Clinton Greaves (or Graves), Medal of Honor recipient, was born in Madison County, very likely into slavery. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1872 and served as a corporal in Co. C, 9th Cavalry. On 24 Jan. 1877 in the Florida Mountains of New Mexico, . . . — — Map (db m104689) HM
Nearby stands Hebron Lutheran Church. This cruciform church was built in 1740 and is America’s oldest church in continuous use by Lutherans. The congregation was formed by 1725 by German families, some of whom arrived to Virginia in 1717 to work at . . . — — Map (db m23372) HM
Met here with the citizens of Madison County as their neighbor and friend and eloquently thanked them for their hospitality.
Speaking of his fishing camp at the headwaters of the Rapidan River, Mr. Hoover concluded his remarks with these . . . — — Map (db m152167) HM
Stonewall Jackson, on his march from Winchester to Fredericksburg, preceding the Battle of Fredericksburg, camped here, November 26, 1862. — — Map (db m3988) HM
This Greek Revival-style house was built about 1852 for state senator Thomas N. Welch. In 1868 James Lawson Kemper (1823–1895) purchased it from his mother in law, Mrs. Belfield Cave. Kemper, an attorney, represented Madison County in the . . . — — Map (db m8187) HM
One mile west was the home of Joseph Early, Revolutionary soldier. Washington, in going west and returning, stopped at Early’s overnight. His diary for October 2, 1784, shows that he spent the night before at “Widow Early’s.” — — Map (db m218881) HM
Built in 1829 on the original site to replace an earlier log courthouse. The Federal brickwork has been declared some of the finest in America and the architecture one of the best examples of the period.
Madison County, named in honor of the . . . — — Map (db m170180) HM
Joe Thoms, Sr., a slave harness-maker, founded
Oak Grove Baptist Church during the Civil War at his nearby log cabin, which burned in 1869. The congregation then met here, on land owned by John J. Robinson, a white farmer, in a grove of oaks they . . . — — Map (db m23975) HM
To all veterans who honorably served their country
World War I
Madison County
John Allen •
Frank Brown •
Somerfield Hill •
Joe Jackson •
Don Jackson •
James H. Jenkins •
Horace B. Lohr •
Jesse F. Smith •
Jesse Tanner • . . . — — Map (db m170179) WM
