Entries Containing All of the Phrases «robeson county» AND «north carolina»

By David Seibert, January 28, 2013

Croatan Indian Community Marker

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1 ► Georgia, Bulloch County, Adabelle — 16-1 — Croatan Indian Community —

In 1870 a group of Croatan Indians migrated from their homes in Robeson County North Carolina, following the turpentine industry to southeast Georgia. Eventually many of the Croatans became tenant farmers for the Adabelle Trading Company, growing . . . — — Map (db m14156) HM

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2 ► North Carolina, Robeson County, Lumberton — I-39 — Angus W. McLean —

Governor, 1925–1929, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1920–1921. Home is 1 mile south, grave 100 yards N.W. — — Map (db m102258) HM

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3 ► North Carolina, Robeson County, Lumberton — I-38 — John Willis —

Founder of Lumberton, captain in Revolution, later brigadier general; member of legislature, conventions of 1788, ’89. Plantation was here. — — Map (db m102264) HM

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4 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Historic District — The Bellamy Mansion & Slave Quarters —

Antebellum Origins The Bellamy compound was built by a combination of free black and enslaved laborers between 1859 and 1861 under the direction of northern-born architect, James F. Post and draftsman Rufus Bunnell. It was the town home of Dr. . . . — — Map (db m263032) HM

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5 ► North Carolina, Robeson County, Maxton — I-93 — “Battle of Hayes Pond” —

The Lumbee and other American Indians ousted the Ku Klux Klan from Maxton, Jan. 18, 1958, at rally ½ mile west. — — Map (db m269237) HM

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6 ► North Carolina, Bladen County, Tar Heel — I-37 — Thomas Robeson —

Colonel in Revolution, member of provincial congresses and state senator. Robeson County is named for him. His home stood ½ mile N.E. — — Map (db m222331) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

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