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Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway

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931: 76: 286:. It is one of 16 erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947. The marker is an inscribed granite slab with smooth flat faces and rough-cut edges. It measures 47 inches tall, 25 inches wide and 12 inches thick. The stone is engraved with the text "Jefferson Davis Highway This tree marks the site of Battery 17 of the inner defenses of Richmond, 1862-65, and is planted in soil taken from battlefields A memorial to Confederate Soldiers by the Elliott Grays Chapter U.D.C. 1929." 101: 59: 108: 83: 938: 131: 1315: 1310: 1300: 810: 765: 685: 805: 800: 675: 905: 870: 820: 790: 695: 550: 540: 865: 760: 735: 690: 645: 900: 855: 840: 835: 745: 680: 625: 570: 520: 475: 979: 740: 720: 700: 630: 615: 580: 575: 545: 510: 505: 480: 460: 455: 1280: 969: 890: 875: 825: 795: 770: 755: 670: 610: 605: 595: 565: 530: 525: 515: 450: 421: 1122: 1014: 845: 830: 815: 785: 730: 725: 710: 660: 655: 650: 635: 590: 535: 495: 485: 470: 1054: 895: 885: 775: 750: 715: 640: 555: 465: 1153: 1132: 1064: 1059: 1029: 1004: 915: 880: 860: 850: 665: 620: 600: 585: 560: 500: 964: 920: 910: 780: 490: 1285: 1137: 1127: 1087: 1079: 974: 954: 705: 1320: 1044: 1039: 984: 1305: 1212: 1112: 1097: 1049: 1034: 1009: 989: 1117: 1102: 1092: 1069: 1024: 999: 994: 959: 1074: 1107: 1019: 414: 1330: 434: 407: 1275: 154: 1270: 1181: 1176: 1246: 100: 75: 1158: 296:
The website Roadside America calls this the "Highway Marker to a Dead Confederate Tree", pointing out that the tree mentioned in the inscription died decades ago.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway is located in Virginia
Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway is located in the United States
US 1
Jefferson Davis Highway
Richmond, Virginia
37°30′12″N 77°26′48″W / 37.503358°N 77.446610°W / 37.503358; -77.446610
MPS
UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
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U.S. Route 1
Jefferson Davis Highway
Richmond, Virginia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Virginia Landmarks Register"
the original
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway"
Accompanying two photos
"South Richmond, VA - Highway Marker to a Dead Confederate Tree"
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