Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jackson County, Florida
Marianna is the county seat for Jackson County
Adjacent to Jackson County, Florida
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On Basswood Road (County Route 165) just south of Neals Landing Road, on the left when traveling north.
Bascom School was built in 1927 on the Woodman of the World Campground. The classic 1920s era design embodies many characteristics of Florida's founding and early development period (1890-1929). The one-story school used locally made bricks and hewn . . . — — Map (db m208152) HM
Near Florida Route 2, 1 mile east of Timberlake Road, on the right when traveling east.
Creek Town of the Spanish Era
Ekanachatte ("Red Ground") was an important Creek Indian town that stood here at Neal's Landing Park during the latter half of the 18th century and the first two decades of the 19th.
This site was known as . . . — — Map (db m201244) HM
Near Lovedale Road (Florida Route 69A) at Dale Circle, on the right when traveling east.
Mr. William Truman Ford, a longtime member of Lovedale Baptist Church. has honored the Lovedale Baptist Church Cemetery Trust Fund with an extremely generous endowment for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of this beautiful cemetery. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m201724)
On Basswood Road, 0.3 miles north of Gooseberry Road, on the right when traveling north.
Wallace Zachariah Nolyar Bowers was born on October 23, 1867 in Bascom, Florida, the son of Edd and Basha Hunter Bowers. He and his wife, Annetta Davis Bowers, had five sons and four daughters. Nolyar owned a farm and small grocery store in the . . . — — Map (db m201728) HM
On State Road 2 at Fernwood Street, on the right when traveling east on State Road 2.
Bethlehem Missionary Church was established March 12, 1825 with twenty charter members and Rev. E.W. Hallway Pastor. Landowners, slaves and the poor were all in the fellowship of the church. In 1826 ten acres of land was bought for $50 to build a . . . — — Map (db m93105) HM
On State Road 2 at Fernwood Street, on the left when traveling east on State Road 2.
Principals: Sam Hand, John D. Milton, John Shipp, John Stapleton, Emmett S. Walden, W.F. McGlamery, Ben E. Upton, D.C. Sellers, Paul A. Coley, James F. Daniels, George Lawrence Campbellton Wildcats State Basketball . . . — — Map (db m228473) HM
On Messer Road west of State Road 69, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1910 by Dr. Charles H. Ryals who gave the land and provided the funds to build the church. The church was built from lumber milled by Bevis Sawmill in Dellwood. Services were held every other week by circuit rider preachers. The Rev. . . . — — Map (db m113145) HM
On Peanut Road (County Road 169) at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Peanut Road.
This structure is a symbol of progress and a testament to those determined rural residents who, through electricity, helped bring this area into the 20th century. On May 30, 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) signed into law the Rural . . . — — Map (db m74210) HM
On Fort Road (State Road 69) at Bryan Street (State Road 71), on the left when traveling east on Fort Road.
The house was built in the 1830's by John A. Syfrett. It is likely the oldest residence in Jackson County. It faces Fort Road, believed to have been routed by Andrew Jackson. In 1861, it became the home of Colonel John M.F. Erwin and his wife, . . . — — Map (db m67531) HM
On Bryan Street (State Road 71) 0.3 miles south of Fort Road (State Road 69), on the left when traveling north.
This antebellum mansion was built by Hamilton Bryan as a home for his mother in 1860 on the 5200 acre plantation established by his father, Elijah Bryan. Both of these men are buried in the Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery. It was sold by their . . . — — Map (db m67529) HM
On Bryan Street (State Road 71) at Smith Street, on the right when traveling north on Bryan Street.
According to existing minutes: On Sunday, March 16th, 1845, elders Joshua Mercer and Thomas Lang met and constituted Thomas K. Mercer, J.J. Mercer, Mary Mercer, his wife, Polly Mercer, William Mercer, Mary Syphrett, E.A.T. Mercer and Mary E. Horne . . . — — Map (db m67530) HM
On Bryan Street (State Road 71) 0.3 miles north of Fort Road (State Road 69), on the left when traveling north.
Built about 1840 by James Hayes, a man of vast real estate holdings. He was killed in a battle in North Georgia in 1863. The house stayed in the estate until 1885. It was owned by Ada and William Garrett, R.W. Coulette, S.V. Wall, and Hay Long Wall . . . — — Map (db m96449) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Jefferson Street (State Road 73), on the right when traveling east on Lafayette Street.
On September 27, 1864, Gen. Asboth's force of 700 Federal cavalry from Pensacola arrived in the Marianna area to forage and secure Negro recruits. Confederate forces of a few hundred home guardsmen barricaded the streets of Marianna and withstood . . . — — Map (db m74193) HM
On Lafayette Street at Caledonia Street, on the left when traveling west on Lafayette Street.
Union and Confederate troops battled for control of the downtown area as fighting swept east through the streets during the Battle of Marianna. A Union flanking party entered town from the north via Caledonia Street and moved east up Lafayette to . . . — — Map (db m93108) HM
Near Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Madison Street, on the right when traveling east.
Front (East Side)
In memory of the
Confederate
Soldiers
of
Jackson County Florida
North Side
We care not whence they came,
Dear in their lifeless clay!
Whether unknown, or known to fame,
Their cause and country . . . — — Map (db m74209) WM
On Putnam Street at Madison Street, on the left when traveling east on Putnam Street.
This Marianna landmark was built by John Davis in the 1840's for his daughter, Rebecca Davis Spears. After the death of her husband, she married Dr. Theophilus West in 1859. Dr. West served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army and was with General . . . — — Map (db m67534) HM
On Green Street at Broad Street, on the right when traveling south on Green Street.
1845 Original house now rear portion of house, built by Amanda and Oliver Rostrum. In 1875, M.L. Dekle's wife Stella, purchased house and he planted the oak trees along the street. First Baptist Church was organized here in 1881. House burned in . . . — — Map (db m74201) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) east of Russ Street, on the left when traveling east.
This two-story residence is one of Marianna's first great antebellum mansions, built by Francis R. Ely around 1840. The house was acquired in 1889 by Francis B. Carter, who later became Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida. In 1900 the house was . . . — — Map (db m67540) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east on Lafayette Street.
Retreating Confederate troops reached the Chipola River after fighting pursuing Union troops from Ely Corner (intersection of Lafayette and Russ Streets) to this point. Captain Robert Chisolm's Woodville Scouts, a cavalry unit from Alabama, drove . . . — — Map (db m101422) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Russ Street, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Street.
The main section of the Battle of Marianna began here at 11 a.m. on September 27, 1864. Confederate cavalry under Col. A.B. Montgomery formed a line of battle across the main street at this point. Union troops, led by Brig. Ben. Alexander Asboth, . . . — — Map (db m93103) HM
On Jefferson Street (State Road 166) at Clinton Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Street.
Presbyterians first worshipped in Marianna, Florida in 1835. The First Presbyterian Church in Marianna was established by nine women and one man, Bryan Erwin, the first ruling elder. It is recorded that Mr. Erwin came to Jackson County from Scotland . . . — — Map (db m73942) HM
On Caledonia Street at Clinton Street, on the right when traveling south on Caledonia Street.
Methodists first conducted services in this area in 1823, and organized Marianna's first church congregation on December 10, 1834. In 1838, the Methodists erected the town's first church building, a wooden structure facing east. In 1892 the . . . — — Map (db m74200) HM
On Blue Hole Drive, 1 mile west of Caverns Road, on the right when traveling west.
American desire for the acquisition of Florida grew after 1800 as U.S. frontiers expanded. Border incidents provided motivation for General Andrew Jackson's 1818 expedition against Florida's Seminole Indians. Jackson's army destroyed Indian . . . — — Map (db m167155) HM
On Orange Street at Clay Street, on the right when traveling south on Orange Street.
In 1922, Robert T. Gilmore (1879-1948), born in Monticello, founded Gilmore Academy, one of Jackson County's first African-American high schools. Trustees of Marianna's African-American community purchased this three-acre site in 1907 and raised . . . — — Map (db m74191) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Madison Street, on the right when traveling east on Lafayette Street.
On August 12, 1822, the year after the United States received possession of the Floridas, an Act of the Territorial Legislative Council divided West Florida into two counties -- Jackson and Escambia. At that time, Jackson County included all . . . — — Map (db m74194) HM
On Jefferson Street (State Road 166) north of Broad Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1840, this house was sold by Frances Towers to Isavelle, wife of Arthur Lewis, in 1847. Richard Lewis, creator of the popular patent medicine, Lewis Eye Water, was born here in 1849. In 1852-58, the owner was George Hawkins, Territorial . . . — — Map (db m67533) HM
On Jackson Street at St John Street, on the left when traveling east on Jackson Street.
This African-American church was founded under a brush arbor on the banks of the Chipola River in August, 1867 under the leadership of Rev. Samuel Brown. Shortly after organizing, one of the members who owned a blacksmith shop allowed his shop to be . . . — — Map (db m74196) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Wynn Street, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Street.
Here at high noon on September 27, 1864, a Federal raiding force of 900 men under Brigadier-General Alexander Asboth fought a Confederate home guard of 95 old men and boys under Captain Jesse J. Norwood. Entering Marianna from the west, the main . . . — — Map (db m68796) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Wynn Street, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Street.
Along with the Old Town Burial Ground, this cemetery shelters some of the noteworthy historical figures of the county. The Episcopal Church it surrounds, organized in 1838, is among the most historic in the state. Within its bounds may be found . . . — — Map (db m68852) HM
On Blue Springs Road (County Road 164) at Marble Court, on the right when traveling east on Blue Springs Road.
Near this site stood “Sylvania”, the plantation home of John Milton, Florida's Civil War governor, who settled in Jackson County in 1845. Milton's holdings consisted of over 2600 acres, a manor house, a school and family chapel, barns, . . . — — Map (db m74197) HM
On Jefferson Street (U.S. 73) 0.1 miles south of Lafayette Street (Road 90), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
The Abstract Office is the oldest business building in Marianna. Believed to have been built as his office in the 1840's by Dr. W.S. Wilson who died in 1868. Marianna's telephone exchange was established in 1801 and this building housed the Central . . . — — Map (db m74195) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) west of Wynn Street, on the right when traveling east.
John de Roulhac and his wife, Martha Rasco, arrived in Jackson County in 1846. This house was built about that time. Their daughter, Clara, married Dr. Julius Holden here Sept. 22, 1859. Dr. Holden served in the Confederate Army. Legend says the . . . — — Map (db m74189) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Russ Street, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Street.
Built in 1895 by Joseph W. Russ, Jr., a prominent landowner and merchant. Neoclassical alterations were made in 1910, by his wife, Bettie Philips Russ. Their only child, Frances Russ Dickerson, lived here for most of her 89 years. Five generations . . . — — Map (db m74211) HM
On Lafayette Street (U.S. 90) at Borden Street, on the right when traveling east on Lafayette Street.
As early as 1825, African Americans settled in the Jackson County area. After 1865, interconnected communities developed their own infrastructure including cemeteries, schools, and churches. From these communities, a large population came together . . . — — Map (db m101421) HM
On Caledonia Street at Clinton Street, on the right when traveling north on Caledonia Street.
The house was built in 1864 by Joseph T. Russ for his wife Mary. In 1881 it was deeded to his daughter, Luella Burke. It was sold in 1884 to Mary Hearn West. Harriet M. Hearn, mother of Mary West bought the house in 1890. In 1891 Theodore D. West . . . — — Map (db m67518) HM
On Old Spanish Trail (State Road 10A) at Taylor Street, on the left when traveling west on Old Spanish Trail.
"He who drinks from this pump will always return" was the belief of the pioneer families of Sneads.
This pump was built for the town of Sneads by Gabriel Smith in 1899 or 1900 and it is believed to be the second mechanical pump in the area. . . . — — Map (db m67519) HM
On Old Spanish Trail at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east on Old Spanish Trail.
The Sneads Community House is located adjacent to the historic downtown area of Sneads and on the site that was once the old hitching post. In February 1899 the property was deeded to the Town by F.A. and Mittie Brown, but it remained open between . . . — — Map (db m213234) HM
