Craven County
45 places on the trail: 42 highway markers, 3 battlefields and state sites.
People of Craven County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- C-10BARON CHRISTOPH VON GRAFFENRIEDWas a citizen of Bern, Switzerland. Led Swiss and Palatine immigrants to N.C. where he founded New Bern in 1710.
- C-42CHRIST CHURCHEpiscopal. Craven Parish created 1715. First Church erected 1750, this one in 1875. Communion service, given by George I...
- C-22FIRST POST ROADThe road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed ...
- C-3FIRST PRINTING PRESS IN N.C.Est. 1749 by James Davis who published the first book & newspaper in colony. Shop was nearby.
- C-50FIRST PROVINCIAL CONGRESSIn America to be called and held in defiance of British orders met in this town, Aug. 25-27, 1774, with 71 delegates pre...
- C-32FORT BARNWELLConstructed by Colonel John Barnwell of South Carolina in campaign against the Tuscarora Indians in April, 1712. Remains...
- C-61NEW BERN ACADEMYFirst school chartered in N.C. Assembly levied a tax for its support in 1766. Present building was completed in 1810.
- C-82SAMUEL CORNELL 1730-1781Merchant, Loyalist, and Governor’s Councilor. He financed construction of Tryon Palace & campaign against Regulators, 17...
- C-23STREETS FERRYEstablished near here before 1730 by Richard Graves. Named for later owner Samuel Street. Replaced by bridge, 1961.
- C-2TRYON PALACEHistoric Capitol and Governor's residence of N.C., 1770-1794. Burned 1798, and restored in 1952-1959. Open to the public...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- C-5ABNER NASHGovernor during British invasion, 1780-81. Member of Provincial and Continental Congresses. Grave 3 1/3 miles S.W.
- C-20BAYARD v. SINGLETONAmerican precedent for judicial review of legislation set nearby, 1787, by Samuel Ashe, Samuel Spencer, John Williams.
- C-27DE BRETIGNYFrench marquis, State purchasing agent in Martinique, 1781-82, fought at Guilford Courthouse, Councillor of State. Home ...
- C-25FORT POINTSite of Fort Caswell, built by N.C., 1775-76, to protect New Bern, renamed Fort Lane by Confederacy. Taken by U.S., Mar....
The young state, 1790-1860
- C-80ANDREW'S CHAPELEst. 1802 to serve all local Methodists. After 1864 mother church for the A.M.E. Zion faith, it became St. Peter’s, 1879...
- C-14GEORGE E. BADGERSecretary of the Navy, 1841; United States Senator, 1846-55; judge of the superior court; staunch nationalist. Birthplac...
- C-39POLITICAL DUELJohn Stanly killed Richard Dobbs Spaight, former governor of North Carolina, in a duel near this spot, September 5, 1802...
- C-7RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHTA signer of the U.S. Constitution; governor, 1792-95. R. D. Spaight, Jr., governor, 1835-36. Graves two miles S.W.
- C-67USRC DILIGENCEU.S. Revenue Cutter built in N.C., 1791. Ship was commissioned in 1792 by Revenue Marine (now U.S. Coast Guard), 1/4 mi....
- C-17WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington, on April 20, 1791, was a guest at the home of Col. John Allen, which was 5 mi. E.
- C-19WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington visited in the Stanly home two nights, April 20-21, 1791.
- C-6WILLIAM GASTON 1778-1844Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1833-44; lawmaker. An advocate for state's Catholics. Wrote state song, "The Old North St...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- C-51BATCHELDER'S CREEKSite of Union outpost captured by Confederate Generals Hoke & Pickett on February 1, 1864. The earthworks are 300 yards ...
- CC-2BATTLE OF NEW BERN
- C-11BATTLE OF NEW BERNThe victory of Union General Ambrose Burnside here on March 14, 1862, caused the fall of New Bern.
- CC-1BATTLE OF NEW BERN
- C-84FIRST NORTH CAROLINA COLORED VOLUNTEERSState’s first regiment of black Union soldiers rallied here on July 24, 1863. In 1864, designated 35th U.S. Colored Troo...
- C-12FORT TOTTENHere stood one of the forts built around New Bern by Union forces after they took the town in March, 1862.
- C-64JAMES CITYCommunity was founded here in 1863 as resettlement camp for formerly enslaved people. It was named for Horace James, U.S...
- C-33JAMES WALKER HOODAsst. Superintendent Public Instruction, 1868-70; a founder Livingstone College, 1885; Bishop A.M.E. Zion Church; founde...
- C-81KING SOLOMON LODGEFirst African American Masonic lodge in N.C.; est. 1865. Erected in 1870, the building was moved here in 1920s.
- C-66RAINS BROTHERSBrig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This w...
The New South, 1878-1929
- C-70BAYARD WOOTTEN 1875-1959Pioneer photographer of N.C. and the South. An advocate of equal rights for women. Began career ca. 1904 in this house w...
- C-60CALEB BRADHAM 1867-1934"Brad's Drink," which he created in pharmacy here, was marketed as Pepsi-Cola after 1898.
- C-30F. M. SIMMONS 1854-1940U.S. Senator, 1901-1931. Chaired Senate Finance Committee during World War I. U.S. House, 1887-1889. Lived here.
- C-53GEORGE H. WHITE 1852-1918Lawyer; member of N.C. legislature, 1881 & 1885. U.S. Congressman, 1897-1901. Born into slavery. Home stands 2 blocks N.
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- C-68CHERRY POINTU.S. Marine Corps Air Station activated 1941 as Cunningham Field for first USMC aviator A.A. Cunningham. MCAS Cherry Poi...
- C-78ERVIN T. ROUSE 1917-1981Fiddler and songwriter. Penned widely-recorded "Orange Blossom Special," bluegrass standard (1938). He was born 1/4 mile...
- C-74GRAHAM A. BARDEN 1896-1967Congressman, 1935-61. Secured military bases for eastern N.C.; advocated Taft-Hartley labor relations act. Grave 4 block...
- C-1JOHN WRIGHT STANLY HOUSEHome of Revolutionary War leader; and his son John, Congressman & state legislator. House moved and restored 1966-70 by ...
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- C-89FARM LIFE SCHOOL
- BattleFORT ANDERSONLt. Gen. James Longstreet took charge of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina on February 25 and initiated his ...
- C-90GETRUDE CARRAWAY
- BattleNEW BERNEOn March 11, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's command embarked from Roanoke Island to rendezvous with Union gunboats at ...
- SiteTRYON PALACE HISTORIC SITES & GARDENSColonial history, 18th century architecture, government.