To satisfy the expanding education needs of Cooleemee and Jerusalem Township a new brick school was built here. It eventually comprised grades one through eleven. Its center stood 80 yards northwest.
Cooleemee High School was ready for occupancy . . . — — Map (db m181932) HM
From its inception, Cooleemee was planned as a modern turn-of-the-century town. Its center stood 130 yards north of here on Main Street.
While the cotton mill was the focus of most family's working life, Cooleemee's Old Square was the hub of . . . — — Map (db m240624) HM
On this corner lot stood Cooleemee's Old Wood School. It faced east on Watts Street and extended all the way to Duke Street.
Local school classes were held as early as 1899 in a mill house on Main Street. The foundation for this school was laid in . . . — — Map (db m181930) HM
Nestled in a grove of large shade trees, the Riverside Hotel stood 133 yards west of this spot at the end of Cross Street. The hotel overlooked the dam and the shoals of the South Yadkin River at Cooleemee.
The Riverside Hotel was one of the . . . — — Map (db m240619) HM
First U. S. Judge for District of N. C., 1790, captain in Revolution, state legislator, member of convention of 1789. His plantation was nearby. — — Map (db m181935) HM
We of Erwin Mills dedicate this in lasting memory of our fellow employees who lost their lives in World War II
William McKinley Champ Walter T. Greene George O. Jacobs Talmadge J. Kimmer Theo R. McDaniel Aaron E. Safriet Samuel G. . . . — — Map (db m256776) WM
Migrated to Rowan County (Now Davie) in 1781
CHILDREN: Ellen (Nellie) b. 1769; Walter b. 1772; Nicholas b. 1773; Basil, Jr. b. 1774; Gassaway b. 1780; Nathan b. 1788; Betsey b. 1790
CAPTAIN: Revolutionary War
JUSTICE: Rowan County Court of . . . — — Map (db m181937) HM
Daniel Boone
Hunter, Explorer Backwoodsman, Soldir Surveyor Roadbuilder Legislator, Magistrate
He lived and learned woodcraft in Davie County 1750-65
Squire and Sarah Boone
Parents of Daniel Boone
Pioneers of the Yadkin whose remains . . . — — Map (db m53211) HM
In 1753 Lord Granville granted 640 acres on Bear Creek to Squire Boone who sold it in 1759 to his son Daniel. This was a part of the original Boone tract. — — Map (db m53197) HM
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m53207) HM
front center
Dedicated in Honor of All Davie County Veterans and to the Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom
front left
Spanish American War (?)
World War I (18)
Vietnam (9)
front . . . — — Map (db m55909) HM
First United Methodist Church
Mocksville, North Carolina
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1896 — — Map (db m257007) HM
Employee and Town Supervisor
Volunteer. Fireman and Fire Chief.
His extensive knowledge, expertise, and resourcefulness - His dedication and compelling sense of duty ably served the citizens of Mocksville. — — Map (db m54052) HM
Author of The Impending Crisis,
a bitterly controversial book which denounced slavery; U.S. Consul at Buenos Aires, 1861-66. Born 150 yds. N. — — Map (db m53186) HM
In 1827 Joannah Smith bequeathed $600 so her Church could have a pastor. The unparalleled generosity of dedicated Presbyterians Joannah and husband James Smith, enabled Joppa Presbyterian Church, then located at this site, to call the Rev. William . . . — — Map (db m181940) HM
First president of the N.C.
Paraplegic Association, 1953.
"Outstanding handicapped
citizen of the year" in N.C.
in 1970.
Nationally known
leader in effort to improve
the life of the handicapped.
"She smoothed bumps in the road
for . . . — — Map (db m256917) HM
On 04 October 1750, Squire Boone received a Land Warrant and Survey for a 640-acre tract "lying...upon Grant's Creek, alias Lickon (Licking) Creek" in present Davie County. He received a grant for this 640 acres on the present Elisha and Dutchman . . . — — Map (db m53219) HM
The painted horses on the Mural represent the running of the horses as explained by Davie County native William Lester Richardson, 89.
During an interview with Jane McAllister in September, 2020, Richardson recalled how wild horses were . . . — — Map (db m256929) HM
This memorial erected to Nathaniel Brock/Sarah Eaton Brock
(left) Nathaniel Brock
Farmer, preacher, woodman, soldier under Col. Thomas Elliot 4th Va. Reg. He lived and learned theology in Davie County 1785-1818 . . . — — Map (db m256773) HM
Site of
Olive Branch
M.E. Church S. Founded 1804
Moved to Farmington 1881
The large stone at base was
the doorstep to the women's
entrance in original position — — Map (db m268219) HM
