On West Market Street just west of North Walnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 217), on the right when traveling west.
On April 1, 1858, Blairsville Mayor Chester C. Davis was summoned to quell a mob of angry Blairsville citizens. The mob, a mixture of black and white men, had surrounded three slave catchers who were attempting to kidnap a former slave named . . . — — Map (db m211498) HM
On East Market Street just east of South Walnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 217), on the right when traveling east.
Ethelred "Dred" Scott was born enslaved in Virginia in 1795. In 1830, Dred's owner, a planter named Peter Blow, sold Dred to an US Army surgeon named Dr. John Emerson. Dr. Emerson was the brother of Blairsville's first physician, Dr. Edward P. . . . — — Map (db m211496) HM
On W. Market Street at S. Liberty Street, on the right when traveling east on W. Market Street.
In April 1858 citizens of Blairsville rescued a fugitive slave, Newman from arrest by a US Marshall and Virginia slave hunters. Lewis Johnson, a local black abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad, housed Newman. Indiana County was an . . . — — Map (db m90118) HM
On West Market Street just west of South Walnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 217), on the left when traveling west.
On April 1, 1858, Blairsville Constable George Wilkinson was summoned to quell a mob of angry Blairsville citizens. The mob, a mixture of black and white men, had surrounded three slave catchers who were attempting to kidnap a former slave named . . . — — Map (db m211497) HM
On West Market Street just east of North Spring Street, on the right when traveling west.
According to Graff/Johnston family descendants, Lewis Johnston and John Graff used the basement of this structure to conceal freedom seeking enslaved men, women, and children. This building originally had a rear-facing courtyard which faced Sugar . . . — — Map (db m211499) HM
On East Market Street, 0.1 miles east of North East Lane, on the left when traveling east.
On April 1, 1858, Blairsville's former physician Dr. Robert M. S. Jackson and his travelling companion Mr. Peter Lesley encountered a mob of Blairsville citizens attacking two slave catchers and a deputy US Marshal. The men had come to Blairsville . . . — — Map (db m211486) HM