Granville County
16 places on the trail: 16 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- G-27HORNER SCHOOLAcademy for boys est. 1851 by James Horner, here. Was later military school. After 1914 fire it moved to Charlotte.
- G-56NATH'L ROCHESTER 1752-1831Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.
- G-45OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGEOpened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 19...
- G-7OXFORD ORPHANAGEOpened by Masons, 1873, with John H. Mills first head, in plant of St. Johns College, which they had operated, 1858-1861...
The New South, 1878-1929
- G-83CENTRAL ORPHANAGE OF NORTH CAROLINAFounded 1883. Pioneer Negro child-caring institution, serving on state-wide basis.
- G-94HENRY P. CHEATHAM 1857-1935Born into slavery. U.S. Congressman, 1889-1893. Superintendent of Colored Orphanage of N.C., 1907-1935. Grave 8/10 mi. N...
- G-119MARY POTTER ACADEMYFounded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans. Named for a Presbyterian benefactor. Later a public school. Ope...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- G-105CAMP BUTNERWorld War II infantry training camp; housed Axis prisoners of war. Named for N.C. native, Gen. Henry W. Butner.
- G-145SAM RAGAN
- G-17THOMAS PERSONLeader of popular movements: Regulation, Revolution, and Antifederalism. His home in Goshen stood five miles north.
- G-31TRADING PATHColonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, ...