Caswell County
17 places on the trail: 16 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- G-104ARCHIBALD DEBOW MURPHEY ca. 1777-1832Advocate of improved schools, roads, canals. Jurist, teacher, legislator. Born 7/10 mi. S.
- G-18BARTLETT YANCEYCongressman. A State legislator and political leader. Died in 1828 at the age of 42. His home and grave are here.
- G-8BEDFORD BROWNU.S. Senator, 1829-1840; legislator; and staunch Unionist. Lived at "Rose Hill," located here.
- G-5BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCOIn 1850s on a farm in this area Abisha Slade perfected a process for curing yellow tobacco. His slave Stephen discovered...
- G-43CALVIN GRAVES 1804-1877Speaker of the N.C. House and Senate. He cast deciding vote for North Carolina Railroad, 1849. He lived here.
- G-71JACOB THOMPSONSecretary of Interior, 1857-1861, Confederate secret agent in Canada, U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Birthplace s...
- G-12ROMULUS M. SAUNDERS 1791-1867Was Minister to Spain, 1845-49; congressman, judge, and legislator. Lived 1/10 mile north.
- G-61SOLOMON LEA 1807-1897First president, Greensboro College, 1846-47. Led Somerville Female Institute, 1848-1892. He lived 100 yards N.
- G-93THOMAS DAY ca. 1801-1861Free black cabinetmaker in Milton, 1824-1861. Home and shop located here in the old Union Tavern, 1848-1858.
- G-110WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURGeorge Washington's last overnight stop in N.C., June 3, 1791, was at the home of Dudley Gatewood, which stood 1 mi. N.E...