In memory and honor of all those who served from Caswell County
Honor • Service • Valor • Sacrifice
Prisoners of War
World War II
Brandon, Dudley Wilson •
Byrd, Boyd Bryant •
Gregory, Paul Allen •
Grubbs, Joseph Elliott . . . — — Map (db m171924) WM
First president Greensboro College, 1846-47. Founder and master of the Somerville Female Institute, 1848-1892. Home stands 100 yds. N. — — Map (db m216374) HM
Woodside House, built in 1838 by Caleb Richmond, where General Ramseur recovered from wounds received in battles of Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville. Scene of his 28 October, 1863 marriage to his cousin Ellen Richmond. As Brigadier showed . . . — — Map (db m220879) HM
In 1850s on a farm in this area Abisha Slade perfected a process for curing yellow tobacco. His slave Stephen discovered process in 1839. — — Map (db m216370) HM
Caswell County, North Carolina, was established in 1777 and named for Richard Caswell, the state's first governor. It is located on the northern border of North Carolina adjoining Danville, Virginia.
Attractions
Caswell County Civic . . . — — Map (db m171900) HM
Archibald Johnson (A.J.) Rose was born in 1830 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Shortly after his birth, the family left North Carolina in a covered wagon for Missouri. At the age of 18, Rose traveled to California during the Gold Rush and found . . . — — Map (db m263536) HM
Sculptor's representation of Thomas Day, a free African American in Caswell County who created fashionable furniture and architectural elements before the Civil War.
In memory of Dellie Hardison Smith, dedicated leader of North Carolina arts . . . — — Map (db m214308) HM
Bradley was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, and settled in this
area in 1798. He served at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, and
the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, during the Revolutionary War, and in February 1812 . . . — — Map (db m149879) HM
John Rice moved from Caswell County, North Carolina and purchased 214 acres of land for $214.00 from Andrew Jackson in circa 1796. This cabin was built about that same year. The tax list revealed that John Rice Sr., John Rice Jr., Benjamin Dobson . . . — — Map (db m248935) HM
James Williams at Kings Mountain
James Williams was born in Virginia in 1740. He married Mary Wallace in 1762, and the couple had eight children. The Williams family moved south to Caswell County, N.C., then to present day Laurens County, . . . — — Map (db m266926) HM
In memory of
Millard Quentin Plumblee
1906 - 1987
Educator
Community Servant
Friend
Mr. Plumblee
Born December 26, 1906 in Greenville County, SC.
Graduated from University of North Carolina in 1931.
Became . . . — — Map (db m220869) HM
In Memory of
Henry Hitt Watkins
1866-1947
and
Maude Wakefield Watkins
1870-1963
This building was made possible through the generosity of Judge and Mrs. Watkins, the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and other dedicated friends . . . — — Map (db m19816) HM
Tobacco has been a major part of the economy of Virginia since the beginning of settlement. The variety of tobacco grown in Virginia, Nicotiana Rustica, has been traced back to use by the American Indians. As early as 1825, Abraham Reynolds began . . . — — Map (db m304988) HM
Here stands the furnace and ironmaster’s house of the Washington Iron Works, Franklin County’s first industry. Originally established in 1773 by Col. John Donelson, father-in-law of President Andrew Jackson, the iron plantation was acquired in 1779 . . . — — Map (db m65983) HM
Federal judge whose writs of habeas corpus, 1870, prevented arbitrary arrest of N.C. citizens during Reconstruction. Home was ¼ mile east. — — Map (db m2772) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
