Historical Markers and War Memorials in Grayson, Kentucky
Grayson is the county seat for Carter County
Grayson is in Carter County
Carter County(21) ► ADJACENT TO CARTER COUNTY Boyd County(41) ► Elliott County(4) ► Greenup County(35) ► Lawrence County(12) ► Lewis County(20) ► Rowan County(21) ►
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On Kentucky Route 7 at Kentucky Route 1496, on the left when traveling south on State Route 7.
Retreating from Cumberland Gap General George W. Morgan’s Union force of 8,000 men camped here Sept. 1862. CSA Morgan’s Raiders harassed USA, 30 miles along here; skirmishing, felling trees across roads and preempting food and supplies. Covering 200 . . . — — Map (db m145350) HM
As Gen. George W. Morgan's Union force, 8,000 when here, retreated from Cumberland Gap, they were harassed from West Liberty by CSA Gen. John H. Morgan's Raiders. Failure of reinforcements to reach here caused Confederates to leave Oct. 1, 1862 and . . . — — Map (db m73803) HM
On Landsdown Avenue at College Street on Landsdown Avenue.
In their blue and gray uniforms for over forty years, Civil War veterans gathered here annually, around campfires, with song and story, friends and former foes, revived war memories, and always a pilgrimage to graves of their comrades in cemetery of . . . — — Map (db m73788) WM
For Col. William Grayson Carter, state senator, 1834-36. The 88th Ky. county formed, 32nd in size. Carter was created from Greenup and Lawrence. Noted in early years for 5 iron furnaces, its clay products, industry developed in late 1800's. Carter . . . — — Map (db m73789) HM WM
On Carol Malone Boulevard (Kentucky Route 7) just north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
E. K. Railway purchased 25,000
acres of land in Little Sandy
Valley at close of the Civil War.
Tracks laid to this site June 10,
1871. Grayson was location of depot
and repair shops. Stinson Branch
was laid, 1893, with more straight
track . . . — — Map (db m144463) HM
On Hitchens Road (Kentucky Route 1) south of East Main Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south.
Six miles south, site of famous iron
furnace, erected, 1848, by R. M.
Biggs and others. Operated 37 years,
averaging 15 tons pig iron daily
which was hauled by ox teams to
Ohio River for shipment. Iron
produced here was used for rails,
plows, . . . — — Map (db m144955) HM
On Carol Malone Road (Kentucky Route 1) 1 mile north of Interstate 64, on the right when traveling south.
Pactolus Furnace Built in 1824 by Joseph McMurtry and David L. Ward, on the site of an earlier bloomer forge. Its stone stack used charcoal fuel, and its air blast machinery was powered from a dam, 5 1/2 ft. high, in Little Sandy River. Capacity . . . — — Map (db m73787) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 60) west of Veterans Square when traveling west.
In memory of William Jason Fields, United States Representative 1911-1923, Governor of Commonwealth of Kentucky 1923-1927. Born Dec. 29, 1874, Willard Ky. -Carter Co. — — Map (db m196300) HM
On West Main Street at North Court Street on West Main Street. Reported missing.
Dedicated to the memory of our comrades who entered the service of their country. Those who were wounded and those who gave up their lives in the World War of 1917-1918.
Sponsored by Moore-Armstrong Post No. 138, American Legion; Willie C. . . . — — Map (db m164262) WM
