A church has existed here since the early 1800s. Constructed as a one-room church in 1901 and expanded to cruciform structure in 1929. Ai refers to Old Testament hilltop Canaanite royal city. Adjacent cemetery includes 1819 grave of Nathan Dillon, . . . — — Map (db m246370) HM
The crossroads community of Oak Ridge (înc. 1998) was once traveled by Native Americans and later settled by Quakers and others (1700s). Landmarks include the Old Mill of Guilford (c. 1767), Oak Ridge Institute (1851), homes from the 1800s, and . . . — — Map (db m181195) HM
One half mile south of this marker stands the house built by John McLean and his wife Jane Marshall McLean before 1767.
Col. Wm. Washington spent some time in this house in the spring of 1781. It has been the home of every successive . . . — — Map (db m39617) HM
"The Baggage Road" (Summerfield Road) and
"Salisbury Road" (NC-150) intersected to form
"Bruce's Crossroads." The area was named in
1768 after Charles Bruce, an early Guilford
settler who owned extensive area property and
an active Patriot in . . . — — Map (db m234037) HM
Revolutionary Leader
and Founder of Bruce's Cross Roads
(now Summerfield)
and
grave of James Gillies
Light Horse Harry Lee's Bugler
slain by British Feb. 12, 1781. — — Map (db m234035) HM
A 1758 act of North Carolina colonial assembly required the court for the Northampton, Edgecombe, and Granville districts to be moved from Enfield to Halifax. On the lot in front of you, the colony constructed a new courthouse, along with a jail, . . . — — Map (db m222092) HM
The market green played an important role in the growth and development of Halifax. The town’s original plan called for the green to take up both sides of King Street. In time, however, the courthouse, jail, and other public buildings occupied the . . . — — Map (db m222098) HM
William Richardson Davie lived in this transitional Georgian Federal town house during most of his active career. One of North Carolina’s most distinguished and influential Federal leaders, Davie attended the United States Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m221548) HM
This church was built in the 1880's as a Methodist "Meeting House" at Hobgood Fork. When the Village of Hobgood was incorporated in 1891, a corner of E.P. Hyman's garden was designated as a permanent site for the Methodist Church. The church . . . — — Map (db m227069) HM
Scottish heroine, spent the winter of 1774-1775 at Mount Pleasant, the home of her half-sister, Annabella MacDonald, which stood 400yds. S.W. — — Map (db m219808) HM
The route of the old Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54, crosses highway near this spot. — — Map (db m219805) HM
Revolutionary War statesman. Prominent in Resistance to British rule and the creation of North Carolina. Harnett County named in his honor, 1855. — — Map (db m30550) HM
Today houses, cabins, barns, and churches still stand in Cataloochee, the largest community affected by the 1930s creation of the national park. Many signs of the more than 1,200 people who lived here during Cataloochee's heyday have disappeared, . . . — — Map (db m230812) HM
The valley before you was given its name by its original inhabitants, the Cherokee. Meaning "standing tall;" the word Cataloochee was likely a reference to the many ridges that surround this remote place. Because of its rich soil, prior to the . . . — — Map (db m230815) HM
Francis Asbury, first elected Bishop of Methodism in the U.S.; rode on horseback over 275,000 miles over pioneer trails averaging one sermon a day. From New England to Charleston, S.C. More than 60 times he crossed the Appalachians. Once following . . . — — Map (db m90574) HM
Notice the valleys and ridges that stretch before you. Cherokees named this area Ga-da-lu-tsi, meaning "standing up in ranks," referring to the seemingly endless stands of timber that lined the ridges. Settlers later corrupted the word to . . . — — Map (db m169008) HM
In 1776, Revolutionary War General Griffith Rutherford led 2,400 men through the gap below and to your left. During the war's early phases the Cherokee, with British support, repeatedly attacked the frontier settlements. Rutherford's expedition was . . . — — Map (db m123300) HM
In the mid 1800's, the family of Josiah Davis settled on
Jump Off Mountain. Shortly thereafter Josiah, his wife,
and his son, J.M. (Mountain Man) Davis, used dynamite
and an oxen pulled sled to begin building the road known
today as Davis . . . — — Map (db m240985) HM
1900—Land purchased by the Ocracoke Lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows from James and Zilphia Howard.
1901—The upper floor of the main section was used as the meeting room for the Odd Fellows Lodge and the lower flower was . . . — — Map (db m237882) HM
Ocracoke Inlet is the only North Carolina inlet that has remained open since European contact. During the colonial period it was the primary gateway for goods transported between the mainland, England and other colonies.
Because of its . . . — — Map (db m191346) HM
Formed northern half
of the colony of North
Carolina. Its southern
boundary was run to a
point three miles east
in the fall of 1746. — — Map (db m237320) HM
Pioneer citizen. Donor of
land for civic use. Mooresville
was named in his honor.
Erected by
Battle of Bentonville Chapter
United Daughters of Confederacy - 1950. — — Map (db m237228) HM
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. records that His Excellency Governor Thomas Mayhew, born 1593 Tisbury, England, who was the English Crown Governor of the Elizabeth Island chain including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket islands off the . . . — — Map (db m237235) HM
Before European colonization, the landscape in this region was a type of open, temperate grassland now known aa Piedmont prairie. Interspersed with stands of trees, the grasslands were grazed by animals like elk and bison, which helped to keep the . . . — — Map (db m233184) HM
White chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih Fields", stood Ľ mi. S. — — Map (db m198004) HM
From the Dennis Simmons Lumber Company, located just to the east, from 1900-1918, a 22-inch gauge tram railroad ran northwest to present NC 222 and along that route nine miles to Dixie and beyond toward Buckhorn. The tram, fired by lightwood knots, . . . — — Map (db m43457) HM
The Town of Smithfield was founded ten months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Its origins, however, date back to the 1750s with the arrival of John Smith, one of the area’s earliest settlers.
Neuse River Ferry . . . — — Map (db m70389) HM
The Town of Smithfield
was chartered April 23, 1777
The Bicentennial of the
founding was commemorated
with a series of events
during April, 1977. The
capsule herein contains
momentos of our time
We ask that this time
capsule be . . . — — Map (db m217510) HM
Town in Lee County, settled in 1870, incorporated in 1907. Named for a broad level opening in the vast pine forest which covered the area. — — Map (db m219812) HM
Plantation of Gov. Dobbs, selected as the colonial capital & named George City by act of assembly, 1758. Act was never executed. 1˝ mi. S. — — Map (db m65500) HM
On this spot stood
Dobbs County Court House
1758-1791
The following counties
were formed from Dobbs.
Greene (formerly Glascow) 1779
Wayne 1779
Lenoir 1791
Erected by the Wayne County
Committee North Carolina Society
Colonial . . . — — Map (db m64803) HM
Burial site of Jacob Plonk (c.1747-1845)
Patriot of the American Revolution
His wife, Christina Kiser Plonk, son Joseph Plonk, his wife Barbara Rudisill Plonk, and Plonk, Hauss, Heafner, and Tutherow descendants. One of many early . . . — — Map (db m231840) HM
Burial site of Jacob Ramsour and Christian Reinhardt. Possible burial site of pioneer Johan Dietrich Ramsauer. Located 800 feet west. — — Map (db m232305) HM
In 1747 Adam Sherrill and his 8 sons migrated from Pennsylvania and settled west of the Catawba River. By July, 1749, John Beatty had also crossed the Catawba. Sherrill’s Ford (site underwater) and Beatty’s Ford (underwater) were named for them. . . . — — Map (db m156502) HM
Principal settlement of the Cherokee Middle Towns. Council house stood on mound 300 yds. S. Town destroyed during the Revolution. — — Map (db m203540) HM
Early landmark. Site of Blockhouse to protect settlers from Indians, 1793. Figures on rock resemble paintings. Is 5˝ miles northwest. — — Map (db m23131) HM
Stock Stand owned by Vance, father of Governor Zebulon B. Vance, stood a few yard to the east. The Stand or Inn was also the home of the Vance family for a few years. In 1853 Zebulon Vance gave land as a site for Marshall as the county seat. — — Map (db m23692) HM
Early sessions of Madison County court were held in a log house on this site between 1851 and 1859. Bell Institute, a school operated by the Presbyterian Church USA, served the area. The school house and a dormitory stood a few yards west. — — Map (db m187601) HM
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church was established as a missionary station in 1868. The present structure was built in either 1879 or 1880. All materials were produced locally except for the bell and stained glass which were imported from England. The . . . — — Map (db m227087) HM
The Oak City Christian Church is also known as Oak City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The church is a single story, frame, weather-boarded, Gothic Revival style building. It features five lancet-arched stained glass windows and a . . . — — Map (db m227080) HM
Apple butter, apple cider, applesauce, apple pie! There were few home grown products more useful to the mountain farmer than apples. Cuttings from favorite trees were often taken from place to place when the family moved or children left home. Today . . . — — Map (db m140612) HM
The hills and valleys before you may seem quiet, rounded with age and blanketed with thick forests. But if you listen closely between the distant sounds of a train whistle, you may hear the sounds of fiddles, banjos and strings bands that still ring . . . — — Map (db m183172) HM
The earliest known inhabitants of this part of the Piedmont were the Catawba Indians. Beginning in the 1750's, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians and German Lutherans followed established paths into the area. Charlotte and Mecklenburg County were named to . . . — — Map (db m175521) HM
Charlotte and Mecklenburg County's character today is deeply rooted in the independent mindedness of our early citizens. Settled largely by Scots-Irish Presbyterians with many Germans and some English and French, Mecklenburg was carved from the . . . — — Map (db m175528) HM
In 1815, town commissioners set aside this site for a church used by all denominations. It was called the Brick Church or Town Church. Its cemetery, Settlers' Cemetery, continues to be town property. Presbyterians predominated in the town and in . . . — — Map (db m175522) HM
One of Charlotte's founders - 1768. Headed militia during Revolution. This house was headquarters for General Cornwallis during British occupation Sept. 26 - Oct. 12, 1780. George Washington was entertained here May 28, 1791. — — Map (db m175604) HM
Charlotte was established in 1768 by settlers who were, for the most part, Scots-Irish Presbyterians. In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, a church was built in "town" to be used by all denominations. Presbyterian minister John Thomson . . . — — Map (db m175561) HM
Imagine this land in 1701 as John Lawson described it: "…adorn'd with pleasant Meadows, Rivers, Mountains, Valleys, Hills, and rich Pastures, and blessed with wholesome pur Air especially a little backwards from the Sea."
A towering . . . — — Map (db m175526) HM
Native Americans have occupied this part of the Catawba River Valley for more than 10,000 years. First came the Paleo Indian hunters following big game and spreading their Ice Age culture south. Later, Archaic Indian peoples adapted to climate . . . — — Map (db m175525) HM
The first European settlers began coming to this area in the 1740's when North Carolina was a British colony. In 1762, with 777 "taxables" (adult males over twelve years of age) Mecklenburg County was created from Anson County. In an attempt by . . . — — Map (db m175529) HM
Thomas Polk (1732-1797), one of Charlotte's most prominent citizens within its formal years, was born in Pennsylvania. Like many of his fellow Scotch-Irish, he moved south on the Great Wagon Road, settling in Mecklenburg County about 1753.
A . . . — — Map (db m175516) HM
The Presbyterian congregation was organized before 1760 by Scots-Irish settlers. Robert Henry, the first permanent pastor, arrived in 1766. Rev. James McRee served from 1778 to 1797. Sugar Creek was the first Presbyterian church in the region, . . . — — Map (db m109845) HM
Home of Thomas Spratt
First person to cross
the Yadkin River with wheels
Here was born his daughter
Anne Spratt first white child born
between Catawba & Yadkin Rivers — — Map (db m135426) HM
Sam Billings was born a slave in Union County, South Carolina.
Billings became the first recorded African American landowner
in Mecklenburg County. In 1892, he purchased 50 acres of land
for $913.50, and another substantial parcel in 1893 for . . . — — Map (db m237706) HM
who migrated to North Carolina and settled here
in about 1763. In January of 1767 he purchased 306
acres from George Selwyn that included 6 acres
for a church site. John died in October of that same
year. His son David deeded the church property . . . — — Map (db m237721) HM
Backcountry settlers, in a dispute over property rights, attacked survey crew nearby, May 1765. Typified tensions that led to Regulator War. — — Map (db m126540) HM
The remains before you and the surrounding property originally belonged to Richard Barry (1726-1815). The Barry family probably settled here in the 1750's after spending a generation in Cecil County, Maryland. Richard was the first tanner in the . . . — — Map (db m239584) HM
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.
South Carolina. Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered . . . — — Map (db m11045) HM
The Polk Farm
In 1794, Samuel and Jane Polk started a farm they received as a wedding gift from Samuel's father, Ezekiel. The couple lived here with five of their ten children, including their eldest child, James Knox, born November 2, . . . — — Map (db m175700) HM
The James K. Polk State Historic Site is currently 22 of the original 150 acres owned by Samuel Polk. It was on this land that Samuel and his wife Jane gave birth to their oldest son James in 1795. The family lived here until 1806. James K. Polk . . . — — Map (db m175708) HM
From the 17th through early 18th centuries, tobacco quality in the Carolinas was poor. This was attributed mainly to the thin soil in the area. As a result, tobacco grown in the Carolinas was typically traded locally to supply the need for snuff . . . — — Map (db m175701) HM
The county was formed in 1779 from Anson County and included what is now Stanly County. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. In 1841 the . . . — — Map (db m245501) HM
Royal Governor of North Carolina 1734-52. Named this city for his patron, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, and encouraged its growth as a seaport. He urged the increase of immigration, education, commerce and agriculture, brought about the first . . . — — Map (db m224891) HM
The beginning of Wilmington was opposite the junction of the rivers, in 1730, and called New Liverpool. In 1733 a settlement was made at the foot of Market Street, named Newton, and here Gov. Gabriel Johnston and other officials located in 1734. In . . . — — Map (db m224889) HM
Early channel of trade, its valley long an area of plantations. Frequent floods until 1952, since controlled by Kerr Dam. Old name was "Moratuck." — — Map (db m222088) HM
From this spot where stood the Old State House was started an expedition of frontiersmen under Col. Richard Henderson, for Kentucky, led by Daniel Boone March 17, 1776 ----- • ----- “And they marched away solemnly as if going to the ends of the . . . — — Map (db m223119) HM
Village of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680 – 1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John Lawson. ˝ mi. E. — — Map (db m223126) HM
Established as the Orange County seat in 1754 where the Great Indian Trading Path crossed the Eno River, Hillsborough appears much as it did in the 18th century. Known as the "capital of the back country," Hillsborough was the scene of many . . . — — Map (db m171933) HM
William Churton
FL. 1749 – D. 1767
English Surveyor - Cartographer
Laid Out Hillsborough, 1754
—————
Place by Exchange Club of
Hillsborough
1975 — — Map (db m223132) HM
One of the original precincts of Ancient Albemarle.
First Albemarle Assembly met at Halls Creek 1665.
George Fox established Quaker Church 1672.
Culpepper’s Rebellion began at Enfield 1677.
Charles Griffin opens first school in N.C., . . . — — Map (db m56795) HM
On Sept. 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh sold Batts tract 3˝ mi. S.E. from the mouth of the Pasquotank River to the "head of New Begin Creeke." — — Map (db m165282) HM
Built as a fuel station, 30 ft. long, RR ran from Wilmington to Weldon, longest in the world when completed in 1840. Gen. Robert E. Lee called the RR "the lifeline of the Confederacy". Wilmington fell in 1865 & the Depot became the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m226332) HM
Pender County formed in 1875. South Washington, now Watha, was designated the temporary County Seat. Pender citizens voted & chose Burgaw for the County Seat in 1877. The town was first named Cowan, then Stanford, & then. In 1879, by Act of the . . . — — Map (db m226329) HM
Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany lived, 1939-46, at agricultural colony founded in 1909 and revived by Alvin Johnson. Two mi. SW. — — Map (db m134334) HM
Leader in Tuscarora and S.C. Indian Wars. One of original Cape Fear settlers. Founded Brunswick, 1726. His plantation was 3 mi. SE. — — Map (db m226326) HM
Fortified Indian town & site of the Tuscarora conspiracy of Sept., 1711. Capitulated, 1712, after a 10-day siege by Col. John Barnwell. Site is 4 mi. N. — — Map (db m65288) HM
Author of "History of Carolina," explorer, and Surveyor-General, was executed Sept. 20, 1711, by Tuscarora Indians at Catechna. Site 4 mi. N. — — Map (db m65276) HM
In Honor of
Dr. Columbus Mills
Planter and Physician
"Father of Polk County"
After a ten-year effort to create a new county from parts of Henderson and Rutherford Counties, the
North Carolina General Assembly passed . . . — — Map (db m11236) HM
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87 by First English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.
South Carolina. Formed, 1712, from part of Carolina, which was chartered . . . — — Map (db m12251) HM
This was a crossroads called Pace's Gap, where drovers passed through
herding livestock to ports in South Carolina. But once the first train came
through on July 4, 1878, the area came to life and, by 1881, had been
chartered as the town of . . . — — Map (db m240919) HM
North Carolina. Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c.1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776.
South Carolina. Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered . . . — — Map (db m114030) HM
