Anson County
14 places on the trail: 14 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- K-22NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote re...
- K-51ROCKY RIVER CHURCHMissionary Baptist. Began before 1772 as a branch of Little River Church; was independent by 1790. Present bldg. 3 mi. N...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- K-29CAROLINA FEMALE COLLEGE, 1850-67Established by local planters, later operated by Methodist Church. Building was 150 yds. W.
- K-6JOHN J. McRAE 1815-1868Governor of Mississippi, 1854-1857. Member, U.S. Senate and House; Confederate congressman. Born 5 miles southeast.
- K-57RALF FREEMANFree black served as a Baptist pastor at Rocky River Church until law in 1831 barred blacks from public preaching. Burie...
- K-7SNEEDSBOROUGHLaid out 1795. Promoted as inland port town on Pee Dee River by Archibald D. Murphey. Only graveyard remains, five miles...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- K-11LEONIDAS L. POLK 1837-1892President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith Colle...
- K-14SHERMAN'S MARCHKilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's army marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Wadesboro, March 3-5,...
- K-40THOMAS SAMUEL ASHEAssociate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legisl...