Duplin County
17 places on the trail: 17 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- F-4GROVE CHURCHPresbyterian. First church founded by Scotch-Irish who settled here about 1736.
- F-6HUGH McADENPresbyterian clergyman, lived nearby. Served Duplin and New Hanover congregations, 1759-1769. Moved to Caswell County wh...
- F-48ROCKFISH CHURCHPresbyterian. Organized about 1756. Served by Hugh McAden, Robert Tate, & others. Third building on site 10 yds. north.
- I-83WELLS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCHEst. as Separate Baptist, 1756, called Bull Tail. In 1835 renamed for pastor William Wells. Present building completed 1...
- F-14WILLIAM HOUSTONStamp master of North Carolina, 1765, resigned during demonstration in Wilmington against the Stamp Act; a physician at ...
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- F-7BATTLE OF ROCKFISHThe British under Major Craig defeated the North Carolina Militia, Aug. 2, 1781, 300 yards S.E.
- F-72JAMES GILLESPIE ca. 1747-1805U.S. Congressman, 1793-99, 1803-05; legislator; antifederalist; & militia officer. Home, burned by British, stood nearby...
- F-26JAMES KENANRevolutionary leader, member Provincial Congresses, conventions 1788, '89; militia brigadier general; trustee of Univers...
The young state, 1790-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- F-27CONFEDERATE ARMS FACTORYEst. by Louis Froelich, 1861. Moved here, 1863. Produced sabers, lances, bayonets, cutlasses and accessories until 1864.
- F-47LIBERTY HALLPlantation of Thomas S. Kenan, legislator & U.S. Congressman, whose son, Owen Rand, legislator, Confederate Congressman,...
- D-112PARKER ROBBINS 1834-1917Civil War cavalryman. Among highest ranking North Carolinians in the United States Colored Troops. Legislator, 1868-70. ...