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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wilson County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Wilson County, North Carolina
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On State Highway 42 at Town Creek Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 42. |
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Confederate Major-
General. Mortally
wounded at Gettysburg.
His birthplace
stood 1.4 miles north. — — Map (db m64760) HM |
| On Nash Street 0.1 miles south of Park Ave W, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1872 founded Branch
and Hadley, with Thomas
Hadley. Later BB & T.
Promoter of cotton
railroads and education.
Second home stood here. — — Map (db m130594) HM |
| | Founded in 1902 by the Christian Church of N.C. as Atlantic Christian College. Renamed 1990 for a church foumder, Barton W. Stone. — — Map (db m28655) HM |
| On Vance Street NE at Rountree Street NE on Vance Street NE. |
| | Educational reformer, historian and author. Secty. of Child Labor Committee, 1904-1916. Home was ½ blk. west. — — Map (db m28661) HM |
| On Nash Street east (State Highway 58), on the right when traveling north. |
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Dedicated To All The Men And
Women In All Wars
Combat Wounded Veterans
My stone is red for
the blood they shed.
The medal I bear
is my country's way
to show they care.
If I could be seen
by all mankind
maybe peace will . . . — — Map (db m66572) WM |
| On Nash Street North (State Highway 58) 0.1 miles south of Connor Street North, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Journalist. Publisher of Wilson Daily Times, 1956-1983. First woman to lead the N.C. Press Assoc. Lived here. — — Map (db m130596) HM |
| On Nash Street East (State Highway 58). |
| | First Alcoholic Beverage Control store in N.C. opened here, July 2, 1935, ending Prohibition, state law since 1909. — — Map (db m28552) HM |
| On East Nash Street (State Highway 58) near Pine Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Manufacturer of farm
& delivery wagons; est.
1903. Peak production
was 15,000 per year.
Factory was 1/4 mi. NE. — — Map (db m65233) HM |
| On Nash Street (State Highway 58), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Justice of N.C. Supreme Court; Federal District Judge; state legislator. Grave is 3.5 mi. west. — — Map (db m66067) HM |
| On Nash Street North (State Highway 58) 0.1 miles north of Jackson Street West, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Lawyer, Educator, Banker, Mayor. Arrived in Wilson in 1881. An organizer of N.C. Banker’s Association. An original director of the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond. President of Wilson Trust and Savings Bank. A founder of Kinsey Female Seminary in . . . — — Map (db m130602) HM |
| On Tarboro Street Northeast east of Nash Street Northeast (State Highway 58), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Secretary of the U.S. Navy 1913-1923; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico; editor; author; Childhood home stood here, beside the Post Office. — — Map (db m130601) HM |
| On Herring Avenue / Goldsboro Street East near Gold Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Confederate. Headed
by Dr. S. S. Satchwell in
building of the Wilson
Female Seminary, which
was chartered in 1859.
Stood 1½ blocks S.E. — — Map (db m66674) HM |
| On Pender Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling south on Pender Street. |
| | U.S. minister to Liberia, 1898-1902; born into slavery. Pastor, St. John A.M.E. Zion Church in Wilson. Lived 1/10 mi. N. — — Map (db m67579) HM |
| On Vance Street NE at Maplewood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Vance Street NE. |
| | Primitive Baptist leader & for 50 years editor of Zion's Landmark. Office & home was ½ blk. NE. — — Map (db m67585) HM |
| | First Archivist of the U.S., 1934-41. Secretary of the N.C. Historical Commission, historian, author, and teacher. His birthplace stood here. — — Map (db m28550) HM |
| On Goldsboro Street East west of Nash Street North (State Highway 58), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded in 1896 by John D. Gold, who learned the newspaper business from his father, P.D. Gold, publisher of Zion’s Landmark. Published at this location from 1896 to 1983. — — Map (db m130592) HM |
| On State Highway 42, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Baptist. Founded 1756.
Was moved 3 1/2 miles west
in 1803. Early church
site and graveyard are
350 yards south. — — Map (db m67580) HM |
| On Nash Street East (State Highway 58) near Goldsboro Street East. |
| | To The
Valor
Of Wilson County
Soldiers — — Map (db m68787) WM |
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