Chatham County
16 places on the trail: 16 highway markers.
People of Chatham County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- H-14GRANVILLE GRANTFormed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary was surveyed to a point just south of here in 1746.
- H-73ROCKY RIVER CHURCHBaptist, organized about 1757. Used by Regulators for meetings after 1768. Stands 200 yards east.
- H-84ROCKY RIVER FRIENDS MEETINGEstablished under care of Cane Creek Meeting, 1753; a Monthly Meeting since 1908. Fourth building was constructed in 192...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- H-72ABRAHAM RENCHERCongressman; Minister to Portugal; Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1857-1861; poet and essayist. Buried two blo...
- H-10CAPTAIN JOHNSTON BLAKELEYAfter many victories, War of 1812, was lost at sea with his sloop Wasp. Lived at "Rockrest," 3 miles east.
- H-16CHARLES MANLYGovernor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.
- H-108GEORGE MOSES HORTONSlave poet. His The Hope of Liberty (1829) was first book by a black author in South. Lived on farm 2 mi. SE.
- H-12JOHN OWEN 1787-1841Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.
- H-78O'KELLY CHAPEL CHRISTIAN CHURCHOrganized, 1794, by Jas. O'Kelly, founder of the denomination. Present building fourth on site.