GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD ca. 1721-1805
Militia general. He led expedition against the Cherokee, 1776. Colonial & state official. Lived nearby on Grant's Creek.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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SAM'L E. McCORKLE
Presbyterian preacher and educator. The site of his famous academy, Zion Parnassus (about 1794 to 1798) is 3/4 of a mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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CONFEDERATE PRISON
Enclosure, 16 acres. Once held 10,000 men. Destroyed by Federals, 1865. Site one block south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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NATHANAEL GREENE 1742-1786
Replaced Horatio Gates as leader of American army opposing Lord Cornwallis. He assumed command in Charlotte, Dec. 3, 1780.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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BATTLE OF CHARLOTTE
Cornwallis's army captured Charlotte after a fight here with Davie's troops, Sept. 26, 1780.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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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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