Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rockport, Indiana
Rockport is the county seat for Spencer County
Rockport is in Spencer County
Spencer County(57) ► ADJACENT TO SPENCER COUNTY Dubois County(9) ► Perry County(18) ► Warrick County(65) ► Daviess County, Kentucky(41) ► Hancock County, Kentucky(12) ►
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On South 1st Street at Clark Street, on the left when traveling south on South 1st Street.
James Lankford settled in the Rockport area in 1808, moving his wife and daughter into a cave under the bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Other settlers moved into the lowland that became downtown Rockport (originally dubbed Hanging Rock). By . . . — — Map (db m47615) HM
On South 2nd Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on South 2nd Street.
In October, 1844 Abraham Lincoln saddled up his horse and set out from Springfield, Illinois, for a trip back to his boyhood home in Spencer County, Indiana. It had been 14 years since he had left, and his term as a state legislator was over. He was . . . — — Map (db m47599) HM
On South 1st Street at Clark Street, on the left when traveling south on South 1st Street.
Marking Old Lower Landing where in 1828 – age 19 – Abraham Lincoln with Allen Gentry made his first flatboat trip to New Orleans. He saw slaves sold and said. “If I ever get a chance to hit that thing, I’ll hit it . . . — — Map (db m47358) HM
Near West County Road 200 North at South County Road 500 West, on the left when traveling east.
Alda Victoria McCoy Honig was born April 14, 1885 in Lake (Richland), Indiana. She was the daughter of Dr. Leonidas H. McCoy and Emmaline Hatfield McCoy.
She began studying the piano in her childhood, and when she was 13 her father took her to . . . — — Map (db m207224) HM
Near South 5th Street, 0.1 miles south of Seminary Street, on the left when traveling south.
The following is a selection from a biography of Daniel Grass by his great granddaughter, Miss Laura Wright. Written for Southwestern Indiana Historical Society, date unknown.
Daniel Grass was two and a half years old when his father was . . . — — Map (db m207214) HM
On Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
General James C. Veatch was born in Harrison County, Indiana, December 19, 1819, and died December 21, 1895 at Rockport. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
In 1838, after teaching one term of school in Luce Township, he . . . — — Map (db m207161) HM
Near West County Road 200 North at South County Road 500 West, on the left when traveling east.
George Henry Honig was born August 3, 1874 in Rockport, Indiana. He was the son of Simon Honig and Mary Killian Honig.
At the age of 14, George was a Lincoln scholar and interviewed people in the area that knew Abraham Lincoln.
He was . . . — — Map (db m207227) HM
On South 1st Street, 0.1 miles south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
At the age of 24, James Lankford (Langford) and his family left their home in Stokes County, North Carolina probably traveling through the Cumberland Gap across Daniel Boone's wilderness road, the most direct route from North Carolina to Indiana . . . — — Map (db m207180) HM
On South 2nd Street, 0.1 miles north of Clark Street, on the right when traveling north.
This house was built by Mathias and Katherine Sharp on property once owned by Judge John Pitcher, Spencer County's first lawyer and Abraham Lincoln's close friend. It was the first house in Rockport to be designed by an architect and the first bluff . . . — — Map (db m207184) HM
On Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
In Honor of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Spencer County Indiana
(Row One) - - Thomas Blair • David Chancellor • Lodowich Davis • Abraham Hornbeck • James Jones • Thomas Jones
(Row Two) - - Zachariah Briant • William Kelly • William . . . — — Map (db m47405) HM
On Walnut Street at South 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on Walnut Street.
In 1857, prominent men of the Methodist Episcopal Church
formed the Rockport Academy. The cornerstone was laid in
1859, but the opening was delayed by the Civil War until
1863. The building was 50' x 70', three stories high, and
made of brick. . . . — — Map (db m207220) HM
Near South 5th Street, 0.1 miles south of Seminary Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Old Rockport Pioneer Cemetery contains the graves of Rockport's early settlers, including Daniel Grass, the founder of the town, his wife and son. The names of people buried were taken from newspapers and tombstone readings in 1926, 1965, 1985, . . . — — Map (db m207218) HM
On Main Street at South Second Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
In October 1844 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at Spencer County Courthouse to promote Henry Clay, Whig presidential candidate. Lincoln, during his first trip to Indiana in 14 years, was a guest at the Tavern. Site first marked October 28, 1926. — — Map (db m47356) HM
Near Main Street east of North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east.
To commemorate our bicentennial year, this plaque is dedicated in honor of Captain Spier Spencer for whom Spencer County was named. He was a hero who lost his life at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. — — Map (db m243594) HM
On North Fairground Drive north of Fairground Drive - Entrance, on the left when traveling north.
War drew us from our homeland
in the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive
remain in perpetual springtime —
forever young — and a part of us
is with them always.
Donald Harrison . . . — — Map (db m47460) WM
