Near Duncan Road (Virginia Route 670), on the left when traveling south.
1st Lieutenant Octavius Augustus Wiggins Company E, 37th North Carolina Infantry, Lane’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, Third Corps Resident: Halifax County, North Carolina Enlisted: June 1862 Wiggins was wounded near here during the Breakthrough . . . — — Map (db m15326) HM
Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, William Wright Morris moved with his family to Coosa County, Alabama, in 1840. He taught school, studied law, and was elected judge. In 1847 he brought his mother, widowed sister Martha (Morris) Spivey, her . . . — — Map (db m266766) HM
On Mhoontown Road 1.1 miles east of North Pike, on the right when traveling north.
Chickasaw Indian removal began in July 1837. This removal allowed white settlers to establish residence in Colbert County. One example of this is the Mhoon family who migrated from Halifax County, North Carolina in June 1837. They built their . . . — — Map (db m244515) HM
On North McDaniel Street (U.S. 301) at East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on North McDaniel Street.
Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator. Home was four blocks, grave is ½ mile, west. — — Map (db m221529) HM
On Fishing Club Road 0.1 miles east of King Street, on the left when traveling east.
Constructed around 1808 for a Halifax County planter named Lewis Bond, this house was originally located near Scotland Neck. In 1834, William “Billy” Ruffin Smith Sr. and his wife Sarah, or “Sally” bought it. Smith, a county court justice, died in . . . — — Map (db m222083) HM
On NC-4 0.5 miles north of Spruills Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Champion of liberalism. Member, State Supreme Court, 1889-1924; Chief Justice, 1902-24. Editor, State Records of N.C. Home, "Airlie," was here. — — Map (db m221077) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 258) north of East 12th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born September 1st, 1862. Publisher of the first and only black newspaper in Scotland Neck called: The News Reporter from 1919 to 1925.
Secretary of the Halifax County Emancipation Association; one of the founders of the North Carolina State . . . — — Map (db m227066) HM
Near Wren Street at Broad Street (Business U.S. 501).
You are looking toward a site of American Patriot General Nathanael Greene’s strategic “Retreat to the Dan” which occurred on February 14, 1781. This retreat foiled British General Cornwallis’s southern strategy and was a turning point in the . . . — — Map (db m30951) HM
Near here is the site where John Crowell lived, died, and is interred. Colonel Crowell was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, on September 18, 1780; moved to Alabama in 1815, having been appointed as Agent of the United States to the . . . — — Map (db m26116) HM
On Saint Andrews Street at King Street, on the left when traveling west on Saint Andrews Street.
A 1769 map of Halifax shows a large building on this site. This lot, along with three surrounding ones, belonged to Joseph Montfort, a man of high standing in 18th-century North Carolina. He served as Clerk of Court for Edgecomb and Halifax . . . — — Map (db m222094) HM
On King Street north of Fishing Club Road, on the left when traveling north.
Eighteenth-century towns were important gatherinsg spaces for people from various backgrounds. Halifax, on the south bank of the Roanoke River and at the intersection of major roads, became a major trade center and port during this period. . . . — — Map (db m207804) HM
On Magnolia Extension (State Highway 11) at Mallard Street (State Highway 50), on the left when traveling south on Magnolia Extension.
In April 1861, Louis Froelich, a Bavarian immigrant, began manufacturing uniform buttons in Wilmington for North Carolina soldiers. With Hungarian partner Col. Bela Estvan, Froelich operated his first arms factory for the Confederacy from November . . . — — Map (db m77289) HM
On Rockfish Drive at U.S. 158/301, on the right when traveling west on Rockfish Drive.
The Weldon terminus of the Roanoke Navigation Canal was the site of the first industrial complex in Halifax County. Located between the boat basin and the river, the site utilized the canal’s constant and regulated flow to power a variety of . . . — — Map (db m222112) HM
On North Carolina Route 125 0.7 miles south of Weatherbee Road, on the left when traveling south.
Brigadier general in the Revolutionary War, member of Provincial Congresses. Died, 1781, as British prisoner of war. Home was 60 yds. E. — — Map (db m221773) HM
On North Broad Street (Virginia Route 62) at River Bend Road ( Route 1527), on the left when traveling west on North Broad Street.
Pittsylvania County. Area 1,015 square miles. Formed in 1766 from Halifax and named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, British statesman. This is the largest county in Virginia. The home of Claude A. Swanson, Governor of . . . — — Map (db m300118) HM
On U.S. 231 0.2 miles north of State Route 36, on the right when traveling north.
Abundant water and fertile land in this area south of the Tennessee River attracted pioneer settlement in the early 1800s. The community established here by three Virginia-born brothers, Hopkins, John, and Theophilus Lacy, took on their name and . . . — — Map (db m27611) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
