Wilkes County
11 places on the trail: 11 highway markers.
People of Wilkes County in Carolina Quotes
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
The young state, 1790-1860
- M-42JAMES WELLBORN 1767-1854Served 27 years as state senator; colonel in War of 1812; delegate to the Constitutional Convention 1835. Grave is 1/5 m...
- M-2MONTFORT STOKES 1762-1842Governor, 1830-1832; U.S. Senator; Federal Indian Commissioner. Home stood 1 mi. N.
- M-38WILKESBORO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEstablished in 1837; present church built in 1849-50. The first Presbyterian church in Wilkes County.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- M-31'FORT HAMBY'Fortified stronghold of band of robbers & army deserters, was captured by force of citizens in May, 1865. Stood one mile...
- M-13JAMES B. GORDONBrigadier general in the Confederate States Army. Mortally wounded near Richmond, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Birthplace sta...
- M-10STONEMAN'S RAIDOn a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry occupied Wilkesboro, March 29, 1865.
- M-48THOMAS C. DULA 1844-1868"Tom Dooley" of popular legend and song. Hanged in Statesville for the murder of Laura Foster. Grave is 1 1/2 mi. S.W.