Vance County
16 places on the trail: 16 highway markers.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- G-118JOHN LEDERERPioneer German explorer traveled into Piedmont 1670 with Indian guide. Recorded observation of landscape & inhabitants. ...
- G-106NUTBUSH ADDRESSDocument issued June 6, 1765, protesting abuses by local officials. Later spurred the Regulator movement. Author, George...
- G-49ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHParish established in 1746. Present building, completed in 1773, stands 200 yards W.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- G-47BINGHAM SCHOOLFirst military school in North Carolina, was founded in 1826 by D. H. Bingham. Moved to Littleton in 1829. Stood nearby.
- G-46JAMES TURNERGovernor, 1802-1805, United States Senator, 1805-1816, and State legislator. Oakland, his home, stood 1 mile E.
- G-99LEONARD HENDERSON 1772-1833Jurist and educator. Member of first N.C. Supreme Court; Chief Justice, 1829-1833. His grave is 1/2 mi. W.
- G-44WILLIAM HAWKINS 1777-1819Governor, 1811-1814; speaker, State House of Commons, 1810-1811. His home, Pleasant Hill, stands one mile N.W.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- GGG-1CONFEDERATE CEMETERYGraves of 52 soldiers individually marked, who died in the Kittrell Springs Hotel hospital 1864-65, are 1/2 mi. NE.
- G-42KITTRELL'S SPRINGSHealth resort, social & recreational center in the19th century. Site of N.C.’s first Confederate General Hospital, 1861-...
- G-74THE GLASS HOUSENoted winter health resort patronized by Northern hunters and tuberculosis patients. Opened 1871; burned 1893. Site is 1...