Aviation pioneer; first woman to parachute from an airplane, 1913. Demonstrated use of parachutes to Army, 1914. Grave 200 yds N. — — Map (db m221984) HM
Born: September 28, 1938, Henderson, NC
Died: April 30, 2015, Hackensack, NJ
Ben E. King left North Carolina with his family for Harlem in 1947 and started work in his father's restaurants as a teenager. His remarkable ability to sing . . . — — Map (db m250914) HM
This tablet placed in memory of
Leonard Henderson
Chief Justice of North Carolina
For whom the city of
Henderson was named
1772-1833 — — Map (db m275521) HM
For God and Country
2003 * 2011
Iraq War
In memory of those who gave their lives in defense of freedom
Vance County, NC
Brown, Lunsford B. II Spc. Army Sept. 2003 — — Map (db m275586) WM
For God and Country
1950 * 1955
Korean War
In memory of those who gave their lives in defense of freedom
Vance County, NC
Gentile, Charles M. Pvt Army 6 Sept 1952
Hardin, Uncas B. PFC Army 18 May 1951
Hefner, Ivan F. Cpl . . . — — Map (db m275589) WM
For God and Country
1961 * 1975
Vietnam War
In memory of those who gave their lives in defense of freedom
Vance County, NC
Adcox, Ronnie S. LCpl Marines 3 Mar 1967
Brame, Clarence R. PFC Army 21 May 1966
Carriker, Grady I. . . . — — Map (db m275588) WM
For God and Country
1941 * 1945
In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
Vance County, NC
Abbott, O. A. •
Allgood, Clarence •
Averette, Huston H. •
Ayscue, Bennie •
Ayscue, Perry W. •
Baker, John David . . . — — Map (db m275592) WM
Resolution passed in 1885 by North Carolina Conference of African Methodist Episcopal Church for establishment of Normal and Industrial School to educate high school students. First session began in 1886. School chartered in 1887 by North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m221999) HM
Fifty-four Confederate soldiers from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are buried here. They died at General Hospital Number One, Kittrell Springs in the former Kittrell Springs Hotel owned by Maj. Charles C. Blacknall and his . . . — — Map (db m222000) HM
Noted winter health resort patronized by Northern hunters and tuberculosis patients. Opened 1871; burned 1893. Site is ½ mi. W. — — Map (db m222003) HM
Pioneer German explorer traveled into Piedmont 1670 with Indian guide. Recorded observations of landscape & inhabitants. Entered colony nearby. — — Map (db m221989) HM
Document issued June 6, 1765, protesting abuses by local officials. Later spurred the Regulator movement. Author, George Sims, lived nearby. — — Map (db m221991) HM
Eighteenth century town, named for John Williams, judge, state legislator, congressman, who lived nearby. Old St. John's Church is here. — — Map (db m221987) HM
