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman mounted one last effort to cut Atlanta's railroads with his cavalry. Just before dark, August 18, 1864, Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick led 4,500 troopers of the 2nd and 3rd . . . — — Map (db m9843) HM
As the last of Minty’s skirmishers withdrew, Kilpatrick and Eli Murray realign King’s 3rd and 5th Kentucky to confront the quiescent Confederate infantry. At the other end of the field, facing the opposite direction, Fielder Jones’ brigade, Captain . . . — — Map (db m70151) HM
The highlight of Ed Waterhouse’s railroad career came in 1892 when he was assigned as engineer of the “Nancy Hanks,” the South’s first non-stop steamliner, and the pride of the Central of Georgia railroad. Running between Atlanta and . . . — — Map (db m95146) HM
Rex White won 6 NASCAR Grand National races and claimed the 1960 championship in his #4 Chevrolet. He won 28 NASCAR Grand National races in his 233 career starts and retired at age 35. He lives in Fayetteville, GA. — — Map (db m187111) HM
Seven time NASCAR Champion, achieved 200 wins, 127 career poles, raced in 1185 races in 35 seasons. Ran final race Nov. 15, 1992 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010. — — Map (db m187113) HM
After Hardee’s & Lee’s Confederate forces lose the first day’s battle at Jonesboro on August 31, 1864, Confederate Lt. General John Bell Hood, inside the fortifications of Atlanta, realizes that the last remaining railroad line that supplied Atlanta . . . — — Map (db m70148) WM
Leaving McDonough on Thursday, November 17, 1864, the Federal 15th and 17th Corps separated and marched generally southeast using multiple roads. They comprised the “Right Wing” of Major General William T. Sherman's army, led by Major General Oliver . . . — — Map (db m186577) HM
Born in 1894 of a community mass meeting called for the purpose by B. J.W. Graham, Pastor of the Locust Grove Baptist Church, Locust Grove Institute was started as a coeducational school by the citizens of Locust Grove who gave the land and an . . . — — Map (db m21341) HM
On Nov. 17, 1864, the right wing of Gen. Sherman’s Army [US] marched from McDonough to Jackson, enroute to Planter’s Factory on the Ocmulgee River, where it was to cross into Jasper County the next day. At this point, Woods’ and Hazen’s divisions of . . . — — Map (db m21325) HM
Turner Hunt Clements, an early settler, built this log cabin in the 1820's. It originally stood on Georgia Highway 20, northeast of McDonough and is one of the oldest buildings in Henry County. The last to live in this cabin were George and Shirley . . . — — Map (db m103149) HM
Cookhouses were often built as separate structures from the main family dwelling prior to the 1930's. This arrangement was due to the fire hazard posed by kitchens of that day. If fire was to break out in the kitchen, it could be contained there . . . — — Map (db m103148) HM
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 15 & December 24, 1821, is named for Patrick Henry, Revolutionary patriot, orator and statesman, largely responsible for the Bill of Rights and known best for his words “Give me liberty or . . . — — Map (db m21340) HM
Lane's country store was built in 1921 and originally stood at the intersection of Rock Quarry Road and Highway 42 in Stockbridge. It served officially as the company store for the quarry, but unofficially it was the social haunt for men in that . . . — — Map (db m103151) HM
This building served as McDonough's library from 1953 until the 1970s. George Alexander, president of Planter's Warehouse and Lumber Company, donated one of their storage buildings in order to get a city library started. It remained in use as a . . . — — Map (db m103146) HM
By Wednesday evening, November 16, 1864, after marching that day from the vicinity of Stockbridge, two Federal infantry corps camped at locations around McDonough, the seat of Henry County. The 17th Corps, more than 11,000 strong and commanded by . . . — — Map (db m186572) HM
The saw mill was manufactured after World War II (1940's) by Corinth Machinery Company and is a replica of the saw mill used at Miller's Mill on Hwy. 155 North. The planning mill is a Berlin No. 108 Open-Side Moulder manufactured in early 1900's and . . . — — Map (db m103143) HM
Prior to the 1950s, the "one room schoolhouse" was a standard feature in rural America. All students, regardless of age or grade, were frequently taught in one large classroom. This building served as the Ola Elementary School on Snapping Shoals . . . — — Map (db m103147) HM
Shortly after this section of land in Henry County was ceded to the State of Georgia by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1823, camp
meetings were held here under brush arbors. In 1831, 100¼ acres of land was purchased by the . . . — — Map (db m14531) HM
This H.K. Porter Steam Engine, Tank 0-4-0 locomotive is similar to the one involved in the Camp Creek Wreck of 1900 in McDonough. Coincidentally, the locomotive's number is the same as that of the Camp Creek engine: the "Old #7." This locomotive was . . . — — Map (db m103145) HM
[First plaque]
Built by Andrew McBride
Revolutionary soldier
in the 1820s
Dedicated by
Governor Robert Daniell Chapter
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
[Second plaque]
This property . . . — — Map (db m186575) HM
This Huey UH-1H model 205 Serial Number 72-21481 was manufactured by Bell Helicopter in 1972. The helicopter was placed in service at Fort Rucker, Ozark, Alabama as the commanding General's Helicopter. The helicopter was in military service until . . . — — Map (db m103410) HM
On the night of Nov. 16, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army (USA), which had marched from Atlanta the morning before on its destructive March to the Sea, camped in and near McDonough. Hq. Department and Army of the . . . — — Map (db m44079) HM
Floyd Chapel Baptist Church was a safe place for African Americans to
worship in the early 1800s. One of the first churches in Stockbridge, its
original location was approximately 1.5 miles north, off of what is now called
East Atlanta Road. A . . . — — Map (db m103188) HM
1864. Activities in Atlanta indicating a new offensive by Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had occupied that area since Sept. 2nd, units of Gen. Wheeler’s cavalry corps [CS] were posted on all roads to the south. On Nov. 15th, the advance of . . . — — Map (db m44107) HM
On the night of Nov. 15, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US] camped near Stockbridge on its destructive March to the Sea. The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) camped between Stone Mountain and Lithonia. . . . — — Map (db m44102) HM
Veterans of the
Civil War 1861-1864
Gustaf Ahlstrand • Andrew Anderson • Carl Anderson • Olof Anderson • Eric Berglof • Louis Berglof ★ • August Bergquist • Nels Bjorklund • John Blad • John Bloomberg • Reverend Brodine • X Aaron . . . — — Map (db m202279) WM
The first house of worship of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Andover Illinois. An evidence of pioneering faith and devotion this church, begun in 1851 under the leadership of Pastor Lars Paul Esbjorn, was dedicated on Advent . . . — — Map (db m202278) HM
Swedish Lutheran immigrants established here in 1850 their first congregation in America under Pastor L. P. Esbjorn and dedicated this house of worship in 1854.
A National Historic Site
604 Oak Street — — Map (db m202269) HM
One of the oldest brick buildings in Bishop Hill, the 1851 Carpentry Shop was originally used as a manufacturing and fabrication center for colony furniture and wagon components. The bottom floor served as the general work area and a set of double . . . — — Map (db m177486) HM
Two miles north of here, religious dissident immigrants from Sweden founded the communal society of Bishop Hill in 1846. The charismatic Erik Jansson lead the society spiritually and temporally until 1850 when he was murdered. By 1854, a total of . . . — — Map (db m177481) HM
Bishop Hill Colony Historic District has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1984 National Park . . . — — Map (db m177484) HM
To all her soldiers and sailors,
who on land and sea,
periled their lives in defense of
liberty and law,
Henry County dedicates this monument
1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m202322) WM
[Center] Dedicated to the men and women of Henry County who served their country in the 20th century
[Right] Honoring all Henry County veterans recognizing their dedication to duty and the sacrifice they made. Our veterans proved . . . — — Map (db m202315) WM
On May 2, 1984, God blessed the world with Bobbi Kristen Keller at a young age Bobbi developed the dream of becoming a whale and dolphin trainer. She began her school career here in Geneseo at age 5. After graduating from J.D. Darnall Senior High . . . — — Map (db m160099) HM
The Geneseo Collegiate Institute was founded in 1884 by the
Presbyterian church of the United States and the citizens of
Geneseo "for the promotion of higher Christian education"
the academic building was on the corner to the east the . . . — — Map (db m160070) HM
Founded May, 1990, to complement, enhance, and enrich educational opportunities and experiences for students in School District #228. — — Map (db m160105) HM
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