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

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By Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012
Gates County Courthouse CWT Marker
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1 ► North Carolina, Gates County, Gatesville — Gates County Courthouse — Civil War Muster Ground
On Church Street at Court Street (North Carolina Highway 137), on the left when traveling south on Church Street. Reported missing.
The Gates County militia had its headquarters here in the 1836 Gates County Courthouse. When the war began, the Gates Guards were organized and were mustered into Confederate service here as Co. B, 1st North Carolina Infantry. Other Gates County . . . — — Map (db m251507) HM

2 ► North Carolina, Gates County, Gatesville — Reid's Grove School —
On Main Street (State Highway 37) 0.5 miles south of Alternate U.S. 158, on the left when traveling south.
Still on its original site, the Reid's Grove School educated African American students in the Gatesville area. Completed on November 5, 1927 and closed in 1951, it was one of seven schools in Gates County (and one of over 800 in North Carolina) . . . — — Map (db m79796) HM

3 ► North Carolina, Chowan County, Cannon Ferry — War on the Chowan River — Buffalo Country
On Cannon's Ferry Road 0.4 miles west of Dillard’s Mill Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island in February 1862, U.S. Navy vessels patrolled the Chowan River from its mouth in North Carolina to Franklin, Virginia, located on the Blackwater River, a tributary. The Chowan River . . . — — Map (db m231989) HM

4 ► North Carolina, Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City — Celebrating 100 years of Women's Right to Vote 1920-2020 —
On South Water Street north of Shepard Street, on the left when traveling north.
As we mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the women's right to vote, we honor our foremothers — the brave women suffragists around the United States who protested and picketed for their constitutional right to vote. The ratification of . . . — — Map (db m276339) HM
5 ► Virginia, Suffolk — Civil War Militia of Suffolk and Nansemond County —
Near Mahan Street east of North Main Street (Virginia Route 32).
1861 ~ 1865 More than 1,500 men and boys from Suffolk and Nansemond County left their homes and families in defense of constitutional liberty and states rights to face overwhelming odds. Many paid the ultimate price; all endured hardships and . . . — — Map (db m104106) HM WM
 
 
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026