On North 3rd Street (U.S. 74) at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North 3rd Street.
This building was
occupied by Lord
Charles Cornwallis,
Commander in Chief of
the British army,
in April, 1781.
In the basement was
a military prison.
New Hanover Historical Commission.
A.J. Howell. E.S. Martin
James . . . — — Map (db m276743) HM
On Old Bluff Church Road 1.2 miles west of Sisk Culbreth Road when traveling west.
Near this spot at Old Bluff Church is buried Colonel Alexander McAllister; Patriot and Revolutionary Hero; Colonel of Cumberland County Militia; Representative First Assembly in Newbern, December 1773; Representative Second Assembly in Newbern, . . . — — Map (db m31594) HM
On North 15th Street north of Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling north.
Prairie style house built for Myra Bell McCabe (1885-1916), native of Cumberland County, NC, stenographer; and husband, John Boyle McCabe (1877-1935), native of Sterling, IL, accountant, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Purchased in 1921 by William . . . — — Map (db m265657) HM
On North Railroad Street at Georgia Route 53, on the right when traveling north on North Railroad Street.
John Tate, born in Ireland in 1758, came to America in 1763. He volunteered for the Pennsylvania Militia in December 1776 from Shippensburg, Cumberland County, PA. He served as a private with Captain Robert Culbertson and later, at the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m315011) HM
On South 4th Street just south of Market Street (Business U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south.
Queen Anne style house built for Dr. Albert Marion Baldwin (1845-1934) dentist, and wife, Emma Mitchell (1845-1909). Remained in family until 1936. — — Map (db m226781) HM
On South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17) at Ann Street, on the right when traveling north on South 3rd Street.
Second Empire style house built for David Reid Murchison (1837-1882), native of Cumberland County, commission merchant, first president of the produce exchange; and wife, Lucy Wooster Wright (1850-1913). Donated in 1953 by daughter, Lucille . . . — — Map (db m264421) HM
Near Sparks Road just north of Milligan Highway (Tennessee Route 359), on the right when traveling north.
During the early years of European settlement in this valley, Mary McKeechan Patton (1751-1836) operated a gunpowder mill along Powder Branch not far to the south of this spot. Mary McKeechan was born in England and her family immigrated to . . . — — Map (db m183985) HM
On Person Street at Dunn Road, on the left when traveling west on Person Street.
(preface)
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush . . . — — Map (db m70380) HM
