Historical Markers and War Memorials in Huntersville, North Carolina
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Huntersville is in Mecklenburg County
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On Beatties Ford Road at Brown Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on Beatties Ford Road.
Cowan’s Ford, Catawba River where the Revolutionary Hero Gen’l. William Lee Davidson was killed in action Feb. 1, 1781 Born at Lancaster, Pa. 1746 -------•------- Davidson College Founded 1837 -------•------- Erected by Edward Lee Baxter . . . — — Map (db m63060) HM
On Beatties Ford Road north of Sample Road, on the right when traveling north.
To the memory of General William Lee Davidson of Mecklenburg County N.C. Born in 1746. Youngest son of George Davidson of Lancaster, PA. who moved to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, in 1750. Major 4th Reg. North Carolina Troops. Promoted . . . — — Map (db m63062) HM
On Beatties Ford Road at Sample Road, on the left when traveling north on Beatties Ford Road.
Historic home of James Latta (1755 – 1837). Last remaining Catawba River cotton plantation open to the public. Sample family home from 1853 – 1922. Sample sons fought at Gettysburg in General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. . . . — — Map (db m62995) HM
On Beaties Ford Road at Sample Road, on the right when traveling north on Beaties Ford Road.
Hopewell Presbyterian Church organized 1762 by Rev. Alexander McWhorter for the Synod of Philadelphia, Pa. First permanent Pastor Rev. Samuel C. Caldwell ( Second Marker : ) Hopewell Presbyterian Church has been placed on the National . . . — — Map (db m63388) HM
Near Duke Power Cowens Ford Drive, on the left when traveling north.
McGuire generates electricity just like Marshall Steam Station except that it uses special uranium pellets instead of coal as its fuel. Loaded into fuel assemblies inside McGuire’s two reactor vessels, the uranium atoms split – or fission . . . — — Map (db m63277) HM
Near Beatties Ford Road (State Road 2074) at Sample Road (State Road 2125), on the right when traveling north.
• John McKnitt Alexander* (1733-1817)
• Richard Barry* (1726-1801)
• William Graham* (1740-1818)
• Matthew McClure* (1725-1805)
• Brigadier General William Lee Davidson (1746-February 1, 1781, killed during the Battle of Cowan's Ford)
• . . . — — Map (db m237486) WM
Near Verhoeff Drive, 0.2 miles east of Statesville Road (U.S. 21), on the right when traveling east.
This baseball complex is named in the memory of Huntersville native James Hoyt Wilhelm.
Born: July 26, 1923, in Huntersville, North Carolina
Died: August 23, 2002 in Sarasota, Florida
Major League Baseball Career: 1952 to 1972
Elected . . . — — Map (db m235925) HM
Near McCoy Road (State Road 2120) 0.5 miles north of Overhill Road (State Road 2122), on the right when traveling north.
In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can a man do to me? The Lord is with me; he is my helper. – Psalm 118:5-7
On Beatties Ford Road at April Mist Trail, on the right when traveling north on Beatties Ford Road.
Tanner
Legislator
Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Co-founder of:
Hopewell Presbyterian Church
City of Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
N.C. Superior Court
He recovered General William . . . — — Map (db m63065) HM
On Beaties Ford Road north of Sample Road, on the right when traveling north.
The building before you dates back to 1833. It is the oldest, standing, continuously used worship facility in Mecklenburg County. It was the second bricked Presbyterian Church in rural North Carolina. As the third building on the site, it pre-dates . . . — — Map (db m63271) HM
On Tidal Court at Coastal Way, on the left when traveling west on Tidal Court.
The first sermon of Hopewell Presbyterian Church was preached by Rev. John Thomson at Richard Barry's home near here, circa 1760 — — Map (db m239581) HM
Near Beatties Ford Road at Sample Road, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing before the oldest continuously existing human institution in northern Mecklenburg County: Hopewell Presbyterian Church. There were seven churches in this southern region of North Carolina Piedmont before the Revolutionary War. . . . — — Map (db m63275) HM
Near Beatties Ford Road north of Sample Road, on the right when traveling north.
The door to your left was called the “servant entrance”. Actually it was the entrance and exit for slaves who were members of the church. Presbyterians rarely used the term “slave” preferring “servant”. The door . . . — — Map (db m63273) HM
On Tidal Court at Coastal Way, on the left when traveling west on Tidal Court.
The remains before you and the surrounding property originally belonged to Richard Barry (1726-1815). The Barry family probably settled here in the 1750's after spending a generation in Cecil County, Maryland. Richard was the first tanner in the . . . — — Map (db m239584) HM
