Moore County
15 places on the trail: 14 highway markers, 1 battlefields and state sites.
People of Moore County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- K-9ALSTON HOUSEPhilip Alston's Whigs were defeated there by David Fanning's Tories, 1781. Later the home of Benj. Williams, Governor, 1...
- K-47JOHN BETHUNEEarly pastor for Scots in N.C.; chaplain for Loyalists at Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. First Presbyterian minist...
- K-36TORY RENDEZVOUSBefore going to battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Feb., 1776, Tories of this area met in Cross Hill, at Alexander Morrison...
The young state, 1790-1860
The New South, 1878-1929
- K-60JACQUES AND JULIANA BUSBEEArtists, ushered old folk pottery tradition into the modern era. Est. in 1922 Jugtown Pottery 3 miles NE.
- K-30JAMES BOYD 1888-1944Author of Drums (1925), Marching On (1927), and other historical novels. Home, "Weymouth," now an arts center, 3/10 mi. ...
- K-65JAMES McCONNELL 1887-1917World War I soldier; aviator. Flew for France in Lafayette Escadrille. Killed in action, March 19, 1917. Lived 1 mi. W.
- K-34SAMARCANDState juvenile facility. Est. in 1918 to provide girls with educational and vocational training. Campus is 3 mi. south.
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- K-8BENJAMIN WILLIAMSFour times Governor; Revolutionary officer; congressman. Grave is 9 1/2 miles north.
- K-59BUGGY COMPANYThomas B. Tyson & W. T. Jones's factory produced horse-drawn vehicles sold across South, 1850s to 1920s. At peak made 30...
- SiteHOUSE IN THE HORSESHOE STATE HISTORIC SITERevolutionary War, late 18th century architecture.
- K-4MECHANIC'S HILLSite of extensive gunsmithing operations in 18th and 19th centuries. The Kennedy family led in producing long rifles.
- K-52POTTERY INDUSTRYBegun in 18th century by Chriscoe, Cole, Craven, Luck, McNeill, Owen, & Teague families living within 5 mile radius.
- K-1WALTER HINES PAGEAmbassador to Great Britain during World War, journalist, editor, publisher. Tomb one mile east.