Erected about 1861. Murder of Sen. J. W. Stephens here in 1870 led to martial law and Kirk-Holden "War."Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
Governor, 1891-93; cotton mill owner. Sponsor of railroad development and state aid to education. Home stood 350 yards S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
Poet, author of "Fugitive Lines" and other works; lifelong educator; president of Peace Institute, 1907-12. Home stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
Negro educational and religious leader. Founder of a college (1910), now N.C. Central University, its president to 1947. Grave is 1 1/2 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Teacher in Piedmont area from 1819 to 1867; operated own school in Alamance County, 1851-67. Home is 1 mile, grave is 3 1/2 miles northeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His home stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
Founded 1910 by James E. Shepard for Negroes. State liberal arts college, 1925-1969. Now a regional university.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
Founded as Elon College by the Christian Church in 1889. Coeducational. Burned in 1923; rebuilt 1923-26.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Member Congress, 1855-57; Confederate Senator; President State Convention, 1865; Justice N.C. Supreme Court, 1865-78. Birthplace was 2 mi. S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
In 1850s on a farm in this area Abisha Slade perfected a process for curing yellow tobacco. His slave Stephen discovered process in 1839.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
Parish established in 1746. Present building, completed in 1773, stands 200 yards W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
First military school in North Carolina, was founded in 1826 by D. H. Bingham. Moved to Littleton in 1829. Stood nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 1925. Campus was 2 blocks S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
Governor, 1802-1805, United States Senator, 1805-1816, and State legislator. Oakland, his home, stood 1 mile E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...