To satisfy the expanding education needs of Cooleemee and Jerusalem Township a new brick school was built here. It eventually comprised grades one through eleven. Its center stood 80 yards northwest.
Cooleemee High School was ready for occupancy . . . — — Map (db m181932) HM
On this corner lot stood Cooleemee's Old Wood School. It faced east on Watts Street and extended all the way to Duke Street.
Local school classes were held as early as 1899 in a mill house on Main Street. The foundation for this school was laid in . . . — — Map (db m181930) HM
First U. S. Judge for District of N. C., 1790, captain in Revolution, state legislator, member of convention of 1789. His plantation was nearby. — — Map (db m181935) HM
BORN 1751, MARYLAND
WIFE: Margaret Watkins
Migrated to Rowan County (Now Davie) in 1781
CHILDREN: Ellen (Nellie) b. 1769; Walter b. 1772; Nicholas b. 1773; Basil, Jr. b. 1774; Gassaway b. 1780; Nathan b. 1788; Betsey b. 1790
CAPTAIN: . . . — — Map (db m181937) HM
Daniel Boone
Hunter, Explorer Backwoodsman, Soldir Surveyor Roadbuilder Legislator, Magistrate
He lived and learned woodcraft in Davie County 1750-65
Squire and Sarah Boone
Parents of Daniel Boone
Pioneers of the Yadkin whose remains . . . — — Map (db m53211) HM
In 1753 Lord Granville granted 640 acres on Bear Creek to Squire Boone who sold it in 1759 to his son Daniel. This was a part of the original Boone tract. — — Map (db m53197) HM
(Preface):
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m53207) HM
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Dedicated in Honor of All Davie County Veterans and to the Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom
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Spanish American War (?)
World War I (18)
Vietnam (9)
front . . . — — Map (db m55909) HM
Employee and Town Supervisor
Volunteer. Fireman and Fire Chief.
His extensive knowledge, expertise, and resourcefulness - His dedication and compelling sense of duty ably served the citizens of Mocksville. — — Map (db m54052) HM
Author of The Impending Crisis,
a bitterly controversial book which denounced slavery; U.S. Consul at Buenos Aires, 1861-66. Born 150 yds. N. — — Map (db m53186) HM
In 1827 Joannah Smith bequeathed $600 so her Church could have a pastor. The unparalleled generosity of dedicated Presbyterians Joannah and husband James Smith, enabled Joppa Presbyterian Church, then located at this site, to call the Rev. William . . . — — Map (db m181940) HM
On 04 October 1750, Squire Boone received a Land Warrant and Survey for a 640-acre tract "lying...upon Grant's Creek, alias Lickon (Licking) Creek" in present Davie County. He received a grant for this 640 acres on the present Elisha and Dutchman . . . — — Map (db m53219) HM
