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

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 10, 2018

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1 ► North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, North Carolina Central University — Beulah C. Bowens Fuller —

In Loving Memory of Beulah C. Bowens Fuller 1918-1997 Wilson, North Carolina Class of 1940 North Carolina College for Negroes at Durham A graduate of Darden High School in Wilson, North Carolina and the first in her family to . . . — — Map (db m126198) HM

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2 ► Tennessee, Rutherford County, Murfreesboro — Rutherford County —

Rutherford County was established on October 25, 1803 from portions of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties. The county originally extended to Alabama on its southern boundary. The county was named for Revolutionary War General Griffith . . . — — Map (db m146773) HM WM

3 ► Tennessee, Wilson County, Lebanon, Fiddlers Grove Historic Village — 46 — Rice Cabin — Circa - 1796 —

John Rice moved from Caswell County, North Carolina and purchased 214 acres of land for $214.00 from Andrew Jackson in circa 1796. This cabin was built about that same year. The tax list revealed that John Rice Sr., John Rice Jr., Benjamin Dobson . . . — — Map (db m248935) HM

4 ► Virginia, Lynchburg, Tinbridge Hill — Virginia Theological Seminary and College —

Among the many prominent early graduates of this institution are three ministers, all from classes circa 1904, who are buried nearby within a few hundred feet of each other. Their pastorates, however, were in Baptist churches across the United . . . — — Map (db m156591) HM

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5 ► Tennessee, Wilson County, Lebanon — Neddy Jacobs Cabin —

Prior to 1780, the land that is now the Historic Lebanon Town Square was claimed by William Gosney. It was part of 640 acres surrounding the gushing spring, and here he built a cabin. After his death, the land was sold in 1793 by his heirs to . . . — — Map (db m83197) HM

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6 ► Tennessee, Wilson County, Lebanon, Fiddlers Grove Historic Village — 38 — Stewart Cabin —

William Brannon Barrow built this cabin in 1795. According to family records, the land was one of the last Land Grants issued from North Carolina prior to the Statehood of Tennessee in 1796. The cedar log cabin changed ownership many times and . . . — — Map (db m248679)

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7 ► North Carolina, Wilson County, Stantonsburg — F-31 — Peacock's Bridge —

Here Lt. Col. Tarleton's British dragoons and Colonel James Gorham's militia engaged in a skirmish, May, 1781. — — Map (db m222345) HM

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8 ► North Carolina, Edgecombe County, Tarboro — E-41 — W.D. Pender —

Confederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 blocks east. — — Map (db m44899) HM

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9 ► North Carolina, Wilson County, Wilson — F-34 — Gen. W. D. Pender —

Confederate Major-General. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg. His birthplace stood 1.4 miles north. — — Map (db m222334) 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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