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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Catawba County, North Carolina
Newton is the county seat for Catawba County
Adjacent to Catawba County, North Carolina
101 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-62 — Charles H. Mebane —  |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1897-1901; president of Catawba College, 1901-04; newspaper editor. Home 3 blocks E. — — Map (db m156744) HM | |||
| 102 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Civil War Raid Through Western North Carolina — |
| On a Civil War raid through Western North Carolina by Gen. George Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry troops commanded by Col. William J. Palmer passed through Newton on April 17, 1865, burned the Confederate Commissary depot and the county jail, and shot and . . . — — Map (db m152421) HM | |||
| 103 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-23 — Hoke Smith — |
| Secretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then located at this point. — — Map (db m156714) HM | |||
| 104 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Lutheran Church Tablet — |
| This tablet is dedicated to the Glory of God and the commemorate the unbroken record of the preaching of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ on or near this site since 1757 A.D. This church, known as Old St. Paul's Church, first known as "Dutch . . . — — Map (db m156757) HM | |||
| 105 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-68 — M.L. McCorkle — 1817-1899 — |
| Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here. — — Map (db m152420) HM | |||
| 106 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Old Court House Well — |
| Beneath this marker is the "Old Court House Well" Dug 1842 Sealed 1908 During those years it was the public water supply for Newton — — Map (db m156717) HM | |||
| 107 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — O-63 — Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church — |
| Organized before 1771 as a union church by German settlers. Present building erected ca. 1820. — — Map (db m156745) HM | |||
| 108 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Rutherford's March Tribute — |
| A tribute to Mathias Barringer, Lipsicom Adam, - Grundt, - Haas, - Wilson, and another, who were massacred on John's River in Gen. Rutherford's "forced march" against the Cherokees in 1776, and to Philip Fry who alone escaped, and to Conrad Tippong, . . . — — Map (db m156715) HM WM | |||
| 109 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton — Wilson Warlick — 1892-1978 — |
| Judge of United States District Court, 1949-1978, NC Superior Court Judge, 1931-1949, first chairman of NC Probation Commission and WWI veteran. Home stands 100 yards east. — — Map (db m240664) HM | |||
| 110 ► North Carolina, Catawba County, Newton, Startown — Startown School — |
| Founded 1904. First graded school in what is now City of Newton. From 1914 to 1931 was site of Startown Farm Life School, an innovative state-supported high school integrating agriculture and home economics in curriculum. Continues as an . . . — — Map (db m240666) HM | |||
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