Historical Markers and War Memorials in Huntersville, North Carolina
Charlotte is the county seat for Mecklenburg County
Huntersville is in Mecklenburg County
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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
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
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
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
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
• 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
