Orange County
34 places on the trail: 34 highway markers.
People of Orange County in Carolina Quotes
Douglas YoungDied in Chapel HillElizabeth EdwardsDied in Chapel HillFred BrooksDied in Chapel HillGertrude B. ElionDied in Chapel HillHarold HotellingDied in Chapel HillJohn GrishamLived in Chapel HillKizzmekia CorbettLived in Chapel HillLewis BlackLived in Chapel HillLoudon Wainwright IIIBorn in Chapel HillRandall JarrellDied in Chapel HillRichard McKennaDied in Chapel HillRobert D. RichardsonLived in HillsboroughWeston La BarreDied in Chapel Hill
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- G-122HART'S MILLGrist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause. Stood 1/5 mile N.
- G-108JAMES HOGG 1729-1804Merchant. Left native Scotland, 1774. Partner in Transylvania Company; UNC trustee. Home 1/2 mi. E.; grave 2 blks. N.
- G-33OCCANEECHIVillage of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680-1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John L...
- G-84OLD ENO CHURCH AND CEMETERYPresbyterian. Served by Hugh McAden, 1755-65. Henry Pattillo was first pastor. Church moved to Cedar Grove in 1893. Ceme...
- G-23REGULATORS HANGEDAfter the Regulators were defeated at Alamance, May 16, 1771, six of their number were hanged, 1/4 mile east, June 19, 1...
- G-90ST. MARY'S CHAPELEstablished as Anglican chapel ca. 1759. Present building consecrated in 1859, stands 500 ft. N.
- G-136WILLIAM CHURTONCartographer. Surveyed Granville District. In 1749 extended N.C.-Va. boundary line 90 miles west. Lived nearby.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- G-131CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1788Delegates debated U.S. Constitution, July 21-Aug. 4, 1788, & voted to delay ratification until bill of rights was added....
- G-10FRANCIS NASHPatriot general in American Revolution, was mortally wounded at Germantown, 1777. His home is 150 yds. W.
- G-88NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATIFormed Oct. 23, 1783, in Hillsborough, by officers of the Continental Line. First President was General Jethro Sumner.
- G-16THOMAS BURKEGovernor of N.C., was captured in Hillsboro by David Fanning and his Tories, Sept. 12, 1781, and taken to Charleston, S....
- G-3THOMAS BURKEGovernor, 1781-82. Member of Revolutionary, Provincial, & Continental Congresses. Grave is 1 1/2 miles N.E.
- G-92UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILLFirst state university to open its doors, 1795. Chartered in 1789 under the Constitution of 1776.
- G-4WILLIAM HOOPER 1742-1790One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. His home is 150 yds. W. Was buried a few yds. ...
The young state, 1790-1860
- G-9ARCHIBALD DEBOW MURPHEYChampion of a new State through public schools, canals, roads, 1777-1832. Grave 50 yards west.
- G-38BINGHAM SCHOOLClassical academy est. at Oaks in 1844 by Wm. J. Bingham. Added military focus, moved to Mebane, 1864. Campus was here.
- G-19EDMUND FANNING 1776-1847Judge and local official. Target of Regulators who ransacked and destroyed his nearby home, 1770.
- G-115ELIZABETH KECKLY 1818-1907Burwell family slave, bought freedom, 1855. Dressmaker & friend to Mary Todd Lincoln. Published her memoir, 1868. Lived ...
- G-37HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMYClassical academy opened in 1801 and rechartered, 1814. William J. Bingham was principal, 1827-1844. Closed 1858. Campus...
- G-66HUGHES ACADEMYOperated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P. H. Winsto...
- G-26THOMAS H. BENTONUnited States Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851; Congressman; author; Jacksonian Democratic leader; was born, 1782, in th...
- G-11THOMAS RUFFIN 1787-1870Jurist and agriculturist. Chief Justice of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1833-1852 and 1858-1859. Grave 3/10 mile east.
- G-40WILLIAM A. GRAHAMGovernor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852. His home sta...
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
The New South, 1878-1929
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- G-132ASTRONAUT TRAININGMorehead Planetarium trained NASA astronauts in celestial navigation for Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab missions, 1960-...
- G-125BILLY STRAYHORN 1915-1967Jazz composer & pianist. Wrote "Take the A Train" and other songs for Duke Ellington Orchestra. Boyhood home site 1/4 mi...
- G-133CARL T. DURHAM 1892-1974Congressman, 1939-1961. A druggist, he shaped pharmaceutical legislation & chaired atomic energy committee. Lived 1 mi. ...
- G-129ELIZABETH COTTEN 1893-1987“Libba” Cotten composed, recorded “Freight Train” (1958). Key figure, 1960s folk revival. Born and raised on Lloyd Stree...
- G-127JOURNEY OF RECONCILIATIONIn 1947 the Congress of Racial Equality & local citizens, black & white, protested bus segregation. Setting out from Was...
- G-135NAVY B-1 BANDIn May 1942 a group of 44 African American musicians broke U.S. Navy's color barrier, enlisting at general rank. Barrack...