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Granville County Markers
North Carolina (Granville County), Oxford — G-73 — Harris Meeting House
Founded by Methodists prior to 1778. It was the mother church in ths area. Disbanded in 1828. Stood 1 mi. N. — Map (db m844)
North Carolina (Granville County), Oxford — G-94 — Henry P. Cheatham
(1857–1935) Born into slavery. U.S. Congressman, 1889–1893. Superintendent of Colored Orphanage of N.C., 1907–1935. Grave 8/10 mi. N.E. — Map (db m845)
North Carolina (Granville County), Oxford — G-27 — Horner Military School
Established here by James H. Horner, 1851. Continued by his sons. Moved to Charlotte 1914. — Map (db m842)
North Carolina (Granville County), Oxford — G-56 — Nat’l Rochester1752-1831
Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby. — Map (db m841)
North Carolina (Granville County), Oxford — G-45 — Oxford Female College
Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880–1924. School closed 1925. Campus was 2 blocks S. — Map (db m843)
North Carolina (Granville County), Stovall — G 86 — Henry Pattillo1726-1801
Presbyterian minister, legislator, author of textbooks. Served many churches in Virginia & North Carolina. Home & school ¼ mile West. — Map (db m9441)
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