ROBERT L. BLACKWELL
Posthumous winner of Congressional Medal of Honor. Died in battle at St. Souflet, France, Oct. 1918. Born and reared about 250 yards north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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HENRY PATTILLO 1726-1801
Presbyterian minister; legislator; author of textbooks. Served many churches in Virginia & North Carolina. Home & school 1/4 mile West.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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BULL CITY BLUES
During the 1920s-1940s, Durham was home to African American musicians whose work defined a distinctive regional style. Blues artists often played in the surrounding Hayti community and downtown...
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OLD ENO CHURCH AND CEMETERY
Presbyterian. Served by Hugh McAden, 1755-65. Henry Pattillo was first pastor. Church moved to Cedar Grove in 1893. Cemetery one mile S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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CENTRAL ORPHANAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Founded 1883. Pioneer Negro child-caring institution, serving on state-wide basis.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC...
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ALAMANCE COTTON MILL
Built 1837 by E. M. Holt. Produced Alamance Plaid, the first factory-dyed cotton cloth south of the Potomac. Stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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W. KERR SCOTT
Governor, 1949-1953; United States Senator, 1954-1958; N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture, 1937-1948. Birthplace is nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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Bennett Place
Farm home of James Bennett, where Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Union Gen. William T. Sherman, Apr. 26, 1865. Johnston's surrender followed Lee's at Appomattox by 17...
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BEDFORD BROWN
U.S. Senator, 1829-1840; legislator; and staunch Unionist. Lived at "Rose Hill," located here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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WILLIAM R. WEBB (SAWNEY)
Founder, 1870, of Webb School, since 1886 in Bell Buckle, Tenn. Confederate soldier, U.S. Senator, 1913. Born 1842, one mile S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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W. W. KITCHIN
Governor, 1909-1913; member of Congress. Moved to Roxboro from Scotland Neck in 1888. Home is 2 blocks E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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GRIERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Organized in 1753. Rev. Hugh McAden served as its first minister. Present building dates from 1856. Stands 1 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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SNOW CAMP
Settled by Quakers in 1749. Cornwallis camped in area after Battle of Guilford Courthouse and used home of Simon Dixon as headquarters.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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WILLIAM L. POTEAT
Wake Forest College president, 1905-1927. Champion of freedom of scientific thought. Birthplace and family home stands here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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THE GLASS HOUSE
Noted winter health resort patronized by Northern hunters and tuberculosis patients. Opened 1871; burned 1893. Site is 1/2 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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