Montgomery County. Area 401 square miles. Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county.
Pulaski County. Area . . . — — Map (db m41416) HM
John Buchanan Floyd, son of Governor John Floyd (1738-1837), was born in Montgomery County on 1 June 1806. He represented Washington County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1847-1849) and served as governor of Virginia (1849-1852). Floyd was . . . — — Map (db m45027) HM
Walter Crockett was born in the 1730s. By 1760, he had joined the Augusta County militia. Rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he subsequently served in the militias of Botentourt, Fincastle, and then Montgomery Counties, beginning in 1769. He . . . — — Map (db m44893) HM
First settler of Wyoming County. He was born in London, 1752, and kidnaped and sold to Virginia planter as an indentured servant. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and fought in battles of Point Pleasant, Monmouth and Stony Point. In lieu of army pay, . . . — — Map (db m138415) HM
Physician, soldier, and statesman, Dr. William Fleming (1728–1795) studied medicine in his native Scotland before practicing in Staunton from 1763 to 1768. His home stood at the crossing of New Street and Lewis Creek. Dr. Fleming’s career included . . . — — Map (db m288937) HM
Nashville was founded as part of
the movement by British colonists
from North Carolina and Virginia
into the Cumberland Valley in the
mid to late 18th century. Richard
Henderson, a magistrate, judge,
and land speculator from
Granville County, . . . — — Map (db m207200) HM
This cemetery is the final resting place for numerous Civil War veterans. It was originally the burial ground of the Black family, for whom the town is named. The cemetery later grew in size and eventually merged with the African American graveyard . . . — — Map (db m193950) HM
Virginia Avenue Tunnel (1906-2015)
Virginia Avenue Tunnel
As automobile and streetcar use increased during the early 20th century, at-grade railroad crossings created safety hazards throughout the city. To address this issue, the newly . . . — — Map (db m136835) HM
Russell County
Russell County was formed from Washington County in 1786. The county is named for William Russell, a Clinch Valley pioneer and member of the Virginia House of Delegates who introduced the legislation forming the county. The Clinch . . . — — Map (db m234572) HM
Miss Georgia Washington founded the Peoples Village School for black students on this site in 1893. Georgia Washington was born a slave November 23, 1851 in Virginia. As a student at Hampton Institute, Virginia, she met Dr. Booker T. . . . — — Map (db m72010) HM
United States of America
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
State of Ohio, Montgomery County
Civil War
Downs, Henry W. Sgt. Winchester, Virginia 1864
James, Isaac, Pvt. Petersburg, Virginia 1865
James, John H. Capt. Mobile Bay, . . . — — Map (db m22239) HM
Learn about your watershed
A watershed or drainage basin, is the area of land where all the water that drains off it runs to a specific point on a watercourse, usually a confluence of stream or river.
The Stroubles Creek watershed is . . . — — Map (db m41466) HM
Giles County. Area 369 Square Miles. Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell, and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia 1827-30. Mountain Lake is in this county.
Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m34758) HM
Floyd County. Floyd County was named for John Floyd, governor of Virginia from 1830 to 1834. The county was formed from Montgomery County in 1831, with a portion of Franklin County added later. The county seat is Floyd, formerly Jacksonville. . . . — — Map (db m104299) HM
The Capital Crescent Trail follows the route of an old railroad line called the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O). It's all that remains of an unrealized attempt by the B&O to construct a major rail link between the . . . — — Map (db m83) HM
The Capital Crescent Trail follows the route of an old railroad line called the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O). It's all that remains of an unrealized attempt by the B&O to construct a major rail link between the . . . — — Map (db m295745) HM
Native Stewardship – Into the 1700s, the region known today as Appalachian Virginia was a hub for long-distance trade routes, a dynamic setting for shifting alliances between Native peoples of different languages and nations. For thousands of . . . — — Map (db m228237) HM
People and Place – Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus is situated on land long the domain of Monacan-Tutelo peoples. The university's other sites across Virginia, like schools everywhere in the US, are also on land once held by Native nations.
. . . — — Map (db m228128) HM
St. John Lutheran Church
St. John Lutheran Church, formally organized in 1799, is an important Wythe County historical landmark located at the intersection of Interstate 81 and U.S. Routes 21/52. The congregation came into being as a result . . . — — Map (db m306230) HM
Samuel Ferguson (1744-1825) and wife Mary Jameson (1746-1827) are buried nearby. Served in Montgomery County, Virginia, militia at battles of Alamance and King’s Mountain. An early sttler on Bluestone Creek, he gave land for Tazewell courthouse in . . . — — Map (db m178258) HM
Frederick County. Named for Frederick 5th and last Lord Baltimore. Erected out of Prince George’s County in 1748. It then included Montgomery County and all of Maryland west to the West Virginia boundary.
Washington County. The first . . . — — Map (db m41770) HM
Across Beach Drive, three hundred yards from this recreation building is a stone abutment, all that remains of a Bollman truss bridge, originally 450 feet long and 70 feet high, used by America's first railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio. Chartered . . . — — Map (db m184470) HM
During the Civil War, more soldiers passed through Poolesville than any other Montgomery County town. Union forces occupied this bustling village throughout most of the war, protecting the strategic road network, lines of communication and . . . — — Map (db m275874) HM
In 1890, one of the 252 Civil War veterans still living in Montgomery County was Elias Price. The Department of Census interviewed Price and other Civil War veterans living in the county, recording critical details including which side of the war . . . — — Map (db m306009) HM
John W. Carey was born in 1805 in West Virginia [sic - Virginia] and came to Shelby County with his parents, Cephas and Jane Williamson Carey. Around 1833, J.W. Carey bought a thousand acres in Dinsmore Township, west of the present railroad in . . . — — Map (db m29873) HM
James (1795-1870) and Calpernia (Franklin) (1805-1865) Mitchell came to Texas from Virginia in 1833 and received a Mexican land grant. In 1837 James served as a member of the commission to locate the seat of the newly formed Montgomery County; in . . . — — Map (db m219460) HM
Born in Virginia, Elijah Collard later settled on the frontier in Kentucky and in Missouri, where he fought in the War of 1812. Collard migrated to Texas in 1833. He was elected to the Consultation at San Felipe in 1835 and served on the General . . . — — Map (db m180242) HM
Near here stood a fortified dwelling used for shelter during periods of warfare between European colonists and Native Americans. To this fort in 1756 came Mary Draper Ingles (Mrs. William Ingles) for protection following her escape from captivity by . . . — — Map (db m42851) HM
Joseph and Jeanne de Vigné Crockett settled on this farm early in the 1760s. Three of their sons served as officers in the Revolutionary War. Col. Hugh Crockett, who lived here until his death in 1816, led militia during expeditions to North . . . — — Map (db m209254) HM
First settler of Wyoming County. He was
born in London, 1752, and kidnaped and
sold to Virginia planter as an indentured
servant. He was a Revolutionary soldier,
and fought in battles of Point Pleasant,
Monmouth and Stony Point. In lieu . . . — — Map (db m138442) HM
Samuel M. Plato, Architect. Samuel Plato was a prominent African American architect. He was born in 1882 in Montgomery County, AL. Attended schools in Waugh, AL, Winston-Salem, NC, & 1902 State Univ. Normal school, now Simmons College. Early . . . — — Map (db m161251) HM
On June 25-27, 1863, the Federal Army of the Potomac used two temporary pontoon bridges to cross the Potomac River from Virginia back into Maryland at Edwards Ferry. On the evening and morning of June 27-28, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led . . . — — Map (db m293881) HM
Compared to areas further south, Maryland was welcoming to freed people who wished to purchase land. Such was the case for Albert and Mary Newman, who following their manumission left Virginia and settled "Newmantown" as a kinship-based . . . — — Map (db m197859) HM
Gaithersburg began as an agricultural community. With the coming of the railroad in the late 1800's, markets in Washington, D. C. and Baltimore were opened to area farmers. Wheat, vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy products, and cider could be easily . . . — — Map (db m128821) HM
Historic Sites Allegedly Connected to the Underground Railroad
Caleb Bentley and his son Richard Bentley owned and occupied Historic Bloomfield from the early 1800s until 1914. The Bentleys were Quaker farmers, entrepreneurs, and active . . . — — Map (db m188243) HM
Lineage of Leatha Howard Holland Webster and the Canadian Connection
The Howard-Holland traces its roots to the Montgomery County plantations of the Gaithers, Howse and Griffith families. From census records and manumission . . . — — Map (db m188339) HM
Original Plat of (Jacksonville) Versailles by Silas Atchison - August 28, 1819
The history of the village passed through several name changes; from Jacksonville (1819-1837) to Versailles (1837-1854); then added North Jacksonville (1842-1854) . . . — — Map (db m252785) HM
Dedicated to the
memory of these
citizens of Mont-
gomery County,
Virginia, who made
the supreme
sacrifice in the
service of our
country in the
world conflicts
Sponsored and erected by
the Montgomery County
American . . . — — Map (db m41445) WM
Montgomery County. Area 401 Square Miles. Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is here.
Roanoke County. Area 305 Square . . . — — Map (db m23827) HM
Montgomery County. Area 401 Square Miles. Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county.
Pulaski County. Area . . . — — Map (db m50619) HM
Built by Colonel William Byrd for his expedition against the Cherokees, military outpost of Southwest Virginia 1758-76, county-seat of old Montgomery County 1776-1790, strategic point in the defence of the lead mines during the Revolution. . . . — — Map (db m232956) HM
Magruder-Bussard Farm
In 1734, John Magruder established a tobacco plantation on this property. Tobacco cultivation continued with his son, Nathan and grandson, Isaac, both of whom were active patriots during the American revolution. Otho . . . — — Map (db m105112) HM
"I always wanted to help people…I believe in results and I always wanted to improve people's lots and their ways of living. 1974"
"Siempre quise ayudar a la gente… Creo en los resultados y siempre . . . — — Map (db m295694) HM
Warrick Hill: Author and Superstar Math Teacher from Holly Grove
Warrick Hill was born in Baltimore in 1926. As a child he lived with his parents at Alloway and walked two and a half miles twice a day to and from Spencerville . . . — — Map (db m188214) HM
The Seven Branches Of Learning
Quadrivium
The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music
Trivium
The lower division of the seven liberal arts . . . — — Map (db m7253) HM
Born in New York City, John Marshall Wade left his home as a youth. On the advice of Sam Houston, he came to Texas in 1835 from the Western Creek Nation in present-day Oklahoma. He joined the Texas army during the War for Independence. At the Battle . . . — — Map (db m128624) HM
St. John's Cemetery contains the graves of four Revolutionary War Soldiers.
Jacob Hileman, born July 20, 1762 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. As a private he served in the 4th company, 3rd battalion. Northampton County Militia in 1778 . . . — — Map (db m207797) HM WM
During the Civil War, most women attempted to live “normally,” maintaining homes, attending to children, and even taking over traditional male responsibilities on the farm. Yet the war brought severe hardships to most absent family men, limited . . . — — Map (db m90435) HM
The original ferry was probably a flat-bottomed-wooden craft guided across the river using poles and ropes. Its design was much like the ferry boat shown below: a long, low structure with a ramp at both ends for loading and unloading cargo. . . . — — Map (db m182685) HM
Located at the intersection of the two main roads, mid-19th century Poolesville was Montgomery County’s second-largest town. Its residents had decidedly secessionist tendencies and many sons fighting for the South. In the fall of 1862, as the . . . — — Map (db m1729) HM
This was the office of Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet, who practiced medicine from 1852 to 1903. He began his career here as a country doctor serving Montgomery County. During the Federal draft of 1862, he examined an estimated 800 draftees and . . . — — Map (db m174801) HM
The Montgomery County Courthouse that stood here from 1840 to 1891 witnessed the turbulent antebellum and Civil War years in Rockville. It was the setting for legal transactions involving both the selling and emancipation of enslaved individuals. . . . — — Map (db m202643) HM
The Civil War profoundly affected county residents because of their proximity to Washington, D.C. —the Union Capital— and Virginia, the northern reach of the Confederate States of America. No community in Montgomery County was immune to the . . . — — Map (db m104229) HM
On June 24, 1863, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, leaving 3,000 cavalrymen in Rectortown, Virginia, to monitor Federal activity, led three Confederate cavalry brigades to Haymarket. Encountering Union Gen. Winfield S. Hancock’s corps marching north, Stuart . . . — — Map (db m306043) HM
6 August 1863: “Our weather continues intensely hot, so far Blair endures it well — cheerful as a bird — out under the trees all day about the Spring where it is cool from the dense shade & the cool waters, he makes mill dams, mud cakes & runs . . . — — Map (db m82236) HM
The first war memorial monument was located 5 blocks west of this location in downtown Conroe, Texas, before being moved to its present site. The first park and monument was conceived by a small group of Montgomery County citizens led by Rigby and . . . — — Map (db m301908) HM
Hezekiah Adkins (1759-1842)
and his wife Mary Levon (1768-
1855) buried nearby. He served
under Captain John Lucas as a
private in Montgomery County
militia. Claimed service on New
River against Native Americans
and in guarding wagons of . . . — — Map (db m178252) HM
Hannah Boone was the youngest child born to Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan Boone.
The Boones were members of the Friends Society (Quakers) and Squire served as first a trustee and then an overseer of the Oley Meeting. The Boones moved to the Yadkin . . . — — Map (db m184060) HM
A small grouping of houses and outbuildings near this spot became a kinship-based community known as Newmantown. There were numerous post Civil-War African American communities in Montgomery County similar to Newmantown. There were also several . . . — — Map (db m295953) HM
The serenity of the Maryland countryside was
shattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia
waded across the Potomac River. Gen. Robert E. Lee, hoping to rally support in the divided
state, . . . — — Map (db m173131) HM
This park occupies seven parcels of land in Montgomery county used by the U. S. Army for the air defense of Washington D.C. from the mid-1950's to the mid-1970's
In the early days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced high-speed . . . — — Map (db m61671) HM
Poolesville is a town of unique charm, a special place strategically located at a crossroads in western Montgomery County, not only one of geography but also where the past intersects the present, agriculture connects with commerce, and rural . . . — — Map (db m305915) HM
Early Sunday morning, June 28, 1863, Confederate cavalrymen arrived at merchant John Higgins' house to arrest him, but he had already left for Christ Episcopal Church. Instead they captured Eblen, a 17 year-old Union soldier recuperating here. . . . — — Map (db m102790) HM
Charles Gilbert Thomas, Sr., One of the First African-American Entrepreneurs in Montgomery County
An industrious and skilled man, Charles "Bub" Thomas owned and operated several successful businesses out of his home at Chandlee . . . — — Map (db m188202) HM
Nina Honemond Clarke Was a Master Teacher at the Sandy Spring Elementary School
She was born in Poolesville on November 13, 1917, grew up in Dickerson, graduated from Rockville Colored High School in 1934, and received her first . . . — — Map (db m188207) HM
Sitting near the junction of the Potomac River and the Great Seneca Creek, the Seneca Mill had a long tradition at this pivotal location.
By 1725, a grist mill functioned here as a commercial staple for the small village. Early proprietors . . . — — Map (db m96104) HM
With only the Potomac River between Montgomery County and the Confederate South, Seneca Mills residents were always close to impending troop activity.
At the beginning of the war, the Seneca Mill community was worthy of consideration by the . . . — — Map (db m306050) HM
Mothers and fathers alike sought to ensure that their sons and daughters had continual access to education between 1861 and 1865. At the height of the Civil War, public primary schools in Montgomery County were closed due to deficient state . . . — — Map (db m306114) HM
The African American Memory & Storyboard Project is a partnership of Christiansburg Institute Inc., Montgomery Museum of Art & History, and the community to memorialize the sometimes challenging, often joyful history of African Americans in . . . — — Map (db m209270) HM
Slavery is one of the defining stories of America, impacting political, economic, and cultural life. Enslaved men and women, denied the basic right of freedom, made important contributions in Montgomery County.
Almost from its earliest days, . . . — — Map (db m209259) HM
Arthur Briggs Farquhar, American Industrialist
Arthur Briggs Farquhar was born on September 28, 1838, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Arthur, known as A.B., was an ambitious young man who apired to a career in business. He had an early . . . — — Map (db m305357) HM
A pioneer and soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Enlisted in Montgomery County and served in the companies of Captain Findlay and Captain James Kent.
The first court held for Wythe County in the town of Wytheville was at the home of . . . — — Map (db m228344) HM
Septimus D. Cabaniss (1815-1889) purchased this home in 1843, upon his
marriage to Virginia A. Shepherd (1824-1907). The couple had nine
children, only four of whom survived to adulthood. Architect George
Steele built the home, in the Greek . . . — — Map (db m235485) HM
(West face)
[Confederate States of America Emblem]
Dedicated to the glory and
honor of the Montgomery
County soldiers of the
Confederate States of America
for their unparalleled courage
and gallantry in defense of their
homeland and . . . — — Map (db m22220) WM
Neal Potter
Neal Potter was a model public citizen, an economist, and a lifelong advocate for world peace, human rights, and responsible government. As a Montgomery County citizen and Councilmember and Montgomery County Executive, he . . . — — Map (db m182165) HM
Poolesville is a town of unique charm, a special place strategically located at a crossroads in western Montgomery County, not only one of geography but also where the past intersects the present, agriculture connects with commerce, and rural . . . — — Map (db m305969) HM
Eliza Howard and Descendants
The third of Jack and Poly's original eight children was Eliza (b. 1821), who married William Henry Pratt. Sarah Griffith freed Eliza in 1849. William Henry Pratt was freed in 1846 by Ann Hayes of . . . — — Map (db m188262) HM
Sadie Matthews Budd and Family
Kate Matthews of Sandy Spring was the mother of Sadie Matthews, who was married to Norman Budd. In 1888, Norman Edward Budd was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, to Samuel Waters and Emma Budd. . . . — — Map (db m188346) HM
Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park
The Underground Railroad Experience Trail & The Josiah Henson Museum and Park
The Underground Railroad Experience Trail
Located in Sandy Spring, Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park offers a glimpse into the . . . — — Map (db m188240) HM
Lavinia Margaret Engle was a lifelong advocate for women's rights and social services.
Born here in 1892, before women had the right to vote, she joined the women's suffrage movement, led the state's League of Women Voters, and became . . . — — Map (db m240327) HM
In 2015, Glen Waye Gardens Condominiums and Bethesda Green undertook three major methods to reduce Glen Waye's stormwater runoff:
• Reforestation Project: 60 native trees were planted.
• Cisterns: 6 concrete pads and rainwater . . . — — Map (db m112543) HM
Williamsburg and its rural neighborhood, including the Loutre River valley to the east, were home to several famous, even notorious Southern guerrillas.
One such was Capt. Alvin Cobb of "Cobbstown," in western Montgomery County, Mo. A large, . . . — — Map (db m212623) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Christiansburg
Presbyterian Church
has been registered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark . . . — — Map (db m209277) HM
To
Our Heroes
of
Montgomery Co.
Maryland
That We Through Life
May Not Forget to Love
The Thin Gray Line
Erected A.D. 1913
1861 CSA 1865 — — Map (db m106402) WM
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.