IN AND AROUND GEORGETOWN OHIO
All rights reserved. All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without prior written permission. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. All photos may be used for noncommercial purposes as long as those purposed do not in any way detract from the personal character of any person dead or living
|
|
OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY
Old Baptist cemetary is located in Georgetown ohio, And is the burial place of Thomas L Hamer Who was a Brigadier General in the Mexican War, and also in the Ohio State House of Representatives for several years. |
Thomas L Hamer Memorial
Thomas L Hamer Memorial located in the Old Baptist Cemtery in Georgetown. Hamersville In Clark Township Brown County Ohio was named in his honor
|
|
|
U. S. Congressman from Ohio 1833 - 1839. Killed in action in the Mexican War.
|
THOMAS L HAMER HISTORICIAL MARKER
General Thomas Lyon Hamer - 1800-1846 Teacher, Lawyer, Congressman, Soldier Master Mason (1824) Georgetown Lodge No 72 Free and Accepted Masons "Hamer was one of the ablest men Ohio ever procuded... I have always believed that had his life been spared, he would have been President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant Memoirs Vol 1
|
|
|
ULYSESS S GRANT HISTORICIAL MARKER
|
219 EAST GRANT AVE
This house was built in 1823 by Jesse and Hanna Grant,After they moved to Georgetown fron Point Pleasant Ohio.Ulysess lived in the home until 1839 when he left to attend West Point
|
|
|
Grant school house 508 South Water street
This one room school house was built in 1829 And served the community for 30 years. The schoolmaster at the time was John D White. He also taught school for Brigadier General Jacob Ammen and His brother Navy Admiral Daniel Ammen |
.Brown County Courthouse-Designed by Hubbard Baker, the courthouse was completed in 1851 .The north and south wings were added in the early 1900's.
|
|
|
Georgetown Presbyterian Church-established in 1803, had been housed in five other locations before the present church was built in 1853. |
604 SOUTH MAIN
Dr. Phillip Buckner `Built in 1845
|
|