This trail passes through the actual deployment of the American third line, contradicting the location of the Regulars’ Monument near Stop 7. Recent research and study may reveal more accurately where the battle action fit the terrain. Before . . . — — Map (db m219618) HM
An informal secret network of blacks and whites provided food, clothing, shelter, and guidance for fugitive slaves. “Passengers,” often guided by “conductors,” traveled along routes that included “stations” or safe places. A station located in the . . . — — Map (db m221873) HM
In patriotic commemoration of the visit of George Washington on his tour of the Southern states 1791 Marked by the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution 1925 — — Map (db m218340) HM
Site of a skirmish between American forces under Col. O.H. Williams and British troops under Col. James Webster, Mar. 6, 1781, is 6 mi. E. — — Map (db m216365) HM
William Hooper Signer of the Declaration of Independence Placed by Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Inc. — — Map (db m81686) HM
Buffalo Soldier & officer. In 1890 awarded Medal of Honor. His long career exemplified struggles of black soldiers of the era. House stood here. — — Map (db m219785) HM
In memory of the North Carolina Troops under Major Joseph Winston who were fighting the Hessians and Tarleton’s Cavalry near this spot after the Continental Line had retreated from the field of battle March the 15th, 1781. [ Right Side of Monument: . . . — — Map (db m35265) HM
Mrs. Keren Happuch Turner
mother of Elizabeth
the wife of Joseph
Morehead of N.C., and
grandmother of Captain
James and of John Morehead,
a young N.C. soldier under
Greene, rode horse-back from
her Maryland home and at
Guilford . . . — — Map (db m219356) HM
In 1888, David Schenck, searching for battlefield artifacts, found the upturned bones of three unidentified soldiers on a farm north of the park. From buttons found in the grave, supposedly marked “USA,” Schenck concluded that the deceased were . . . — — Map (db m221874) HM
Of the Second Bat- alion of the Queens Guards, was killed at this spot by Captain John Smith of the First Maryland Regiment. [ Left Side of Monument: ] Col. Stuart’s sword was unburied here in 1866. [ Right Side of Monument: ] Erected by . . . — — Map (db m221876) HM
According to the Guilford Battle Ground Company, the British Guards emerged from the woods, crossed this open field, and clashed on the right with the American third line. In the 1880s this version of the battle seemed to agree with the historical . . . — — Map (db m11595) HM
Maryland’s tribute to her heroic dead. ----------- Erected by members of the Maryland Historical Society in memory of the soldiers of the Maryland Line. 1781-1892 ---------- Non Omnis Moriar — — Map (db m34991) HM
To Peter FranciscoA giant in stature, might and courage – who slew in this engagement eleven of the enemy with his own broad sword rendering himself thereby perhaps the most famous private soldier of the Revolutionary War. [ Reverse Side: . . . — — Map (db m34889) HM
As a British soldier, you are far more disciplined and experienced in battle than the rag-tag militia. Here at Guilford Courthouse your troops are outnumbered by more than two to one, but hunger and exhaustion seem greater enemies. This is . . . — — Map (db m11582) HM
Originally located in eastern Guilford County this one-and-a-half story structure was the home of Christian and Mary Isley. Like other German families, the Isleys migrated to North Carolina from Pennsylvania. In 1788 they purchased approximately . . . — — Map (db m54098) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Dr. David P. Weir House
1846 — — Map (db m234105) HM
Originally located in northwest Guilford County, this two-story log house was the home of Francis and Mary Boyd McNairy. Like other Scots-Irish families, the McNairys migrated to North Carolina from Pennsylvania. In 1762, they purchased 640 acres of . . . — — Map (db m54097) HM
[ Right of Monument: ] “ . . . in the very name Greene are remembered all the virtues and talents which can illustrate the patriot, the statesman, and the military leader.” Marquis de Lafayette [ Left of Monument: ] “I . . . — — Map (db m34179) HM
“It is obvious that to treat people equally is the right thing to do.”
“Women breathed the same air, got the same education; It was ridiculous, spending so much energy and elocution on something that was rightfully . . . — — Map (db m234032) HM
1879-1971. Suffrage leader &
president, Equal Suffrage Assn.
of NC, 1919-1920. Led final
meeting here 1920 to found
NC League of Women Voters. — — Map (db m234033) HM
Henry Ell Frye, attorney, legislator, businessman and judge, has played a major role in local and state history since 1968 when he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. The first African—American member of the General . . . — — Map (db m99399) HM
On April 18, 1942, 16 land-based Army B-25 Mitchell bombers led by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle took off from the Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet to attack Japan. This historic mission was the first offensive action Of World War II against . . . — — Map (db m99838) HM WM
William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, better known by his pen name O Henry, gained fame as a gifted short story writer. O Henry's parents, Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter, his grandparents, Sidney and Ruth Worth Porter, . . . — — Map (db m54078) HM
(side 1)
Original Methodist Church
1831
Here in 1830-31, 64 Methodists led by Peter Doub built the first church in Greensboro. Moving to a second church on West Market Street in 1851, the congregation relocated a third and final . . . — — Map (db m35093) HM
On this site, members of the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro built their first house of worship in 1832, and on the adjacent land citizens of Greensboro erected the first graded public school in North Carolina in 1875. These grounds and the . . . — — Map (db m54095) HM
Benjamin Benson, a free African-American who lived in Deleware, was kidnapped and sold as a slave to John Thompson of Greensboro. In 1817 Benson filed a suit against Thompson in Guüford County Superior Court to reclaim his freedom. His case was . . . — — Map (db m207980) HM
The Underground Railroad was a system of trustworthy people and marked routes used by African—Americans to escape from slavery. Thousands of men, women and children guided by "conductors" traveled on foot or in special vehicles along this . . . — — Map (db m99400) HM
Summit Avenue Historic District
National Register
of Historic Places
Boaz House 1900
Charles B. Aycock
Historic Neighborhood Association — — Map (db m234111) HM
Summit Avenue Historic District
National Register
of Historic Places
Boaz-Jennings House 1905
Charles B. Aycock
Historic Neighborhood Association — — Map (db m234109) HM
Summit Avenue Historic District
National Register
of Historic Places
Campbell House 1904
Charles B. Aycock
Historic Neighborhood Association — — Map (db m234110) HM
Summit Avenue Historic District
National Register
of Historic Places
Turner House 1914
Charles B. Aycock
Historic Neighborhood Association — — Map (db m234108) HM
Summit Avenue Historic District
National Register
of Historic Places
William C. Beasley House c.1904
Charles B. Aycock
Historic Neighborhood Association — — Map (db m234107) HM
Educator, minister, & physician. Operated famous "Caldwell Log College" near here from 1767 till 1824. Home site of Dr. David and Rachel Caldwell 100 yards West, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Edward Benjamin to North Carolina Society for The Preservation of . . . — — Map (db m99799) HM
Preacher, teacher, physician, patriot, statesman. On this land, date of deed 1765, one-half mile north of this marker, is the site of his home place and famous "log college" opened 1767.
This tablet erected by the North Carolina Society of . . . — — Map (db m99803) HM
>Rachel, wife of David Caldwell and daughter of Alexander Craighead, is noted in history as one of the heroic women of the American Revolution. She is especially cited for bravery on this land, her home place, where the British encamped, and . . . — — Map (db m99800) HM
Representative of the young men who attended the David Caldwell Academy located on this land during 1770 to 1811. Inspired by this diligent educator, their leadership was influential in the development of Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m99812) HM
240-acre oasis of biodiversity. Land
of Saura and Keyawee peoples, settled
by European American Friends
(Quakers) in the 1700s. Site of
encampment of British and American
troops in the Revolutionary War.
Refuge for enslaved Africans . . . — — Map (db m234034) HM
Greensboro's oldest known
African American cemetery
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1993 — — Map (db m234102) HM
