Historical Installations by Twickenham Town Chapter
Installation History
2023 August 12 Dedicated two granite markers flanking our 1939 Revolutionary Patriot marker in Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial. The monuments list the 22 Revolutionary Patriots, shown below.
Names of 22 Patriots on the Two New Monuments in Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Park, 12 Aug 2023
John Mosby Binford
George Dickey Zachariah Greenhill Leigh Henry Harless Richard Holmes Fleming Jordan Benjamin Lynn James McCracken Andrew McElroy Moses Poor John Slaughter |
Charles Dement
Owen Evans George Hallmark William Hogan Colby Jackson Charles King Michael Mason Daniel McDuff Andrew Neely Daniel Rather John Whitaker |
For biographies of the Patriots, use the QR code below.
Monument Installation
2023 Marked the graves of Defender of the Frontier Richard Cavett and his wife Rutha Milsap Cavett.
2022 Marked the graves of Reuben C. Stone (A110246), in the Stone-Fanning Family Cemetery; George Hallmark (A049697) in Hobbs Cemetery; and Levice Wellborne Davie (wife of Patriot Robert Davie (A030142)).
2021 Dedicated Forever Garden marker in Maple Hill Cemetery to commemorate the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
2021 Marked the graves of Moses Poor (A212285) at Mount Paran Campground and Cemetery and Henry Harless, Sr. (A050701), in Bellview Cemetery.
2020 Placed marker at 416 McClung Ave. honoring leaders of leaders of Huntsville suffrage movement: Alberta Chapman Taylor, Ellelee Chapman Humes, Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopman, Juliet Chapman Clanton, Virginia Clementine Clay, and Susanna Withers Clay.
2019 Dedicated markers for four signers of 1819 Constitution on the occasion of Alabama’s Bicentennial: Clement Comer Clay, Thomas Bibb, and John Williams Walker at Maple Hill Cemetery and Lemuel Mead at Harris Hill Cemetery.
2016 Markers for Patriots Albert Russel and John Ward in Maple Hill Cemetery.
2022 Marked the graves of Reuben C. Stone (A110246), in the Stone-Fanning Family Cemetery; George Hallmark (A049697) in Hobbs Cemetery; and Levice Wellborne Davie (wife of Patriot Robert Davie (A030142)).
2021 Dedicated Forever Garden marker in Maple Hill Cemetery to commemorate the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
2021 Marked the graves of Moses Poor (A212285) at Mount Paran Campground and Cemetery and Henry Harless, Sr. (A050701), in Bellview Cemetery.
2020 Placed marker at 416 McClung Ave. honoring leaders of leaders of Huntsville suffrage movement: Alberta Chapman Taylor, Ellelee Chapman Humes, Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopman, Juliet Chapman Clanton, Virginia Clementine Clay, and Susanna Withers Clay.
2019 Dedicated markers for four signers of 1819 Constitution on the occasion of Alabama’s Bicentennial: Clement Comer Clay, Thomas Bibb, and John Williams Walker at Maple Hill Cemetery and Lemuel Mead at Harris Hill Cemetery.
2016 Markers for Patriots Albert Russel and John Ward in Maple Hill Cemetery.
2016 The 1939 Monument was officially revealed in the Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Park. Since its founding in 1908, Twickenham Town Chapter has sought to identify and honor Revolutionary patriots buried in Madison County. On May 21, 1939, the members dedicated on the north side of the Madison County Courthouse Square an 8-foot, 3-ton granite monument with a bronze plaque displaying the names of 84 men recognized as patriots. The monument went missing for fifty years when the courthouse was razed in the mid-1960s to make way for the current courthouse. For many years, the Chapter was blithely ignorant that the plaque and the boulder were lost and were traveling different paths during these dark years. In 2004, Regent Lorraine Ennis (2004-2008) found the monument at the City of Madison Veterans Memorial, located at Madison City Park at the intersection of Church and Front Streets. Mrs. Ennis’ requests for the monument’s return were denied. For twelve years, she strived to keep Twickenham Town Chapter aware of the monument’s location and encouraged Chapter efforts to have it returned.
In 2015, then Regent Penny Sumners, at the urging of Mrs. Ennis, labored to have the monument returned and to find a new home for it. Her investigations into the mystery surrounding the missing monument revealed the monument had been placed at the local farmer’s market on Madison County property. There it had been forgotten. Madison County gave the monument to the Madison City Garden Club at its request to be placed in the new City of Madison Veterans Memorial. The monument had no identity because the plaque was missing. Also in 2016, Fred Ekland found the lost plaque in the Madison County Courthouse. The plaque was a perfect match for the carved area left for a plaque on the monument. With the leadership of Madison County Commissioner Steve Haraway, commission members secured permission from Commander Carlos Wood of American Legion Post 229 to return the monument. Brigadier General (Ret.) Robert Drolet selected a sight of prominence for the monument in the Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial. In 2016, Regent Penny Sumners led a program at the Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial to celebrate the monument's new home. A plaque describing the journey of the monument can be found on the back of the monument.
In 2015, then Regent Penny Sumners, at the urging of Mrs. Ennis, labored to have the monument returned and to find a new home for it. Her investigations into the mystery surrounding the missing monument revealed the monument had been placed at the local farmer’s market on Madison County property. There it had been forgotten. Madison County gave the monument to the Madison City Garden Club at its request to be placed in the new City of Madison Veterans Memorial. The monument had no identity because the plaque was missing. Also in 2016, Fred Ekland found the lost plaque in the Madison County Courthouse. The plaque was a perfect match for the carved area left for a plaque on the monument. With the leadership of Madison County Commissioner Steve Haraway, commission members secured permission from Commander Carlos Wood of American Legion Post 229 to return the monument. Brigadier General (Ret.) Robert Drolet selected a sight of prominence for the monument in the Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial. In 2016, Regent Penny Sumners led a program at the Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial to celebrate the monument's new home. A plaque describing the journey of the monument can be found on the back of the monument.
Names of 84 Patriots on the 1939 Monument in Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Park
Benjamin Adkins
Robert Allen John Amonette Samuel Ayers Richard Bacon Eldridge Bailes Moses Bailey Uriah Bass Hezekiah Baylis Peter Efford Bentley Edward Beville Clement Blackbourn William Campbell Hugh Caruthers Jacob Caulk Richard Cavatte Robert Clarke James Collier John William Connally James Cotton Robert Cozby |
Ezekiel Craft
Robert Davie Samuel Davis Thomas Davis Richard Dean John Drake William Eddins Benjamin Eddins William Fletcher Sturdy Garner Benjamin Glover John Graham William Gray Jeremiah Gurley John Hague Eli Hammond Philip Hamman Robert Hancock Francis Epps Harris Henry Harris Richard Harris |
Robert Higginbotham
Joseph Hillsman Jeremiah Jaggers Richard Johnson Lewellen Jones Nathan Jones George Jude Jabez Leftwich Daniel Long John McCartney James McIlkeny David McNeely William C. Maples Andrew Martin Solomon Massengale John Milam John Moore, Jr. Michael Moulton Matthew Nail Joseph Nelson Thomas Nesmith |
William Petty
Philip Pence Charles Pigg Leroy Pope John Peyton Powell William Pruitt Shadrack Ready Joel Rice Albert Russel Joseph Sawyer Reuben Stone George Taylor James Tribble William Walling John Ward, Sr. Isaac Welborn Hawley Williamson Elisha Winn Gallenus Winn Daniel Wright Robert Wright |
2008 Markers placed on graves of Revolutionary Patriot Peter Efford Bentley and his wife Elizabeth Gay and Patriot Francis Eppes Harris and his wife Ann Macon.
2008 Bought brick for Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Park.
2004 Marker placed on the graves of American Revolution Patriots Robert Davie and Robert Higginbotham near Hazel Green.
1996 Marker placed on the grave of American Revolutionary Patriot John Ward.
1980 Marker placed on grave of Lt. Lewellen Jones on the campus of UAH, the site of his plantation, Avalon.
1974 Marker placed on grave of Revolutionary War soldier Cpt. Charles King.
1971 Monument placed in Mooresville by TTC and ASDAR. “Mooresville. Incorporated in 1818. Post office contains original call boxes. Old Tavern, 1817, used as stagecoach stop. Red brick Methodist church, 1817. U.S. Gen. James A. Garfield was stationed here in 1862. White frame church is more than a century old. Andrew Johnson was an apprenticed tailor here. Neoclassic architecture. Erected by Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1974.”
1939 Large granite monument with bronze plaque listing the names of the 84 Revolutionary War Patriots known at the time, placed on the steps of the Huntsville/Madison County Court House. Relocated to Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial in 2016.
1937 Plaque honoring Colonel Leroy Pope placed at his home.
1934 Marker placed on grave of Patriot Ananias Allen with Tidence Lane Chapter.
1910 A chair owned by one of the Bibb brothers, governors from 1819-1921, was located by Mrs. Garth and given to the Alabama Room in the NSDAR Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
1910 Two markers placed at the home of Maria Howard Weeden on Gates Avenue.
1910 Boulder with bronze marker on the site of the writing of the original Alabama Constitution where Statehood began placed at the corner of Gates and Franklin Streets.
2008 Bought brick for Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Park.
2004 Marker placed on the graves of American Revolution Patriots Robert Davie and Robert Higginbotham near Hazel Green.
1996 Marker placed on the grave of American Revolutionary Patriot John Ward.
1980 Marker placed on grave of Lt. Lewellen Jones on the campus of UAH, the site of his plantation, Avalon.
1974 Marker placed on grave of Revolutionary War soldier Cpt. Charles King.
1971 Monument placed in Mooresville by TTC and ASDAR. “Mooresville. Incorporated in 1818. Post office contains original call boxes. Old Tavern, 1817, used as stagecoach stop. Red brick Methodist church, 1817. U.S. Gen. James A. Garfield was stationed here in 1862. White frame church is more than a century old. Andrew Johnson was an apprenticed tailor here. Neoclassic architecture. Erected by Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1974.”
1939 Large granite monument with bronze plaque listing the names of the 84 Revolutionary War Patriots known at the time, placed on the steps of the Huntsville/Madison County Court House. Relocated to Huntsville-Madison County Veterans Memorial in 2016.
1937 Plaque honoring Colonel Leroy Pope placed at his home.
1934 Marker placed on grave of Patriot Ananias Allen with Tidence Lane Chapter.
1910 A chair owned by one of the Bibb brothers, governors from 1819-1921, was located by Mrs. Garth and given to the Alabama Room in the NSDAR Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
1910 Two markers placed at the home of Maria Howard Weeden on Gates Avenue.
1910 Boulder with bronze marker on the site of the writing of the original Alabama Constitution where Statehood began placed at the corner of Gates and Franklin Streets.