OMAR IBN SAID ca. 1770-1863
Muslim slave & scholar. African-born, he penned autobiography in Arabic, 1831. Lived in Bladen County and worshipped with local Presbyterians.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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LEWIS LEARY 1835-1859
Free black abolitionist & conspirator in 1859 with John Brown in attack on U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Killed in assault. Lived in Fayetteville.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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HENRY BERRY LOWRIE
Indian. Champion of the poor. Declared outlaw, he eluded capture and disappeared in swamps, ca. 1872. House 3 mi. NW.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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DAVID M. WILLIAMS 1900-1975
"Carbine" Williams, designer of short stroke piston, which made possible M-1 carbine rifle, widely used in WWII. Lived 2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
Second national bank opened branch in 1818 in Fayetteville. Bank operated, 1820-35, in house one block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BURNT SWAMP ASSOCIATION
Baptist churches serving Lumbee and other tribes. Association was formed in 1881 at Burnt Swamp Church, then 2 1/2 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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JOHN ENGLAND 1786-1842
Bishop of Charleston. He organized Roman Catholics in N.C. at Fayetteville Convention, & consecrated St. Patrick Church, 1829. Present church 4/10 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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WHITE LAKE CCC CAMP
An installation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Initiated modern park improvements. Est. here 1935; closed 1942.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAPE FEAR BAPTIST CHURCH
Constituted in 1756 as Particular Baptist. Stephen Hollingsworth, first minister. Present (1859) building 2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAPE FEAR BAPTIST CHURCH
Constituted in 1756 as Particular Baptist. Stephen Hollingsworth, first minister. Present (1859) building 2 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
Began in N.C. as Young Tar Heel Farmers, 1928, to promote vocational agriculture in schools. Camp here since 1928.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FEDERAL HOSPITAL
The 1865 home of Wm. Smith, 100 yds. E., was used as a hospital for Union troops in the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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FEDERAL ARTILLERY
From a point 50 yards west three batteries of artillery under Major J. A. Reynolds shelled the Confederate first line of earthworks.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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'OAK GROVE'
Plantation home of John Smith, used as a Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 16, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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CONFEDERATE FIRST LINE
Gen. W. B. Taliaferro's division occupied trenches crossing the road at this point, March 15-16, 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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