RURAL FREE DELIVERY
The first mail over an R.F.D. route in N.C. was carried out of China Grove, October 23, 1896.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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COLSON'S SUPPLY DEPOT
Fortified Revolutionary depot built 1781 to protect supplies and arms of Gen. Nathanael Greene. Trenches are 4 1/2 miles W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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CARTLEDGE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Originally Dockery's Meeting House, about 1774. Baptist State Convention, 1833, voted here to found Wake Forest Institute. About 4 miles North.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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JOHN STEELE
Congressman, 1789-93, Comptroller of the United States Treasury, Federalist party leader. Home stands 2 blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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OLD DAVIDSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Completed 1858. Interior was burned, 1865, rebuilt ca. 1867. Fine example of Classical Revival style.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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HAMLET STATION
Built in 1900 to serve Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Depot was major stop for passengers on east-west & north-south rail lines. About 2 blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Organized in 1786 by Rev. Hope Hull as Scarborough's Meeting House. The building, 4/10 mile N.E., was erected in 1854.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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'CHRISTIAN REID' 1846-1920
Pen name of Frances Fisher Tiernan, author of Land of the Sky and other novels. Her grave is 200 yards N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN MACRAE
Gaelic poet. Emigrated from Scotland in 1774. Loyalist during the Revolution. His home stood 2 1/2 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ALFRED DOCKERY 1797-1875
U.S. Congressman; state legislator for 10 years. A founder of the state Republican party, 1867. Home is 6 mi. northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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JOHN BETHUNE
Early pastor for Scots in N.C.; chaplain for Loyalists at Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. First Presbyterian minister in Ontario. Lived 4 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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PILGRIM CHURCH
Established ca. 1757 as German Reformed. Known early as Leonard's Church. Fourth building to occupy site stands 3/8 mi. N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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SANDY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Mother of Separate Baptist churches across the South. Founded by Shubal Stearns, 1755. His grave is two miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAMERON MORRISON 1869-1953
Governor, 1921-1925; State legislator; U.S. Senator & Congressman; mayor of Rockingham. Birthplace was 6 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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ROCKY RIVER CHURCH
Missionary Baptist. Began before 1772 as a branch of Little River Church; was independent by 1790. Present bldg. 3 mi. N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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POTTERY INDUSTRY
Begun in 18th century by Chriscoe, Cole, Craven, Luck, McNeill, Owen, & Teague families living within 5 mile radius.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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N.C. FARMERS' ALLIANCE
Organized by statewide convention of delegates in Rockingham, Oct. 4, 1887. Leonidas L. Polk elected first secretary.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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WM. RAINEY HOLT 1798-1868
Physician. Advocate of scientific agriculture. His plantation "Linwood" was 6 miles southwest. Built home here, 1834.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN J. McRAE 1815-1868
Governor of Mississippi, 1854-1857. Member, U.S. Senate and House; Confederate congressman. Born 5 miles southeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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RALF FREEMAN
Free black served as a Baptist pastor at Rocky River Church until law in 1831 barred blacks from public preaching. Buried 500 yards west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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