On State Highway 903 0.2 miles east of Edwards Bridge Road (County Route 1004), on the left when traveling east.
(preface)
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided . . . — — Map (db m76875) HM
On West Avenue near Third Street (North Carolina Highway 102), on the left when traveling south.
Two church-affiliated schools were
once located in Ayden. Carolina
Christian College, founded by Disciples
of Christ and a predecessor of
Barton College in Wilson, operated
4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903.
Free Will Baptists in . . . — — Map (db m65887) HM
On Ayden Golf Club Road north of Hines Drive Extension, on the left when traveling north.
A hero of the fight for Fort Fisher is buried here in the churchyard. Pvt. Christopher C. “Kit” Bland, Battery K, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, was serving at the fort, the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” when Federal forces . . . — — Map (db m70453) HM
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