Entries Containing All of the Phrases «cumberland county» AND «north carolina»

By Bernard Fisher, March 11, 2010

N 3rd St (facing south)

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1 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Charles Cornwallis —

This building was occupied by Lord Charles Cornwallis, Commander in Chief of the British army, in April, 1781. In the basement was a military prison. New Hanover Historical Commission. A.J. Howell. E.S. Martin James . . . — — Map (db m276743) HM

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2 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Wade — Colonel Alexander McAllister — Patriot and Revolutionary Hero —

Near this spot at Old Bluff Church is buried Colonel Alexander McAllister; Patriot and Revolutionary Hero; Colonel of Cumberland County Militia; Representative First Assembly in Newbern, December 1773; Representative Second Assembly in Newbern, . . . — — Map (db m31594) HM

3 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — McCabe-Bellamy House — 1916 —

Prairie style house built for Myra Bell McCabe (1885-1916), native of Cumberland County, NC, stenographer; and husband, John Boyle McCabe (1877-1935), native of Sterling, IL, accountant, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Purchased in 1921 by William . . . — — Map (db m265657) HM

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4 ► Georgia, Pickens County, Tate — John Tate — Private - PA — Revolutionary War Soldier —

John Tate, born in Ireland in 1758, came to America in 1763. He volunteered for the Pennsylvania Militia in December 1776 from Shippensburg, Cumberland County, PA. He served as a private with Captain Robert Culbertson and later, at the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m315011) HM

5 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Historic District — Baldwin House — c. 1895 —

Queen Anne style house built for Dr. Albert Marion Baldwin (1845-1934) dentist, and wife, Emma Mitchell (1845-1909). Remained in family until 1936. — — Map (db m226781) HM

6 ► North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, Historic District — David Reid Murchison House — 1873 —

Second Empire style house built for David Reid Murchison (1837-1882), native of Cumberland County, commission merchant, first president of the produce exchange; and wife, Lucy Wooster Wright (1850-1913). Donated in 1953 by daughter, Lucille . . . — — Map (db m264421) HM

7 ► Tennessee, Carter County, Elizabethton — Mary Patton's Powder Mill —

During the early years of European settlement in this valley, Mary McKeechan Patton (1751-1836) operated a gunpowder mill along Powder Branch not far to the south of this spot. Mary McKeechan was born in England and her family immigrated to . . . — — Map (db m183985) HM

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8 ► Georgia, Upson County, Thomaston — William Carraway —

Revolutionary Soldier William Carraway 1754 NC • 1834 GA — — Map (db m289762) WM

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9 ► State Historical Markers Numbering Plans

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10 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Cape Fear — Burning of Clarendon Bridge — Confederates Evacuate Fayetteville — Carolinas Campaign —

(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 Virginia to crush . . . — — Map (db m70380) HM

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11 ► North Carolina, Cumberland County, Godwin — I-1 — Old Bluff Church —

Presbyterian. Organized in 1758 by Rev. James Campbell. Present building erected about 1858. N.W. 1 mi. — — Map (db m211813) HM

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    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.