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On West Market Street (Business U.S. 70) at South Front Street, on the left when traveling west on West Market Street.
Congressman, 1901-1934. Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F.D. Roosevelt. Grave is 200 yds. south. — — Map (db m70388) HM
On U.S. 301 north of Carroll Drive, on the right when traveling north.
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in . . . — — Map (db m222858) HM
On North 4th Street north of Caswell Street, on the right when traveling north.
Under the auspices of the American Missionary Association, an abolitionist organization based in New York. the federal Freedmen's Bureau built a two-room schoolhouse on this lot in 1868-1869. The building was also used by the Baptist church until it . . . — — Map (db m200452) HM
On South Front Street at East Johnston Street, on the left when traveling north on South Front Street.
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. . . . — — Map (db m217504) HM
On East Market Street (Business U.S. 70) at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on East Market Street.
(Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in . . . — — Map (db m222854) HM
On East Market Street (Business U.S. 70) at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on East Market Street.
In the early morning hours of April 12, 1865, two Union officers arrived here and delivered a telegram from General Ulysses S. Grant to General William T. Sherman, who was quartered in the Old Johnston County Courthouse, which stood on this site . . . — — Map (db m222852) HM
On South Brightleaf Boulevard (U.S. 301) at Brogden Road (North Carolina Highway 1007), on the right when traveling north on South Brightleaf Boulevard.
Enroute from Goldsboro to Raleigh, Sherman’s army camped 1 mile east and on April 12, 1865, celebrated the news of Lee’s surrender. — — Map (db m14628) HM
Near South Front Street south of East Market Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling south.
The Town of Smithfield was founded ten months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Its origins, however, date back to the 1750s with the arrival of John Smith, one of the area’s earliest settlers.
Neuse River Ferry . . . — — Map (db m70389) HM
On South Front Street north of East Johnston Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Town of Smithfield
was chartered April 23, 1777
The Bicentennial of the
founding was commemorated
with a series of events
during April, 1977. The
capsule herein contains
momentos of our time
We ask that this time
capsule be . . . — — Map (db m217510) HM
