Historical Markers and War Memorials in Pittsboro, North Carolina

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Pittsboro, North Carolina

1 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-72 — Abraham Rencher —

Congressman; Minister to Portugal; Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1857 - 1861; poet and essayist. Buried two blocks West. — — Map (db m33362) HM

2 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-10 — Captain Johnston Blakeley —

After many victories, War of 1812, was lost at sea with his sloop Wasp. Lived at "Rock-Rest" 3 miles east. — — Map (db m218158) HM

3 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-16 — Charles Manly —

Governor, 1849 - 51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N. — — Map (db m222536) HM

4 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-108 — George Moses Horton — ca. 1798 - 1883 —

Slave poet. His The Hope of Liberty (1829) was first book by a black author in South. Lived on farm 2 mi. SE. — — Map (db m222537) HM

5 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — Hall-London House — c. 1836 —

This property is under the protective covenants of the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Incorporated. — — Map (db m117239) HM

6 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-88 — Henry A. London — 1846 - 1918 —

Lawyer, state senator. Author of 1901 "London Libel Law." Editor of Chatham Record, 1878 - 1918. Home was here. — — Map (db m33397) HM

7 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-17 — James I. Waddell —

Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, “Shenandoah,” lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west. — — Map (db m117240) HM

8 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-12 — John Owen — 1787 - 1841 —

Governor, 1828 - 1830; state legislator; and Whig Party leader. His grave is 400 yards W. — — Map (db m33363) HM

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9 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — Law Office of Charles Manly — (1795-1871) — Governor of North Carolina, 1848-1850 —

Built 1846 on Hillsboro Street near Salsbury Street, moved to this location and renovated in 1969 by the Chatham County Historical Association, Inc. Gift of Henry and Laura Blair — — Map (db m117249) HM

10 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — Lynching in America / Lynching in Chatham County —

Lynching in America Thousands of Black people were victims of lynching in the United States between 1865 and 1950. After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for Black people and an ideology of white supremacy led to fatal . . . — — Map (db m233991) HM

11 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — Our Confederate Heroes — Reported permanently removed

Our Confederate Heroes C.S.A — 1861-1865 We care not whence they came. Dear in their lifeless clay, Whether unknown or known to fame, Their cause and country still the same, They died and wore the gray. This Monument is . . . — — Map (db m117052) WM

12 ► North Carolina, Chatham County, Pittsboro — H-15 — Tory Raid —

David Fanning and his Tories captured many Whig leaders here at Old Chatham Courthouse, July, 1781. — — Map (db m117065) HM

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