Illinois Agricultural College at Irvington was the first college in the state for instruction in scientific and practical agricultural methods. It was chartered by the Illinois General Assembly in 1861 and opened in 1866. The main buildings were . . . — — Map (db m146179) HM
In 1835, the county’s first settler’s home was built here by Adam Ritchey. The Moorehead family owned the land for the next 100 years. The first school was also here. — — Map (db m185713) HM
The following three patriots are interred in Section OP. Lots 26. 106, and 214.
ELIJAH SMITH
Born on August 12, 1755, near Trenton, Hunterdon County. New Jersey. Died March 11, 1836 at age 80 in Illinois. Enlisted the first time in 1776 . . . — — Map (db m287414) HM WM
Thomas Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln was born on January 7, 1778, in Rockingham County, Virginia, to Captain Abraham and Bathsheba Lincoln. He was the youngest of three sons and the fourth of five children. The Lincoln family migrated from . . . — — Map (db m46311) HM
Three plaques are on this marker. Top, left plaque
First Naturalists of the American West
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was more than a geographic expedition. Lewis; and Clark became the first scientists to document the natural . . . — — Map (db m76887) HM
Built in 1797, the Mordecai Lincoln House is one of two structures in Kentucky, of those formerly owned by members of President Lincoln's family, which still stands largely intact on its original site. Mordecai Lincoln purchased 400 acres for 100 . . . — — Map (db m250702) HM
Brothers George and Chester Marshall founded Marshall Brothers in 1887. Incorporated as Marshall Nurseries in 1916, the tree nursery survived for more than a century, bringing prosperity to Arlington and influencing horticulture throughout the . . . — — Map (db m287995) HM
Northern Boundary of:
British W. Florida 1764-83
Spanish W. Florida 1783-95
Mississippi Territory: 1798-1804
Washington County 1800-12
Clarke County 1812-15
Southern Boundary of:
British Illinois 1764-83
United States . . . — — Map (db m73532) HM
Northern Boundary of:
British W. Florida 1764-83
Spanish W. Florida 1783-95
Mississippi Territory: 1798-1804
Washington County 1800-12
Clarke County 1812-15
Southern Boundary of:
British Illinois 1764-83
United States . . . — — Map (db m89725) HM
On Thursday, November 24, 1864, the 14th and 20th Corps of Union Major General William T. Sherman's army began entering Washington County. By November
26th the 28,000 soldiers of the two corps arrived in Sandersville, marching on separate roads . . . — — Map (db m103235) HM
Shortly after Thomas and Nancy Lincoln's wedding in Washington County on June 12, 1806, the couple set up housekeeping in Hardin County where Thomas owned a farm near Elizabethtown on Mill Creek. Nancy gave birth to Lincoln's first child, a daughter . . . — — Map (db m249363) HM
President Abraham Lincoln’s great, great, great, great grandfather, Samuel Lincoln, left England in 1637, settling in Hingham, Massachusetts. The next four generations of Lincolns continued to move south and west — to New Jersey, then . . . — — Map (db m46301) HM
The Nancy Hanks Memorial was constructed to honor the mother of President Abraham Lincoln. The native limestone memorial was dedicated on June 12, 1935, the 129th anniversary of the marriage between Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
Three young . . . — — Map (db m46263) HM
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Tyrone Davis, one of America's most popular soul singers, was born on a plantation near Leland on May 4, 1938. Davis lived in Leland before moving to Chicago, where he began his career billed as "Tyrone the Wonder Boy." From 1969 . . . — — Map (db m90130) HM
Pathway to a Political Future
Born near Greenville, South Carolina, January 26, 1790, Daniel Dunklin moved first to Kentucky and then to Missouri, settling with his widowed mother at Mine-a-Breton, near Potosi, in 1810. Dunklin studied law . . . — — Map (db m248681) HM
In the years preceding the war with Mexico, the United States and Mexico were two nations headed in opposite directions.
The United States, inspired by the concept of “Manifest Destiny,” confidently expanded its territories westward. Meanwhile, . . . — — Map (db m231522) HM
Dedicated to the
Soldiers and Sailors of the
United States
Enlisting or Residing in
Washington County
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Erected by the Citizens of
Washington County
1916
center panel
Minnesota
Alcorn James 2nd Cav. •
Barrisford . . . — — Map (db m72153) WM
A native of Scotland, Alexander Beaton came to the United States in 1843. He migrated to Texas in 1848 after serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. In 1850 he settled in Corsicana and began the practice of law. He was chairman of the . . . — — Map (db m60493) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
