BLACK RIVER CHURCH
Presbyterian. Organized 1740. Present building constructed 1859. First regular pastor was the Rev. Colin Lindsay.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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STEWARTSVILLE CEMETERY
Begun 1785. Congressman James Stewart gave land. J. C. McLaurin, who founded Laurinburg, and many Scots buried here. Two miles southwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
Chartered 1958; opened 1961. Formed by merger of colleges dating from 1858. Coeducational, four- year liberal arts college.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Chartered 1956 as four-year liberal arts college. Opened September 1960. University since 2006.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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CAMPBELTON
Colonial river port, incorporated in 1762. Later merged with Cross Creek to form the town of Fayetteville.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PINELAND COLLEGE- EDWARDS MILITARY INSTITUTE
Founded 1875. Includes kindergarten through junior college. Campus is 250 yards west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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REV. JAMES CAMPBELL
One of early Presbyterian ministers in N.C., 1757-1780. Organized Bluff, Barbecue, and Longstreet churches. Grave is 8 mi. east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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RAFT SWAMP
After the Tory victory at McPhaul's Mill, the Whigs routed the Tories near here on Oct. 15, 1781, and broke their resistance in this area.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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McPHAUL'S MILL
Rendezvous point for local Tories. Near here on Sept. 1, 1781, David Fanning's men routed a Whig force under Thomas Wade. Stood 1.7 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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WILLIAM RUFUS KING
Congressman from N.C., 1811-16; Senator from Alabama for 29 years. Vice-President of the United States, 1853. Born six miles east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ASHPOLE CHURCH
Union center of worship, originally 2 1/2 miles N.W. Presbyterians withdrew in 1796 and organized their own church here. 1860 building, 300 yds. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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TEMPERANCE HALL
Meeting hall of the Richmond Temperance and Literary Society, 1860 to 1890's. Sacked by Sherman's army in 1865. Stands 1 1/2 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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CHAS. W. CHESNUTT 1858-1932
Negro novelist and short story writer, teacher and lawyer. Taught in a school which stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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STATE SANATORIUM
Opened in 1908. First state institution in North Carolina for treating tuberculosis. Sponsored by Dr. J. E. Brooks of Greensboro.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
General Sherman, with a part of his army, on March 9-10, 1865, camped here at Bethel Presbyterian Church (organized before 1800).Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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