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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CEDAR FALLS MILL
Chartered 1828; opened 1836. Jonathan Worth, N.C. governor (1865-68), its president. Supplied clothing for Confederate war effort. 2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ALSTON HOUSE
Philip Alston's Whigs were defeated there by David Fanning's Tories, 1781. Later the home of Benj. Williams, Governor, 1800-02. Is 9 1/2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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REED GOLD MINE
Gold discovered there 1799. Many gold mines were later operated in this area. N.C. was the chief gold-mining state to 1849. N. 4 mi.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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LT. SAMUEL I. PARKER
One of two North Carolinians awarded Medal of Honor for valor in World War I (France, 1918). Born 1 blk. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HARRY COWAN 1810-1904
Baptist minister vital to growth of church in N.C. Founder of Mount Zion Church (1867), which is one block W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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J. E. K. AGGREY (1875-1927) ROSE D. AGGREY (1882-1961)
Born in West Africa's Gold Coast (now Ghana), James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey enrolled at Livingstone College in 1898 & later joined the faculty. In 1920 he returned to Africa where he influenced...
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HERMAN HUSBAND 1724-1795
Leader during War of the Regulation, 1768-1771; a reformer and pamphleteer. Later in Whiskey Rebellion in Pa. Lived nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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HUGH HAMMOND BENNETT 1881-1960
"Father of soil conservation." First chief of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1935-1952. Born 4 miles southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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BUGGY COMPANY
Thomas B. Tyson & W. T. Jones's factory produced horse-drawn vehicles sold across South, 1850s to 1920s. At peak made 3000 per year. Stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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PEE DEE MEETING
Quaker meeting organized, 1755. Westward migration led to decline by the 1840s. Cemetery located 1 1/2 mi. west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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