FREEDOM HILL
Community established here by freed blacks in 1865. Incorporated as Princeville in 1885.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
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JOSEPH BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of N.C., 1893-1932; lawyer & writer. Birthplace is one block W.; grave 100 yards S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN SPENCER BASSETT
Historian. Professor at Trinity College, 1894-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CALEDONIA
State prison farm since 1892. Antebellum plantation owned by Johnston family. Name predates 1713. Two miles N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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JOHN HALL 1767-1833
One of three original justices of the N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1832. Grave 1 block S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here...
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SIDNEY WELLER 1791-1854
Agricultural reformer & nurseryman. Introduced "American System" of grape culture. His Medoc Vineyard was 1 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HENRY K. BURGWYN
"Boy" Colonel 26th N.C. Regt. Killed at age 21 at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Home stood 4 miles south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
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BRICK SCHOOL
Est. for blacks in 1895 through philanthropy of Mrs. Joseph K. Brick; became junior college in 1926. Closed, 1933. Buildings stood here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
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WILLIE JONES
Key Anti-Federalist and an advocate for states’ rights in Revolutionary era N.C. His home, “The Grove,” was 2/10 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FALLS OF THE TAR CHURCH
Constituted as Particular Baptist, 1757; Rev. John Moore & Joshua Lawrence among early ministers. Now Primitive Baptist.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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CORNWALLIS
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia camped here at Crowell's plantation on May 8, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JACOB W. HOLT 1811-1880
A chief architect-builder in town's 1845-61 boom era; worked in Greek Revival & Italianate styles. Home stands 1 block east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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JOHN C. DANCY 1857-1920
Editor of A.M.E. Zion Church papers; orator; a delegate to Methodist world conference; customs collector of Wilmington. Home stood 3 blks. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CONOCONNARA CHAPEL
Established as Anglican 1747; James Moir first priest. Became Baptist 1783; inactive since 1933. Present building, 1849, moved 1 mi. S.W. in 1878.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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SIR ARCHIE
Foundation sire of American Thoroughbred race horses, including Timoleon, Boston, Lexington, & Man O'War. Died at Mowfield, one mile north, in 1833.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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COUNTRY DOCTOR MUSEUM
Chartered 1967 to honor the "old family doctor." Two doctors' offices, 1857 & 1887, restored with medical & apothecary artifacts. Two blocks south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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FIRST KRAFT PULP IN UNITED STATES
Was made here by the sulphate process using southern pine in 1909, by the Roanoke Rapids Paper Manufacturing Company.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ANDREW JOYNER 1786-1856
Lt. Col. in War of 1812; state senator, 1835-52; pres. Roanoke Navigation Co. & Weldon & Portsmouth R.R. Grave is 2 blks. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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MASONIC LODGE
Chartered 1767. Building was erected in 1769. Joseph Montfort, "Grand Master of America," is buried there. 500 yds. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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HENRY B. BRADFORD 1761-1833
Early Methodist Protestant minister; educator; and soldier in the Revolution. Founded Bradford's Church on this site circa 1792.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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