Entries Containing All of the Phrases «henry county» AND «kentucky»

By J. J. Prats, June 12, 2019

Rev. W.S. Giltner side of Marker

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Kentucky, Henry County, Eminence — 2043 — Eminence College Site / Rev. W.S. Giltner —                                    / (1827–1921) —

Chartered as a high school by Kentucky Legislature in 1856. The school had trustees Dr. D. Porter, S.T. Drane, Morris Thomas, Preston Thomas, James Drane, W. B. Wilson, and W. J. Mason. In 1861, the name Eminence College conferred on it. Men . . . — — Map (db m136246) HM

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2 ► Kentucky, Owen County, Gratz — Historic Gratz Bridge —

Highway 22/Gratz Bridge The Department of Highways built the Highway 22/Gratz Bridge during a time of major road improvements in Kentucky. Automobiles unit trucks were becoming increasingly common and the public demanded better roads. By . . . — — Map (db m205602) HM

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3 ► Kentucky, Oldham County, LaGrange — 1251 — Oldham County, 1824 —

Taken from parts of Jefferson, Shelby, and Henry counties, it was the 74th formed. Named for Col. William Oldham, native Virginian, officer in War of Revolution. Commanded regiment of Kentucky militia in ill-fated Indian campaign on Wabash . . . — — Map (db m61868) HM

4 ► Tennessee, Henry County, Paris — Mandle/Harding House —

Built by Barton Lasater in 1920. Purchased 1923 by Sidney Mandle, owner of Kentucky/Tennessee Clay Company. Bricks made in Puryear from Henry County clay. Remodeled and expanded in 1933 to a Colonial design with Georgian Revival influence . . . — — Map (db m155866) HM

5 ► Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Rock Island/Samuels Ave. — 2126 — General Edward H. Tarrant —

South Carolina native Edward H. Tarrant enlisted in the Kentucky Militia in 1814 and served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans. Moving to Tennessee after 1816, he was elected Colonel of the Henry County Militia and served as . . . — — Map (db m188852) HM

6 ► Virginia, Patrick County, Ararat — William Letcher —

William Letcher, the maternal great-grandfather of James Ewell Brown Stuart, was born about 1750 near Petersburg, Virginia. He was the second son of Giles Letcher of Goochland County, who was born in Ireland, and his wife, Hannah Hughes, who was of . . . — — Map (db m162905) HM

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7 ► Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, North Capitol — Henry County — Established 1821    562 Square Miles — County Seat Paris —

Bounded on the east by Kentucky Lake, Henry County honors the Revolutionary War patriot and statesman – Patrick Henry. Tennessee's “Volunteer County”, is the home of the “World’s Biggest Fish Fry” and governors Isham G. Harris, James D. Porter, . . . — — Map (db m199701) HM

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8 ► Georgia, Henry County, McDonough — R2 — McDonough Square — A Promise Broken — March to the Sea Heritage Trail —

By Wednesday evening, November 16, 1864, after marching that day from the vicinity of Stockbridge, two Federal infantry corps camped at locations around McDonough, the seat of Henry County. The 17th Corps, more than 11,000 strong and commanded by . . . — — Map (db m186572) HM

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9 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Collierville — The Original Village — Civil War Walking Trail —

The Original Town Site of Collierville/Colliersville In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before a village . . . — — Map (db m149071) HM

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    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.