On this site stood one of the principal stations of the Cumberland Settlements. Felix Robertson, son of Col. James Robertson and the first white child born in the Settlement, was born here, Jan. 11, 1781. On Jan. 15 the fort was heavily attacked by . . . — — Map (db m4131) HM
On Tennessee Route 160, on the right when traveling north.
The homesite and grave of Revolutionary War officer, Colonel Robert McFarland, is located two miles north at Springvale. Born in 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina, he served in the Virginia Militia from 1776 to 1781. In 1783, McFarland moved . . . — — Map (db m80442) HM
On North 5th Street (U.S. 70) at South 5th Street (North Carolina Route 119), on the right when traveling east on North 5th Street.
Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His home stood nearby. — — Map (db m223043) HM
On Anthony Road at Old Trail, on the right when traveling east on Anthony Road.
Near this location, mounted Loyalists from Chatham and southern Orange counties led by Col. John Pyle, and on their way to join Gen. Cornwallis in Hillsborough, were defeated by units of Gen. Greene's American Army led by Col. Henry "Light Horse . . . — — Map (db m34718) HM
On North Carolina 62 (State Highway 62) west of Clapp Mill Road, on the left when traveling west.
The first battle of the Revolutionary War, was fought in Orange County, North Carolina May 16th, 1771. [ Right of Monument ] 1771 – 81 1901 James Hunter “General” of the Regulators. “The country is as much master now as ever.” . . . — — Map (db m222730) HM
On East Queen Street at North Churton Street (North Carolina Route 86), on the right when traveling east on East Queen Street.
This historic church has served as the home of Dickerson Chapel AME Church since 1867. But its story begins much earlier, in 1790, when it was built as the Orange County Courthouse, on a site two blocks to the south. At that time it was a plain wood . . . — — Map (db m284350) HM
On Northwest Broad Street (Tennessee Route 99) north of Memorial Boulevard ( Route 96), on the right when traveling south.
William Lytle was born in Hillsboro, Orange County N.C. He was the son of Robert Lytle (1729-1774) and Sarah Mebane Lytle. At the age 21, he entered the military as Lieutenant, 5th Regiment of North Carolina Continental Line on April 16, 1776. He . . . — — Map (db m146765) HM WM
On West Front Street near Second Street, on the right when traveling east.
A native of North Carolina, Hugh Ochiltree migrated to Texas in 1840. Settling first in Nacogdoches, he studied law in the office of his cousin William Beck Ochiltree, who became a prominent Justice and Texas statesman. In 1843 he moved to San . . . — — Map (db m116641) HM
On West King Street 0.1 miles west of South Churton Street (Business U.S. 70), on the left when traveling west.
Established as the Orange County seat in 1754 where the Great Indian Trading Path crossed the Eno River, Hillsborough appears much as it did in the 18th century. Known as the "capital of the back country," Hillsborough was the scene of many . . . — — Map (db m171933) HM
On Stony Hill Road at Hillsborough Road, on the right when traveling east on Stony Hill Road.
Born in Pennsylvania about 1736. Served in Virginia Provincial Forces against Indians. Vestryman of the Parish-Church Warden. Chairman County Court. Major Orange County Militia. Member North Carolina Assembly, 1760-1768. Instrumental in establishing . . . — — Map (db m286315) HM
On New Street just west of Middle Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Rev. John Knox Witherspoon, A.B., D.D., LL.D., — organizing minister of First Presbyterian Church, New Bern, on January 7, 1817. Born in 1791 at "Pembroke" Plantation on the Trent River, he was the grandson of the Rev. John Witherspoon, the . . . — — Map (db m224026) HM
On U.S. 70 near Efland-Cedar Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
United States Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851: Congressman; author: Jacksonian Democratic leader: was born, 1782, in this neighborhood. — — Map (db m223148) HM
On Church Street, on the right when traveling north.
First Baptist Church
Founded in 1823 as Edgefield Baptist Church, with Basil Manly, Sr., Pastor, Matthew Mims, Clerk, and Arthur Simkins, Moderator, this church led in the establishment here in 1826 of Furman Academy and Theological . . . — — Map (db m12671) HM
On West Tryon Street west of North Churton Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling west.
Site of First North Carolina Convention 1788
which refused to ratify the United States
Constitution; later ratified at Second
Convention 1789 in Fayetteville.
Placed by: Orange County Constitutional
Bicentennial Committee
July 23, . . . — — Map (db m139776) HM
On East Central Boulevard at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Central Boulevard.
Lynching of July Perry
November 3, 1920
On Election Day, November 3, 1920, black residents in the Ocoee area who owned land and businesses were eager to vote. Despite a terrorizing Ku Klux Klan march through the streets of . . . — — Map (db m137336) HM
Near North Princeville Cemetery Road 0.2 miles north of North Sumner Avenue.
This marker commemorates two Revolutionary War veterans, Phineas Bronson and John Montgomery, who lived and died in Princeville, Illinois.
Phineas Bronson was born in Enfield, Connecticut on Nov. 9, 1764. He served in the 3rd Company of the 2nd . . . — — Map (db m150577) WM
On Court Street north of East Margaret Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, white mobs lynched over 6,500 black people across the United states. After the Civil war, most white people continue to support racially hierarchy and refuse to accept emancipation and black . . . — — Map (db m281443) HM
Near State Highway 86, on the right when traveling south.
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 m13972) HM
On East Kennedy Boulevard at North College Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Kennedy Boulevard.
The Robert L. Hungerford Normal and Industrial School was founded in 1889 as the first school for African Americans in Central Florida. Modeled after, Tuskegee Institute, a school started by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama, the mission of . . . — — Map (db m196810) HM
On Pigeon Roost Road (Kentucky Route 1714) 1.4 miles north of Caney Fork Road (County Route 1114), on the left when traveling north.
Colorful frontiersman. An ancient
headstone at grave shows he was
born 1735, died 1855. Enlisted for
three short periods in Revolution
and fought Indians and Tories in
west Carolinas and east Tennessee.
Legend tells that he was captured
by . . . — — Map (db m146107) HM
Near West Tryon Street 0 miles west of North Churton Street (North Carolina Route 86).
A native of East Lothian, Scotland.
Settled in Orange County in 1774.
Member of Committee of Safety at Hillsboro 1775.
A proprietor of the Transylvania Land Company,
representing it before the Continental Congress
at Philadelphia in 1775.
An . . . — — Map (db m284345) HM
On Biggs Street at Roper Street, on the right on Biggs Street.
Front
William Graham Quackenbush
Orange County, North Carolina
December 12, 1849
March 9, 1903
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Back
Christian, Scholar, Philanthropist
Twenty One Years
Principal Laurinburg High School . . . — — Map (db m56316) HM
Near Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20) at Montpelier Road (County Route 693), on the right when traveling west.
Roundtrip: One mile of level woodland trails
An easy walk through a Confederate winter camp to the Gilmore Farm, home of freed Montpelier slave, George Gilmore and his wife, Polly.
Montpelier During the War
After Dolley Madison sold . . . — — Map (db m103579) HM
On North Churton Street at West Union Street, on the right when traveling south on North Churton Street.
The Reverend Robert Burwell, his wife Anna, and their two children moved from Virginia to Hillsborough in 1835. The Presbyterians, who hired him as their minister, provided the family with a house which was built around 1821 on the corner of Union . . . — — Map (db m232399) HM
Near Elizabeth Brady Road 0.3 miles north of Business U.S. 70, on the right when traveling north.
The Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail (HOST) is located on a site whose history dates to the 17th century, when the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation resided here along the banks of the Eno River.
In the late 1700s, James Hogg, an original . . . — — Map (db m232424) HM
Near North Churton Street (Business U.S. 70) at West Tryon Street, on the right when traveling south.
Session House
After the Revolutionary War, the Town of Hillsborough promised the church property to the first denomination to "call a minister". In 1816 John Knox Witherspoon, grandson of Dr. John Witherspoon (the only clergyman to sign the . . . — — Map (db m252049) HM
On State Highway 28 at Old Charleston Road (Local Road 38), on the left when traveling south on State Highway 28.
About four miles southeast is the site of the American Revolutionary Battle of Long Cane. On December 12, 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Allen and a British force of 400-500 men defeated Colonel Elijah Clarke and 100 Americans, an advanced . . . — — Map (db m241074) HM
On Lakeview Parkway near Shoosmith Road, on the left when traveling north.
During the first 18 months of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln chose not to act upon recommendations of Frederick Douglass, and others, to enlist Black men in the Union Army in the fight against the Confederacy. After the much-needed Union . . . — — Map (db m314862) HM
On Park Avenue at Victory Road, on the right when traveling south on Park Avenue.
History of the Air Base from 1942 to 1949
In March 1942, the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks contracted with Holmes & Narver Consulting Engineers of Los Angeles to design and engineer an LTA base that would accommodate the design for . . . — — Map (db m190132) HM
Nashville was founded as part of
the movement by British colonists
from North Carolina and Virginia
into the Cumberland Valley in the
mid to late 18th century. Richard
Henderson, a magistrate, judge,
and land speculator from
Granville County, . . . — — Map (db m207200) HM
On West Main Street near South Respess Street, on the right when traveling south.
Governor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator. His home was here. — — Map (db m65862) 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.
