(front/north side)
Erected 1899 by the Ladies’ Memorial
Association of Jefferson County Fla.
Our Fallen Heros
(west side)
Let this testimonial of Woman’s deathless fidelity to Man’s imperishable valor speak to the sons . . . — — Map (db m126495) WM
When Florida’s Territorial Legislative Council established Jefferson County in January, 1827, settlers from the seaboard states already had begun to develop cotton plantations in this area. In December, 1827, the county seat received the name . . . — — Map (db m126297) HM
Jefferson County High School
Erected 1852
Charter Granted in 1852 by Legislative Council
First brick school building constructed in state
Bricks made on George Taylor Plantation
Building constructed by Samuel Carroll with slave . . . — — Map (db m239585) HM
Jefferson County became Territorial Florida's 13th county in January, 1827. In December of that year, the town of Monticello, named in honor of Thomas Jefferson's famous Virginia home, was laid out and lots began to be sold. During the 1830s and . . . — — Map (db m126300) HM
Named for President Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson County is home to the Monticello courthouse and opera house. Monticello's 1909 courthouse remains Florida's last historic courthouse square model still in active use. Surrounded by antebellum homes, . . . — — Map (db m293070) HM
Mission San Luis de Talimali was among the largest and most important missions in Spanish Florida. Its parishioners were Apalachee Indians who were descendents of those people whose village Hernando de Soto appropriated during the winter of . . . — — Map (db m79564) HM
This excellent example of a "Carpenter Classic" style farmhouse was probably built c. 1836 for Burwell McBride shortly after he moved to Jefferson County from South Carolina. He was the grandfather of Margaret McBride who married Asa May, a wealthy . . . — — Map (db m126389) HM
Archaeologists have many types of tools for unearthing the story of human cultures. Between 2002 and 2005, archaeologists conducted several digs at Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park. They used a variety of methods to learn about the . . . — — Map (db m153300) HM
The Elizabeth School, a three-room, vernacular shingle-clad building, was a school for Black students on Groover Road in 1938 and was funded by parents and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Miles Edward Groover (1887-1966) and his wife, Daisy . . . — — Map (db m67601) HM
This historic marker recognizes Howard Academy Elementary/Junior High School, which eventually became Howard Academy High School. In 1957, the first phase of Howard Academy Elementary and Junior High School was constructed on Second Street. The . . . — — Map (db m67639) HM
Howard Academy High School's Building 1 opened on Chestnut Street in 1936 with one structure containing several classrooms. In 1940, a similar, second building was constructed and financed by the county, parents and The Julius Rosenwald Fund. . . . — — Map (db m67656) HM
Begun by a military detachment from Pensacola in 1824, the first federal highway in Florida was designed to connect the two principal cities of the new territory. Construction was later contracted to John Bellamy, wealthy Jefferson County planter, . . . — — Map (db m120487) HM
One June 2, 1897, following the construction of railroads through the area, Pasco County was created by the Florida Legislature out of the southern end of Hernando. It was named to honor Samuel Pasco of Jefferson County - a native of England, . . . — — Map (db m216606) HM
“…the mingled roar of the musketry, and heavy lumbering of the artillery, seemed to rend the whole heavens…” At this railroad cut on June 23, 1864, 3,500 Union cavalrymen commanded by Gen. James H. Wilson fought a Confederate cavalry force . . . — — Map (db m6509) HM
Erected in memory of the Minorcans from St. Augustine who served honorably during the War Between the States
Dedicated to the ten Confederate Soldiers buried in unmarked graves in San Lorenzo Cemetery
Andreu, Claudio D. PVT Company B, 1st . . . — — Map (db m256203) HM WM
In this vicinity stood the Seminole village of Fowltown, scene of battle, Nov. 21, 1817, which marked the beginning of the First Seminole Indian War. The engagement resulted when Major Twiggs with 250 soldiers from Fort Scott attempted to arrest its . . . — — Map (db m283882) HM
In honor of the Confederate
Soldiers of Jefferson County
and the south land who
who served the South and the
Confederate States of
America from 1861-1865.
Donated by the Sons of the
Confederate Veterans, Major . . . — — Map (db m239653) WM
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