On Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
Lieutenant Robert Hoyle Upchurch was born in the rural community of High Falls, North Carolina on August 23, 1923, where he grew up in a large, close family. The second youngest of eleven children, he was known by his family as “Hoyle”. After . . . — — Map (db m104351) HM
On McReynolds Street (State Highway 24) south of Pinecrest Street, on the right when traveling south.
Thomas B. Tyson & W.T. Jones's factory produced horse-drawn vehicles sold across South. 1850s to 1920s. At peak made 3000 per year. Stood here. — — Map (db m88659) HM
On Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
Sen. Harris Blake and Dr. Lian Xie have worked tirelessly since 2006 to maintain good will between the U.S. and Hunan Provence, China. Both countries fought together to defeat Japan in WWII. 60 years after the war, a relationship was renewed when a . . . — — Map (db m104353) HM WM
On Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
-Translation-
To the American Sergeant Pilot Aviator
James McConnell
Voluntary Enlisted Man in the
French Aviation on December 27th, 1915
Killed in Action on
March 19th, 1917 in Aerial Combat
The country of France will forever be . . . — — Map (db m104348) HM WM
On Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
In January 1915 James Roger McConnell left Carthage, N.C. For N.Y. And sailed to France. He volunteered in the American Ambulance Service as an ambulance driver. He was awarded the much coveted Croix de Guerre for Bravery Under Fire. He later joined . . . — — Map (db m104350) HM WM
On Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
23rd Fighter Group, 74th Squadron
US Army Air Corps
MIA/KIA Oct. 6th, 1944
A Member of the Famous Flying Tigers
Home at Last, April 8th, 2006
Dedicated April 7, 2012 — — Map (db m104352) HM WM
On Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
Zeb Harrington was raised in Chatham County N.C. Near Moncure. He was a young boy during WWII and was always fascinated by anything military, especially airplanes. He grew up and married his wife, Martha, and raised four children. Gerald, Sherri, . . . — — Map (db m104347) HM WM
On State Highway 24/27, on the right when traveling west.
Early pastor for Scots in N.C.; chaplain for Loyalists at Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. First Presbyterian minister in Ontario. Lived 4 mi. S. — — Map (db m64843) HM
