Known as America's Favorite Family of Gospel Music, The Hoppers have traveled the world performing
Christian Music and sharing God's matchless love.
☆ Claude Connie ☆
☆ Will Dean ☆
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Eden Family YMCA Hall of Famer, outstanding player, organizer, supporter and friend of tennis, not only at the Eden Family YMCA, but throughout Rockingham County and North Carolina. Local and county tennis has made tremendous progress under Jesse . . . — — Map (db m308956) HM
The Charter for Reidsville — an Act to Incorporate the Town of Reidsville in Rockingham County — was ratified by the North Carolina General Assembly on the twenty-second day of December in 1873. On the seventh day of January, 2023, Team . . . — — Map (db m251395) HM
Early female commercial pilot. Joined the British Air Transport Auxiliary during WWII. Died in plane crash, 1943. Her grave is 75 yards NE. — — Map (db m219612) HM
The mural of the river boatmen is a tribute to the men who were responsible for the economic development of the vast interior region along the Dan River. The most prominent figures in the mural, the African American boatmen in the foreground, . . . — — Map (db m251215) HM
Alfred M. Scales was born on November 26, 1827, in eastern Rockingham County. After attending Caldwell Institute in Greensboro and the University of North Carolina, he read law under Judge William H. Battle, then settled in Madison and opened his . . . — — Map (db m62981) HM
Wentworth Methodist Church was organized in 1836, and the present sanctuary was constructed in 1859. It contains a slave gallery and is the last antebellum Methodist church building in Rockingham County. It was listed on the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m63042) HM
Abundant water and fertile land in this area south of the Tennessee River attracted pioneer settlement in the early 1800s. The community established here by three Virginia-born brothers, Hopkins, John, and Theophilus Lacy, took on their name and . . . — — Map (db m27611) HM
Governor, 1851-54, U.S. Senator, Congressman, member of peace conference, 1861, and of state conventions, 1861, 1875. Home stands 2 blocks E. — — Map (db m211442) HM
Was first female chief justice of N.C. Supreme Court, elected in 1974. First female superior court judge & associate justice. Lived 3 blks. W. — — Map (db m246664) HM
James and Sophia Clemens’ lives are part of a story of tens of thousands of people of color who migrated north in search of land to farm and better lives during the first half of the 19th century. In 1818, James Clemens (1781-1870) purchased 387 . . . — — Map (db m168860) HM
Also called Rockingham Springs. Council of State met here, 1790. Owned by John Lenox, Archibald D. Murphey, & Thomas Ruffin. Famous health resort. — — Map (db m214867) HM
The Woodbine Cemetery Company, Incorporated March 19, 1850 1877 These gates are erected in memory of the officers and members of the Woodbine Society, who gave generously of their time and means to beautify this cemetery, where they now rest from . . . — — Map (db m16486) HM
In its edition of August 27, 1851, the Plymouth Villager made a backhanded confirmation of the presence of abolitionists in Washington County, North Carolina. "A coat of tar and feathers is in waiting for the gentleman who will come about . . . — — Map (db m276306) HM
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