Guilford County
71 places on the trail: 70 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
People of Guilford County in Carolina Quotes
Alma AdamsBorn in High PointBen Witherington IIIBorn in High PointEdward R. MurrowBorn in GreensboroHenry FlyntBorn in GreensboroJack F. Matlock, Jr.Born in GreensboroLynnae C. QuickBorn in GreensboroMark RobinsonBorn in GreensboroO. HenryBorn in GreensboroRobert M. DouglasDied in GreensboroThomas BerryBorn in Greensboro
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- J-32ALAMANCE CHURCHPresbyterian, organized about 1764. Synod of North Carolina formed here, 1813. The present building erected 1955.
- J-33BUFFALO CHURCHPresbyterian, organized about 1756. Present building, the third, was erected in 1827. Revolutionary soldiers buried here...
- J-48CENTRE FRIENDS MEETINGWas begun in 1757 and organized as a Monthly Meeting in 1773. This is the fourth building on the original site.
- J-2DAVID CALDWELL 1725-1824Educator, minister, & orator for Patriot cause. His "Log College," a classical academy, stood 2 1/2 miles northwest.
- J-49DEEP RIVER FRIENDS MEETINGWas begun in 1753 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1778. Present building erected 1875.
- K-61JAMES HUNTERRegulator leader. Outlawed after Battle of Alamance, 1771. Nearby house was burned by Gov. Tryon's troops.
- J-61LOW'S LUTHERAN CHURCHCongregation organized ca. 1771; fourth church erected in 1971 on site of original log structure.
- J-75NEW GARDEN FRIENDS MEETINGMeeting for worship was begun in 1751; became a Monthly Meeting, 1754. Present bldg. is here.
- J-57OLD BRICK CHURCHOriginally German Reformed. Now United Church of Christ. Served in 1759 by James Martin. This church was begun in 1813 a...
- J-95SPRINGFIELD FRIENDS MEETINGEstablished in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790. Building erected 1927 on original site is 1/2 mile east.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- J-40BATTLE OF NEW GARDENEarly on Mar. 15, 1781, the British and American forces skirmished near the New Garden Meeting House prior to the Battle...
- J-3GUILFORD COURTHOUSEArmies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781. Site now U.S. military park.
- J-58HALEY HOUSEBuilt 1786 by John Haley, blacksmith & sheriff, on the Petersburg-Salisbury Road. Later a tavern; now preserved as a mus...
- J-37WEITZEL'S MILLSite of a skirmish between American forces under Col. O. H. Williams and British troops under Col. James Webster, Mar. 6...
The young state, 1790-1860
- J-19BEARD'S HAT SHOPWilliam Beard made & sold hats at his well-known shop, established before 1795 and later operated by his son David. Site...
- J-5CALVIN H. WILEY 1819-1887First Superintendent of N.C. Common Schools, 1853-1865. Author, editor. Born 1 1/2 miles northeast.
- J-6DOLLEY MADISON 1768-1849Hostess and social leader. Wife of President James Madison. Saved artifacts from White House fire, 1814. Born 1 1/2 mile...
- J-34EDGEWORTH FEMALE SEMINARYEstablished by John M. Morehead, operated, 1840-1862, 1868-1871. Building, burned in 1872, stood at this site.
- J-99FRIEDENS CHURCHLutheran. Congregation organized before 1791; church shared with other denominations until the 1850s. This bldg., 1940.
- J-11GREENSBORO COLLEGEFirst college chartered for women in North Carolina, 1838. Founded by Methodist Church.
- J-35GUILFORD COLLEGEA coeducational college operated by the Society of Friends. Chartered as New Garden Boarding School in 1834. Opened in 1...
- J-4JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD 1796-1866Governor, 1841-45. An advocate for railroads & industrial development. Lived at Blandwood.
- J-46LEVI COFFIN 1798-1877A Quaker abolitionist; guided slaves on paths to freedom as leader of Underground Railroad. Was born ca. 4 mi. N.
- J-104MOUNT HECLA MILLFirst steam-powered cotton mill in N.C. Operated ca. 1834-50 in large brick building that stood 2 blocks N.
- J-103N.C. MANUMISSION SOCIETYAntislavery organization formed by Quakers in central N.C. First met at Centre, July 1816. Disbanded in 1834.
- J-102NORTH CAROLINA RAILROADOpened interior of N.C. The ground-breaking took place nearby, July 11, 1851. First president, John Motley Morehead.
- J-36OAK RIDGE INSTITUTEFirst building erected 1851-52. Opened during academic year 1852-53. Since 1929 Oak Ridge Military Institute.
- J-24PLANK ROADA section of the Fayetteville-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-1854, followed this route.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- J-55BENNETT COLLEGEMethodist. Begun 1874; reorganized as woman's college, 1926. Named for Lyman Bennett of Troy, N.Y. Campus 2 bl. S.
- J-62CEDAR HILL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPOperated by Clapp, Gates and Company. Made rifles and military supplies for N.C. and the Confederacy, 1861-64. Site 1/4 ...
- J-22CONFEDERATE CABINETMembers of the cabinet, fleeing south, occupied a railroad car near this spot, Apr. 11-15, 1865.
- J-30CONFEDERATE HOSPITALSet up in the First Presbyterian Church to receive wounded from Battle of Bentonville, 1865, was here.
- J-111DAVID SCHENCK 1835-1902Founder, Guilford Battle Ground Company, 1887. Led effort to preserve battlefield. His grave is 200 yds. northwest.
- J-21JEFFERSON DAVISThe President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which w...
- J-81LINDSAY STREET SCHOOLThe first permanent public graded school in N.C. opened in 1875 in a building which stood on this site.
- J-100MODEL FARMEstablished by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices. Tract, sold in 1891...
- J-85PIEDMONT RAILROADRailroad line between Greensboro and Danville. Constructed, 1862-1864, for the Confederacy. Its terminus was nearby.
- J-107WADSWORTH CHURCHCongregational. Founded 1870 by former slave Rev. Madison Lindsay. Restored 1885 building is 80 yards southwest.
The New South, 1878-1929
- J-78ALBION W. TOURGEE 1838-1905Writer, judge, & Union army officer. Member, constitutional convention, 1868. Lived 2 blocks S.
- J-118CAPUS WAYNICK 1889-1986Newspaperman and public official; ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia; adviser to governor on racial affairs, 1963-64. ...
- J-116CIGAR INDUSTRYManufacture of cigars rolled by hand thrived in Greensboro, 1903-55. Employing mostly young women, 14 shops were cluster...
- J-96CONE BROTHERSMoses and Ceasar Cone pioneered marketing of textiles; manufactured denim & flannel. Their first mill, Proximity, 1895, ...
- J-109GREENSBORO LAW SCHOOLEst. by Robert P. Dick & John H. Dillard in 1878. About 300 graduates licensed. School, which was here, closed 1893.
- J-89GUILFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTEstablished in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.
- J-117HIGH POINT MARKETEst. in 1909. Furniture exposition hall opened here on June 20, 1921. Marketing landmark for key N.C. industry.
- J-42HIGH POINT UNIVERSITYFounded by Methodist Church in 1924 with aid from City of High Point. University since 1991.
- J-74IMMANUEL COLLEGELutheran. Founded 1903, and moved here in 1905; prepared black students for work in theology & education. Closed 1961.
- J-27JOSEPH G. CANNONMember of Congress for 46 years from Illinois, Speaker of the House, 1903-11. His birthplace stood 1 1/2 miles southwest...
- J-77LINDLEY FIELDFirst air mail flight through N.C. landed here May 1, 1928. Charles Lindbergh, on Oct. 14, 1927, landed nearby to open f...
- J-123LUCY ROBERTSON 1850-1930First female college president in N.C., Greensboro College, 1902-1913. Was Advocate for education. Her grave is 1 mile N...
- J-112LUNSFORD RICHARDSON 1854-1919A pharmacist and entrepreneur, he created Vicks VapoRub in 1894 while operating a drugstore 150 yards north.
- J-84MASONIC HOMEEstablished in 1912 by Grand Lodge of Masons and Order of Eastern Star for their aged.
- J-29N.C. A. AND T. STATE UNIVERSITYChartered in 1891 as a land grant college for blacks. Since 1972 a campus of The University of North Carolina.
- J-1O. HENRYWilliam Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, short story writer, lived in a house which stood near here.
- J-87PALMER MEMORIAL INSTITUTEPreparatory school for blacks founded 1902 by Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Named for Alice Freeman Palmer. Closed in 1971. N...
- J-64T. GILBERT PEARSON 1873-1943Ornithologist; teacher; internationally honored conservationist. Founded Audubon Society in N.C. Grave is 1/10 mi. N.E.
- J-10UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT GREENSBOROEst. in 1891 as a normal school; became Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1932. Coeducational since 1...
- J-108WILLIAM McBRYAR 1861-1941Buffalo Soldier & officer. In 1890 awarded Medal of Honor. His long career exemplified struggles of black soldiers of th...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- J-92EDWARD R. MURROW 1908-1965Radio correspondent in London during World War Two. Television interviewer & commentator. Born one mile east.
- J-80GEORGE PREDDY 1919-1944World War II fighter pilot. N.C.'s leading ace. Killed in action. Home 1 block east.
- J-28GREENSBORO MASSACREKu Klux Klan members and American Nazis, on Nov. 3, 1979, shot and killed five Communist Workers Party members one-tenth...
- J-73GREENSBORO O.R.D.World War II training camp and overseas replacement depot, 1943-1946. Over 330,000 servicemen were processed here. This ...
- J-119MARY NICHOLSON 1905-1943Early female commercial pilot. Joined the British Air Transport Auxiliary during WWII. Died in plane crash, 1943. Her gr...
- J-122POLIO HOSPITALDuring epidemic of 1948, integrated hospital built in 95 days. In 1963, it was makeshift jail for civil rights protester...
- J-56RANDALL JARRELL 1914-1965Poet & literary critic of national acclaim. Taught at UNC-Greensboro from 1947 to 1965. His grave is 120 yards southwest...
- J-120SIMKINS v. CONELandmark federal court of appeals decision 1963 involving Cone Hospital led to racial integration of hospitals in the U....
- J-79SIT-INSLaunched the national drive for integrated lunch counters, Feb. 1, 1960, in Woolworth store 2 blocks south.