Hertford County
21 places on the trail: 21 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
The young state, 1790-1860
- A-19CHOWAN UNIVERSITYOpened 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute. Became four-year college, 1992. A university since 2006. Two blocks sout...
- A-18JOHN H. WHEELERHistorian, legislator, superintendent U.S. Mint at Charlotte, state treasurer, minister to Nicaragua, born 1806 in brick...
- A-65LAFAYETTEOn his American tour Lafayette spent night of Feb. 26, 1825, at Indian Queen Inn which stood two blocks north.
- A-20MURFREE HOUSEHome of William Hardy Murfree, member of U.S. Congress, 1813-1817; N.C. House, 1805 & 1812; presidential elector, 1812. ...
- A-26RICHARD GATLING 1818-1903Patented rapid-firing Gatling Gun, 1862. Also invented a variety of agricultural implements. Birthplace was 2/10 mi. N.
- A-68WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGEFounded with Methodist support in 1853. Burned, 1877. Rebuilt 1881 and burned again in 1893. Site was 1 block south.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- A-23BURNING OF WINTONA detachment of United States troops burned Winton on February 20, 1862. The first town in N.C. to be burned during the ...
- A-44JOHN W. MOORECompiler of roster of North Carolina troops, 1861-1865, historian, novelist, Confederate major. His birthplace, "Mulberr...
- A-81LEMUEL W. BOONE 1827-1878Baptist leader. In 1866 he organized first black Baptist association in N.C.; trustee, Shaw University. Grave 2 mi. SE.
- A-56POTECASI CREEKScene of minor skirmish between Confederate & Union troops driving on Richmond and Weldon Railroad, July 26, 1863. Breas...
The New South, 1878-1929
- A-514-H CLUBFirst in North Carolina, organized at Ahoskie in 1909 as the Corn Club. Beginning of present large organization of rural...
- A-58CHOWAN ACADEMYFounded in 1886 for blacks by Calvin S. Brown, pastor, Pleasant Plains Baptist Church. Later a public school named for B...
- A-52DR. WALTER REEDHead of U.S. Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba, 1900-01. Lived here as a young man and married Emily Lawrence of this town...
- A-60DR. WALTER REEDHead of U.S. Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba, 1900-01. Lived here as a young man. House 200 feet south.
- A-85ROBERT LEE VANN 1879-1940African American editor, lawyer, and civil rights advocate. Led Pittsburgh Courier, 1910-1940. He was born 4 miles east.