JETHRO SUMNER
Brigadier general in the Revolution. Commanded N.C. forces from 1781. A planter, he operated a tavern near herePlaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN BRANCH
Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator. Home was four blocks, grave is 1/2 mile, west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CORNWALLIS
On his way to Virginia, defeated the militia near here at Swift Creek and seven miles north at Fishing Creek, May 7, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...
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HORACE GREELEY 1811-1872
Journalist & politician was married in Emmanuel Church on July 5, 1836, to Mary Youngs Cheney.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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CORNWALLIS
Ending his campaign in North Carolina, he entered Virginia near here in May, 1781, and surrendered at Yorktown on October 17, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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ELLA BAKER 1903-1986
Civil rights leader. She organized the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, April 1960, at Shaw University. Her childhood home ¼ mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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CORNWALLIS
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax, in May, 1781.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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THELONIOUS MONK 1917-1982
Jazz pianist, composer, and architect of bebop. Wrote “’Round Midnight” (1944). Born 1 mile S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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OPERATION DIXIE
Black leaf house workers in eastern N.C. unionized in 1946. First pro-union vote, at tobacco factory 1 block W., precursor to civil rights movement.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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ANNA EASTER BROWN 1879-1957
A founder in 1908 of Alpha Kappa Alpha, nation’s oldest sorority for African Americans; history teacher. Her grave is ¼ mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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GEORGE H. WHITE 1852-1918
Represented the state's "Black Second" district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress for 72 years. Lived two blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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TILLERY RESETTLEMENT
Est. 1935; New Deal farm project. 350 black families from N.C., S.C., Fla., Ark., Va. purchased homesteads. Restored house 1 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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RAM ALBEMARLE
Noted Confederate ironclad, was built near this spot, 1863-64. Aided in recapture of Plymouth, April, 1864.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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FRANK ARMSTRONG 1898-1969
Lt. Gen., U.S. Air Force. Led first U.S. bombing raids on Germany, 1943. Inspired Twelve O'Clock High, novel & film. Boyhood home 1/10 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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WESTRAY BATTLE BOYCE LONG
Director of the Women's Army Corps, 1945-1947. First woman honored with Legion of Merit, 1944. Grave 175 yds. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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PLUMMER BERNARD YOUNG
Journalist. Publisher of Norfolk Journal & Guide, 1910-1962, leading black-owned newspaper in the South. Birthplace nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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BENJAMIN S. TURNER 1825-1894
U.S. Congressman, 1871-1873, representing Ala.; merchant and farmer in Selma, Ala. Born into slavery one mile south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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BARTHOLOMEW F. MOORE
Noted lawyer. Attorney general of N.C., 1848-51. Compiled Revised Code in 1854. Opposed secession. Born 7/10 mile west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JAMES E. O'HARA 1844-1905
Black political leader. Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1883-1887. Practiced law in Enfield. Lived 1/10 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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JOHN H. KERR 1873-1958
Congressman, 1923-1952; jurist. Sponsored bills to create tobacco price supports and Kerr Lake. He lived 2 blocks east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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