Government and law
Governors, legislators, judges, courthouses, conventions and constitutions. 386 places on the trail.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- E-67'ENFIELD RIOT'Here in 1759 Lord Granville's land agents were compelled to give bond to return illegal fees. This was a forerunner of R...
- L-111'WAR OF SUGAR CREEK'Backcountry settlers, in a dispute over property rights, attacked survey crew nearby, May 1765. Typified tensions that l...
- L-11ANDREW JACKSONSeventh president of the United States, was born a few miles southwest of this spot, March 15, 1767.
- D-14ARTHUR DOBBS 1689-1765Royal governor, 1754-65. Scholar, engineer, and member of Irish Parliament. Promoted immigration to colony. Grave 2 mi. ...
- G-2BATTLE OF ALAMANCEMilitia under Governor William Tryon defeated Regulators on May 16, 1771. Six miles S.W.
- G-24BATTLE OF ALAMANCEThe militia under royal Governor Tryon defeated the Regulators at this point, May 16, 1771.
- GG-2BATTLE OF ALAMANCEOn May 16, 1771, North Carolina militia, commanded by Royal Governor William Tryon, defeated the Regulators on this site...
- F-23BLOUNT HALLBuilt before 1762 by Jacob Blount, member of Assembly, 1754-1762, 1764-1771, and of Provincial Congress, 1775-1776. Stoo...
- E-19BUTE COUNTYFormed 1764. Named for the Earl of Bute. Divided, 1779, into Warren and Franklin counties. Courthouse stood nearby.
- A-11CHOWAN COUNTY COURTHOUSEOldest courthouse in use in North Carolina. Built about 1767. Whig centre in Revolution. Stands 3 blocks S.E.
- B-5CHRISTOPHER GALE ca. 1679-1735Chief Justice of colony of North Carolina, 1712. Lived nearby at "Kirby Grange," his plantation.
- F-25DOBBS COUNTYFormed 1758 & named for Gov. Arthur Dobbs. From it were formed Wayne, 1779, Lenoir and Glasgow (now Greene), 1791. Court...
- D-46EDWARD MOSELEY ca. 1682-1749Published landmark map, 1733. Surveyor general; chief justice of General Court. Member of colonial Councils and Assembli...
- B-47EDWARD TEACHNotorious pirate called "Blackbeard." Lived in Bath while Charles Eden was governor. Killed at Ocracoke, 1718.
- A-13FIRST ASSEMBLYIn 1665 the Albemarle County Assembly, the initial lawmaking body in Carolina, met in this area. Convened by Wm. Drummon...
- C-50FIRST PROVINCIAL CONGRESSIn America to be called and held in defiance of British orders met in this town, Aug. 25-27, 1774, with 71 delegates pre...
- A-69FRANCIS CORBIN (d) 1767Granville agent, jurist, legislator. Provoked "Enfield Riot." Home, "the Cupola House," 2 blks. S.
- D-32GEORGE BURRINGTON ca. 1682-1759Colonial governor, 1724-1725, 1731-1734; opened lower Cape Fear region to settlement. His home was 3/4 mile east.
- A-3GEORGE DURANT 1632-1694Pioneer settler in the Albemarle, about 1662. Speaker of Assembly. Site of home 20 miles east, at Durant's Neck.
- 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.
- A-73HENDERSON WALKER c. 1660-1704Acting governor, 1699-1703; attorney general, judge, and vestryman. Grave is 75 feet west.
- G-86HENRY PATTILLO 1726-1801Presbyterian minister; legislator; author of textbooks. Served many churches in Virginia & North Carolina. Home & school...
- K-62HERMAN HUSBAND 1724-1795Leader during War of the Regulation, 1768-1771; a reformer and pamphleteer. Later in Whiskey Rebellion in Pa. Lived near...
- L-1HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER HOUSEStone dwelling, built ca. 1774, by Revolutionary leader, who helped draft state constitution, 1776. Stands 400 yards S.E...
- D-72JAMES HASELLActing governor, 1771; thrice Chief Justice, 1750-1766; President of the Council. Owned large library. Home 7 mi. S.E.
- K-61JAMES HUNTERRegulator leader. Outlawed after Battle of Alamance, 1771. Nearby house was burned by Gov. Tryon's troops.
- G-128JOHN BUTLEROrange County sheriff in War of Regulation, 1770-1771; brigadier general, N.C. militia, 1777-84. Lived ¼ mi. N.
- A-28JOHN HARVEYFive times speaker of colonial assembly, moderator of provincial congresses, 1774-1775, leader of Revolutionary movement...
- A-59JOSEPH PILMOORPioneer missionary. He preached first Methodist sermon in colony, 1772, at Currituck Courthouse, 300 ft. N. Church named...
- D-89JOSIAH MARTINLast royal governor of North Carolina, 1771-75. Fearing capture, in June 1775 he sought refuge here. Fled offshore to HM...
- B-27MATTHEW ROWANActing governor, 1753-54. Councilor, assemblyman, and Surveyor-General. Merchant in the Irish trade. His home was here.
- G-106NUTBUSH ADDRESSDocument issued June 6, 1765, protesting abuses by local officials. Later spurred the Regulator movement. Author, George...
- D-2OLD COURTHOUSEStood two blocks west. Here a stamp master, William Houston, was forced to resign, 1765, and safety committees met in 17...
- K-64REDNAP HOWELL d. 1787Regulator leader & poet. He wrote satirical songs motivating opposition to abusive officials. Fought at Battle of Alaman...
- 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...
- H-73ROCKY RIVER CHURCHBaptist, organized about 1757. Used by Regulators for meetings after 1768. Stands 200 yards east.
- D-82RUSSELLBOROUGHHome of royal governors Dobbs and Tryon. Site of Stamp Act resistance in 1765. Burned in American Revolution.
- D-7SAMUEL ASHE 1725-1813Governor, 1795-1798; one of the first three state judges; president, Council of Safety, 1776. His grave is 3 miles east.
- C-82SAMUEL CORNELL 1730-1781Merchant, Loyalist, and Governor’s Councilor. He financed construction of Tryon Palace & campaign against Regulators, 17...
- D-52SAMUEL SWANNSpeaker of assembly nearly 20 years, leader popular party, compiler first printed revisal of N.C. laws (1752). Home stoo...
- G-76SNOW CAMPSettled by Quakers in 1749. Cornwallis camped in area after Battle of Guilford Courthouse and used home of Simon Dixon a...
- D-55ST. PHILIPS CHURCHAnglican, built under act of 1751. Graves of Governors Arthur Dobbs and Benjamin Smith and U.S. Justice Alfred Moore. Ru...
- A-53THOMAS CHILDAttorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761. Leader of faction which opposed Governor Dobbs. Secretary to Lord Granville. Home...
- E-18TOWN COMMONEstablished in 1760 by the Legislative Act which created the colonial town of Tarboro.
- O-29TRYON COUNTYFormed 1768, named for Governor William Tryon. Divided in 1779 into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. Courthouse stood he...
- C-2TRYON PALACEHistoric Capitol and Governor's residence of N.C., 1770-1794. Burned 1798, and restored in 1952-1959. Open to the public...
- G-60TRYON'S CAMPBefore and after the Battle of Alamance, the Militia of Governor William Tryon camped nearby, along Alamance Creek, May ...
- A-42WILLIAM REEDActing governor, 1722-1724; president of the Provincial Council. His home stood 3/4 mile east.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- C-5ABNER NASHGovernor during British invasion, 1780-81. Member of Provincial and Continental Congresses. Grave 3 1/3 miles S.W.
- G-54ALEXANDER MEBANEBrigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His hom...
- K-9ALSTON HOUSEPhilip Alston's Whigs were defeated there by David Fanning's Tories, 1781. Later the home of Benj. Williams, Governor, 1...
- J-40BATTLE OF NEW GARDENEarly on Mar. 15, 1781, the British and American forces skirmished near the New Garden Meeting House prior to the Battle...
- C-20BAYARD v. SINGLETONAmerican precedent for judicial review of legislation set nearby, 1787, by Samuel Ashe, Samuel Spencer, John Williams.
- E-44BENJAMIN HAWKINSMember Continental Congress, United States Senator, 1789-1795, U.S. Indian Agent to the Creek Nation, 1796-1816. Home wa...
- B-36C. C. CAMBRELENGCongressman from New York, 1821-39; House leader for Jackson & Van Buren; minister to Russia; merchant. Was born in this...
- I-70CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF N.C.William R. Davie's bill to charter the University was adopted by the General Assembly meeting nearby, Dec. 11, 1789.
- G-131CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1788Delegates debated U.S. Constitution, July 21-Aug. 4, 1788, & voted to delay ratification until bill of rights was added....
- D-21CORNWALLISRetreating after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, en route to Wilmington, passed near here with his army in April 1781.
- G-15CORNWALLISPassed a few miles west, February, 1781. Greene followed, and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse resulted, March 15, 1781...
- I-9CORNWALLISMarching to Wilmington after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, stopped with his army in this town in April, 1781.
- K-10COX'S MILLHeadquarters, 1781-82, of David Fanning, Tory leader. Owner, Harmon Cox, led area Regulators. Mill was 1/2 mile south.
- C-27DE BRETIGNYFrench marquis, State purchasing agent in Martinique, 1781-82, fought at Guilford Courthouse, Councillor of State. Home ...
- A-29DEMPSEY BURGESSMember of provincial congresses, 1775-1776; lieutenant colonel of militia in Revolution; Congressman, 1795-99. Grave is ...
- J-53GABRIEL MOOREGovernor of Alabama, 1829-1831. Served in U.S. House and Senate. Official of Mississippi and Alabama Territories. Born n...
- J-3GUILFORD COURTHOUSEArmies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781. Site now U.S. military park.
- K-28HENRY WILLIAM HARRINGTONBrigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital. Grave is five miles S.
- J-60HIGH ROCK FORDGen. Nathanael Greene maintained headquarters here, Feb. 28-Mar. 12, 1781, before meeting Cornwallis at Guilford Courtho...
- A-30ISAAC GREGORYMember provincial congress, 1775; brigadier general of militia in Revolution; member N.C. conventions, 1788-1789. Home i...
- H-3ISAAC HUNTER'S TAVERNStood nearby. State Capital located within 10 miles by order N.C. Convention, 1788.
- F-72JAMES GILLESPIE ca. 1747-1805U.S. Congressman, 1793-99, 1803-05; legislator; antifederalist; & militia officer. Home, burned by British, stood nearby...
- F-66JAMES GLASGOW ca. 1735-1819The first Secretary of State of N.C., 1777-98. Glasgow (now Greene) County was named for him. Convicted of land fraud. L...
- F-26JAMES KENANRevolutionary leader, member Provincial Congresses, conventions 1788, '89; militia brigadier general; trustee of Univers...
- L-15JOHN STEELECongressman, 1789-93, Comptroller of the United States Treasury, Federalist party leader. Home stands 2 blocks east.
- M-27JOHN STOKESFirst U.S. Judge for District of N.C., 1790, captain in Revolution, state legislator, member of convention of 1789. His ...
- I-38JOHN WILLISFounder of Lumberton, captain in Revolution, later brigadier general; member of legislature, conventions of 1788, '89. P...
- O-47JOSEPH DICKSON 1745-1825Colonel in Revolution, later brigadier general, member of legislatures of N.C. and Tenn., and of U.S. Congress. His home...
- I-12LAFAYETTEOn American tour, 1825, he visited Fayetteville (named for him, 1783) and stayed at home of Duncan McRae, on site of pre...
- G-21LINDLEY'S MILLIn a battle on Sept. 13, 1781, John Butler's Whig militia failed to rescue Governor Thomas Burke from Col. David Fanning...
- E-98NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTIONThe first constitution of the independent state was adopted in Halifax on December 18, 1776.
- O-39OAK GROVEBuilt 1782. Home of James Johnston, officer in Revolution, member Provincial Congress, legislature, convention of 1788. ...
- I-14OLD TOWN HALLBuilt on site of the "State House," burned 1831, where the North Carolina Convention of 1789 ratified the Federal Consti...
- M-43RICHARD ALLEN, SR.Colonel of N.C. Militia at Battle of King's Mountain. Delegate to the Hillsborough Convention, 1788; in General Assembly...
- F-2RICHARD CASWELLFirst governor of the State, 1776. Revolutionary statesman and soldier. Grave 166 yards south.
- I-35RICHARD CLINTONLieut. colonel militia, member Provincial Congress, 1775, legislature, conventions 1788, 1789. This town named for him. ...
- G-62RICHARD HENDERSONFounder of Transylvania Colony (Ky.) & Nashville (Tenn.), author Cumberland Compact (1780), judge, member N.C. Council o...
- C-13SALT WORKSEstablished by order of the Provincial Congress, April 24, 1776, for Revolutionary War use. They were located 1 1/2 mile...
- 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.
- D-106TIMOTHY BLOODWORTHU.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788...
- H-15TORY RAIDDavid Fanning and his Tories captured many Whig leaders here at old Chatham Courthouse, July, 1781.
- J-16TROUBLESOME IRON WORKSUsed in the Revolution. Greene's Army camped there after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1781. Washington visited, 1791. ...
- G-92UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILLFirst state university to open its doors, 1795. Chartered in 1789 under the Constitution of 1776.
- N-28WAIGHTSTILL AVERYFirst attorney general of North Carolina, 1777-79, member provincial congresses, colonel in Revolution. "Swan Ponds," hi...
- E-48WHITMEL HILLColonel in Revolution. Member of Continental Congress, 1778-1781; of Provincial Congresses; and of state legislature. Gr...
- M-45WILLIAM SHARPE 1742-1818Member of Continental & provincial congresses; was first legislator to advocate U.N.C., 1784. Grave is 2 miles east.
The young state, 1790-1860
- H-54'ELMWOOD'Home of chief justices John L. Taylor & Thos. Ruffin; of Wm. Gaston, Romulus M. Saunders, & Samuel A. Ashe. Built about ...
- H-72ABRAHAM RENCHERCongressman; Minister to Portugal; Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1857-1861; poet and essayist. Buried two blo...
- J-15ALEXANDER MARTIN 1783-1807Governor, 1782-85 and 1789-92, officer in the Revolution, member Federal Convention of 1787, United States Senator. Home...
- K-48ALFRED DOCKERY 1797-1875U.S. Congressman; state legislator for 10 years. A founder of the state Republican party, 1867. Home is 6 mi. northwest.
- D-25ALFRED MOOREAssociate justice U.S. Supreme Court, 1799-1804. Continental Line & militia officer; attorney general. Grave 2 mi. SE.
- H-11ANDREW JOHNSON 1808-1875The small kitchen in which the seventeenth President of the United States was born stands 64 yards west.
- H-6ANDREW JOHNSON 1808-1875President of the United States, 1865-69. Born near here in a kitchen now located 1 mile N.E.
- E-80ANDREW JOYNER 1786-1856Lt. Col. in War of 1812; state senator, 1835-52; pres. Roanoke Navigation Co. & Weldon & Portsmouth R.R. Grave is 2 blks...
- G-104ARCHIBALD DEBOW MURPHEY ca. 1777-1832Advocate of improved schools, roads, canals. Jurist, teacher, legislator. Born 7/10 mi. S.
- B-11ASA BIGGS 1811-1878U.S. Senator, 1855-1858. Federal and Confederate judge. Member of state conventions in 1835 and 1861. Lived 1 block N.
- E-104BARTHOLOMEW F. MOORENoted lawyer. Attorney general of N.C., 1848-51. Compiled Revised Code in 1854. Opposed secession. Born 7/10 mile west.
- G-18BARTLETT YANCEYCongressman. A State legislator and political leader. Died in 1828 at the age of 42. His home and grave are here.
- G-8BEDFORD BROWNU.S. Senator, 1829-1840; legislator; and staunch Unionist. Lived at "Rose Hill," located here.
- D-85BENJAMIN SMITH 1756-1826Governor, 1810-1811, legislator, soldier, benefactor of UNC. His plantation, "Belvedere," was 6 miles northeast.
- E-38BRAGG HOMEBoyhood home of Bragg brothers, Thomas, governor, 1855-9; Braxton, Confederate general, and John, U.S. Congressman. One ...
- N-34BURKE COURTHOUSEBuilt of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here, 1847-61. Raided by U...
- G-43CALVIN GRAVES 1804-1877Speaker of the N.C. House and Senate. He cast deciding vote for North Carolina Railroad, 1849. He lived here.
- K-54CEDAR FALLS MILLChartered 1828; opened 1836. Jonathan Worth, N.C. governor (1865-68), its president. Supplied clothing for Confederate w...
- H-16CHARLES MANLYGovernor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.
- P-5DAVID L. SWAINGovernor and political leader. President of the University of North Carolina, 1835-1868. Was born three miles E.
- J-13DAVID S. REIDGovernor, 1851-54, U.S. Senator, Congressman, member of peace conference, 1861, and of state conventions, 1861, 1875. Ho...
- A-7DAVID STONEGovernor, 1808-10; U.S. Senator; Congressman. "Hope," his home, stands 4 miles northwest.
- K-33EDMUND DEBERRY 1787-1859Member of Congress & State Senator. Planter and promoter of mining & manufacturing. Home here, grave 4/5 mi. west.
- G-19EDMUND FANNING 1776-1847Judge and local official. Target of Regulators who ransacked and destroyed his nearby home, 1770.
- C-31EDWARD B. DUDLEY 1789-1855Governor, 1836-41, the first in N.C. elected by popular vote, first president of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Birthpl...
- D-17EDWARD B. DUDLEY 1789-1855Governor, 1836-41, the first in N.C. elected by popular vote; first president of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. His hom...
- G-51EDWIN G. READEMember Congress, 1855-57; Confederate Senator; President State Convention, 1865; Justice N.C. Supreme Court, 1865-78. Bi...
- H-22EXPERIMENTAL RAILROADEst. 1833. Horses hauled granite for the Capitol over a railroad from a quarry 1 1/4 miles S.E.
- P-26FELIX WALKERRevolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817-23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the w...
- H-100FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHOrganized 1816. Site of Constitutional Convention of 1835. State Supreme Court met here, 1831-40, after Capitol fire. Th...
- I-6GABRIEL HOLMES 1769-1829Governor, 1821-24; U.S. House, 1825-29. Advocate for agriculture, education. Grave 1 mi. N.E. His son, T.H., lt. general...
- D-36GEORGE DAVIS 1820-1896Served the Confederacy as a senator, 1862-64, & as the attorney general, 1864-65. His birthplace was three miles east.
- C-14GEORGE E. BADGERSecretary of the Navy, 1841; United States Senator, 1846-55; judge of the superior court; staunch nationalist. Birthplac...
- H-8GOVERNOR'S PALACECompleted 1816. Vance was the last governor to reside there, 1862-5. Stood 50 yards south.
- D-13HINTON JAMES 1776-1847First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer and legislator. Grave 300 yards east.
- O-23HOKE SMITHSecretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then lo...
- E-39HUTCHINS G. BURTON ca. 1774-1836Governor, 1824-1827; Attorney General of N.C.; Congressman. His home was 400 yds. W.
- O-14INGLESIDEHome built about 1817 by Daniel M. Forney, major in War of 1812, congressman, 1815-1818, legislator, and planter.
- L-93ISRAEL PICKENS 1780-1827Congressman from N.C., 1811-1817. Moved to Alabama where he was governor, 1821-1825, & U.S. Senator. Born 2 mi. SW.
- G-72J. G. A. WILLIAMSONFirst U.S. representative to Republic of Venezuela, 1835-1840; member of N.C. General Assembly. Birthplace was 1/2 mile ...
- C-83JACOB HENRY ca. 1775-1847First Jewish member of N.C. legislature, 1808. Delivered a landmark address on religious freedom. Lived here.
- G-71JACOB THOMPSONSecretary of Interior, 1857-1861, Confederate secret agent in Canada, U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Birthplace s...
- I-4JAMES C. DOBBINSecretary of United States Navy, 1853-57. Helped found State Hospital for Insane. Home one block north.
- A-5JAMES IREDELL 1751-1799Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99. Attorney General of N.C. during Revolution. Home stands 200 ft. east.
- A-50JAMES IREDELL, JR. 1788-1853Governor, 1827-28; U.S. Senator; and legislator. Compiler of revisal of N.C. laws. His home two blocks south; grave at H...
- O-33JAMES PINCKNEY HENDERSON 1808-1858First governor of Texas, 1846-47; U.S. Senator; officer, Mexican War. His birthplace here.
- E-58JAMES TURNERGovernor, 1802-1805, United States Senator and state legislator. "Bloomsbury," his home, stood 2 miles north.
- G-46JAMES TURNERGovernor, 1802-1805, United States Senator, 1805-1816, and State legislator. Oakland, his home, stood 1 mile E.
- 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-6JESSE FRANKLINGovernor 1820-21; state & U.S. Senator and representative; officer in Revolution. His home stood 1/4 mile south.
- E-16JOHN BRANCHGovernor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator. Home was four blocks, grav...
- I-79JOHN ENGLAND 1786-1842Bishop of Charleston. He organized Roman Catholics in N.C. at Fayetteville Convention, & consecrated St. Patrick Church,...
- E-99JOHN H. EATON 1790-1856Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson; U.S. Senator from Tenn.; Fla. governor; U.S. minister to Spain. Born here.
- A-18JOHN H. WHEELERHistorian, legislator, superintendent U.S. Mint at Charlotte, state treasurer, minister to Nicaragua, born 1806 in brick...
- E-93JOHN HALL 1767-1833One of three original justices of the N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1832. Grave 1 block S.
- K-6JOHN J. McRAE 1815-1868Governor of Mississippi, 1854-1857. Member, U.S. Senate and House; Confederate congressman. Born 5 miles southeast.
- H-55JOHN L. TAYLOR 1769-1829First Chief Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1819-1829; author of numerous legal works. Grave is 1/2 mi. E. Home is 1 mi. ...
- J-4JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD 1796-1866Governor, 1841-45. An advocate for railroads & industrial development. Lived at Blandwood.
- H-12JOHN OWEN 1787-1841Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.
- I-7JOHN OWEN 1787-1841Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His home stood 4 miles NW.
- A-71JOHN SKINNER 1760-1819First U.S. marshal for District of N.C., 1790- 1794. Federalist member of conventions of 1788 & 1789. Lived 12 mi. SE.
- L-12JOHN W. ELLISGovernor, 1859-61. A leader of the secession movement in N.C. Died July, 1861, aged 40. Home stands 1 1/2 blocks south.
- K-35JOHN W. THOMAS 1800-1871Founder of Thomasville. As legislator led fight for N.C. Railroad; friend of education. His home, Cedar Lodge, was nearb...
- P-49JOSEPH LANETerritorial Governor of Oregon, 1848-50, Vice-Presidential candidate, 1860, U.S. Senator, major general in Mexican War. ...
- D-56JUDAH P. BENJAMIN 1811-1884Confederate atty. gen., secretary of war & of state; first Jewish U.S. Senator, 1853 (La.). Boyhood home was here.
- H-52L. O'B. BRANCHConfederate brigadier general; president of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 1852-55; member of Congress, 1855-61. Home here...
- E-42LEMUEL BURKITTPastor Sandy Run Baptist Church, 1773-1807. A founder & historian, Kehukee Baptist Assn.; member N.C. convention, 1788. ...
- A-38LEMUEL SAWYERAuthor of "Blackbeard, a Comedy," 1824, an early drama on North Carolina, & other works. Member of Congress. Grave 160 y...
- 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.
- O-68M. L. McCORKLE 1817-1899Superior Court judge; a founder of Catawba College; state senator & Confederate colonel. His home stood here.
- L-62MATTHEW LOCKEBrigadier-General in the American Revolution. Member of the Provincial Congress. U.S. Congress, 1793-1799. Grave 1/4 mi....
- M-2MONTFORT STOKES 1762-1842Governor, 1830-1832; U.S. Senator; Federal Indian Commissioner. Home stood 1 mi. N.
- A-20MURFREE HOUSEHome of William Hardy Murfree, member of U.S. Congress, 1813-1817; N.C. House, 1805 & 1812; presidential elector, 1812. ...
- G-56NATH'L ROCHESTER 1752-1831Officer in Revolution. Member, N.C. Provincial Congress & legislature. Founded Rochester, N.Y., 1811. Home was nearby.
- L-8NATHANIEL ALEXANDER 1756-1808Governor, 1805-07. Was a surgeon in Revolutionary War; later Congressman. Birthplace was 3 mi. N.
- E-2NATHANIEL MACON 1758-1837Congressman, 1791-1815. Speaker of U.S. House, 1801-1807. Later U.S. Senator. His home site and grave, 4 miles NW.
- K-44OLD DAVIDSON COUNTY COURTHOUSECompleted 1858. Interior was burned, 1865, rebuilt ca. 1867. Fine example of Classical Revival style.
- C-26OTWAY BURNSPrivateersman, War of 1812, shipbuilder. As a State Senator he fought for the constitutional convention of 1835. His hom...
- O-61PETER FORNEY 1756-1834Pioneer manufacturer of iron; Revolutionary War officer; Congressman, 1813-1815. Mt. Welcome, his home, was 3/4 mi. S.
- C-39POLITICAL DUELJohn Stanly killed Richard Dobbs Spaight, former governor of North Carolina, in a duel near this spot, September 5, 1802...
- C-7RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHTA signer of the U.S. Constitution; governor, 1792-95. R. D. Spaight, Jr., governor, 1835-36. Graves two miles S.W.
- M-12RICHMOND PEARSON 1805-1878Chief Justice of State Supreme Court, 1859-78. Conducted law school at Richmond Hill, his home, located 5 mi. NW.
- I-26ROBERT STRANGEU.S. Senator, 1836-40; author of "Eoneguski, or Cherokee Chief," first novel about North Carolina (1839). Home and grave...
- G-12ROMULUS M. SAUNDERS 1791-1867Was Minister to Spain, 1845-49; congressman, judge, and legislator. Lived 1/10 mile north.
- C-15SHINE HOMEBuilt about 1815-16 by James Shine. President Monroe & Secretary of War Calhoun spent the night there, April 13, 1819. S...
- H-4STATE CAPITOLBuilt 1833-40. Ithiel Towne, A. J. Davis and David Paton, architects. First State House built here, 1796; burned, 1831.
- E-123STATE v. WILLLandmark N.C. Supreme Court case, 1834, gave protection to slaves who killed in self-defense. Will was a slave on the Ba...
- J-14STEPHEN A. DOUGLASPresidential nominee, 1860, United States Senator from Illinois, was married to Martha Martin, 1847, in house standing 2...
- H-46THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOLEstablished for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead. Present plant is 500 yards ...
- H-47THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOLEstablished for visually impaired students in 1845 under leadership of John Motley Morehead. Present plant is 3 blocks s...
- E-6THOMAS BRAGGAttorney-General of Confederacy, Governor of N.C. 1855-59, U.S. Senator. Home stands one block north.
- G-93THOMAS DAY ca. 1801-1861Free black cabinetmaker in Milton, 1824-1861. Home and shop located here in the old Union Tavern, 1848-1858.
- G-26THOMAS H. BENTONUnited States Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851; Congressman; author; Jacksonian Democratic leader; was born, 1782, in th...
- M-4THOMAS L. CLINGMANUnited States Senator, Confederate General, born at Huntsville, 9 mi. east, 1812. Clingman's Dome, 160 miles west, is na...
- I-40THOMAS O. MOORE 1804-1876Governor of Louisiana, 1860-1864; a leader of the secession movement. His birthplace stood 4 1/2 miles northwest.
- G-11THOMAS RUFFIN 1787-1870Jurist and agriculturist. Chief Justice of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1833-1852 and 1858-1859. Grave 3/10 mile east.
- I-2U.S. ARSENALAuthorized by Congress, 1836. Taken over by Confederacy, 1861. Destroyed March 1865, by Sherman. Ruins stand 2 blocks S....
- P-25VANCE-CARSON DUELOn Nov. 5, 1827, Robert B. Vance, former N.C. Congressman, was fatally wounded in a duel by Samuel P. Carson, his succes...
- I-65WARREN WINSLOW 1810-1862Acting Governor, 1854; Congressman, 1855-1861. Negotiated surrender of local U.S. arsenal in 1861. Grave 40 yds. SE.
- C-16WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, April 22, 1791, at Shine's Inn which was 7 mi. S.W.
- C-17WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington, on April 20, 1791, was a guest at the home of Col. John Allen, which was 5 mi. E.
- C-18WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night Apr. 23, 1791 at Sage's Inn, which stood 200 yds. E.
- C-19WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington visited in the Stanly home two nights, April 20-21, 1791.
- D-19WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington was a guest Apr. 24-25, 1791, at the Quince home which stood 2 blocks W.
- D-70WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington, on April 27, 1791, was a guest at the home of William Gause, Jr., which stood four miles south.
- E-24WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro.
- E-25WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington was a visitor in the town of Halifax, on April 16-17, 1791.
- F-10WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent the night, Apr. 19, 1791, at Shadrack Allen's Inn, which was 7 mi. E.
- G-110WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURGeorge Washington's last overnight stop in N.C., June 3, 1791, was at the home of Dudley Gatewood, which stood 1 mi. N.E...
- J-97WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington spent night of May 31, 1791, at the tavern in Salem. 1/2 mile north.
- L-64WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN TOURPresident Washington was a visitor in the town of Salisbury, May 30-31, 1791.
- E-100WELDON EDWARDS 1788-1873President, N.C. Secession Convention, 1861-1862; Congressman, 1816-1827; legislator. His grave is three miles north.
- G-40WILLIAM A. GRAHAMGovernor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852. His home sta...
- O-25WILLIAM A. GRAHAMGovernor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852. His birthpla...
- F-42WILLIAM DUNN MOSELEYMember of N.C. Senate, 1829-1836; Speaker, 1833-1835. First governor of State of Florida, 1845-1849. Home was 1 mi. N.
- C-6WILLIAM GASTON 1778-1844Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1833-44; lawmaker. An advocate for state's Catholics. Wrote state song, "The Old North St...
- G-44WILLIAM HAWKINS 1777-1819Governor, 1811-1814; speaker, State House of Commons, 1810-1811. His home, Pleasant Hill, stands one mile N.W.
- E-37WILLIAM MILLERGovernor, 1814-1817; state legislator and attorney general; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America. Lived three miles...
- E-4WILLIAM R. DAVIE 1756-1820A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in thi...
- G-79WILLIAM R. WEBB (SAWNEY)Founder, 1870, of Webb School, since 1886 in Bell Buckle, Tenn. Confederate soldier, U.S. Senator, 1913. Born 1842, one ...
- I-5WILLIAM RUFUS KINGCongressman from N.C., 1811-16; Senator from Alabama for 29 years. Vice-President of the United States, 1853. Born six m...
- H-92WILLIAM W. HOLDEN 1818-1892Editor. Appointed provisional governor, 1865. Elected governor, 1868; impeached and removed, 1871. Home stood here.
- G-28WILLIE P. MANGUMMember of United States Senate for 18 years and president pro tempore, 1842-45; Congressman; Whig party leader. Home sit...
- E-66WILLIS ALSTON, JR. 1769-1837U.S. Congressman, 1799-1815 and 1825-1831, as a Jeffersonian Republican; N.C. Representative and Senator. Grave 4 1/2 mi...
- J-26WRIGHT TAVERNBuilt in 1816. Rare example of dog-run building. Operated by Wrights and Reids. Birthplace and home of Congressman J. W....
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- E-51'COLONIAL CHURCHYARD'Graves of Confederate general Junius Daniel, editor Abraham Hodge, U.S. District Judge John Sitgreaves, are 1 bl. N.E.
- P-15A. S. MERRIMON 1830-1892U.S. Senator, 1873-79; Chief Justice of State Supreme Court, 1889-92. Birthplace was 1 mi. E.
- D-114ABRAHAM GALLOWAY 1837-1870Former slave. Freedom fighter; Union recruiter and spy; legislator. Led a delegation that met President Lincoln, 1864. L...
- J-45ALFRED M. SCALES 1827-1892Governor, 1885-1889, Confederate general, state legislator, and Congressman. Birthplace stood 3 1/2 mi. E.
- E-105BENJAMIN S. TURNER 1825-1894U.S. Congressman, 1871-1873, representing Ala.; merchant and farmer in Selma, Ala. Born into slavery one mile south.
- P-4C. G. MEMMINGERSecretary of the treasury of the Confederacy, from Charleston. Native of Germany. Summer home and grave nearby.
- N-17CAMP VANCETraining camp for state troops, 1861-64, named for Col. Zebulon Vance, war governor, was here. The camp was raided by fe...
- G-6CASWELL COURTHOUSEErected about 1861. Murder of Sen. J. W. Stephens here in 1870 led to martial law and Kirk-Holden "War."
- L-3CONFEDERATE CABINETWith President Davis held last full meetings April 22-26, 1865 in a house which was located here.
- J-22CONFEDERATE CABINETMembers of the cabinet, fleeing south, occupied a railroad car near this spot, Apr. 11-15, 1865.
- F-18CURTIS H. BROGDENGovernor, 1874-1877; congressman; legislator; and major general of state militia. His home was 2 miles northwest.
- B-33DANIEL G. FOWLEGovernor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator. His home s...
- O-31ELISHA BAXTERGovernor of Arkansas, 1873-74; Union colonel in Civil War; elected to U.S. Senate, 1864, but not seated. Birthplace stoo...
- H-109FREEDMEN'S CONVENTIONDelegates resolved to seek equal rights for state's freed blacks. Met, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1865, one block north.
- H-31GENERAL GRANTIn the Governor's Palace April 24-27, 1865, Grant conferred with Sherman and approved new terms for surrender of Johnsto...
- P-52GEORGE TRENHOLMConfederate Secretary of Treasury, 1864-65; S.C. legislator, cotton broker and financier. Summer home "Solitude" stood 1...
- A-54GEORGE W. BROOKSFederal judge whose writ of habeas corpus, 1870, prevented arbitrary arrest of N.C. citizens during Reconstruction. Home...
- A-62HENRY M. SHAWMember of N.C. Assembly and U.S. Congress. Confederate colonel. Killed in attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864. Home & grave...
- E-65HENRY T. CLARKGovernor of North Carolina, 1861-1862. Speaker of the State Senate. Helped organize the State for war. Grave is 3 blocks...
- I-86HIRAM R. REVELS 1822-1901First African American to serve in Congress, he represented Mississippi in Senate, 1870-1871. Born in Fayetteville.
- O-12HIRAM R. REVELS 1822-1901First black to serve in Congress. Native of N.C. Mississippi senator, 1870-1871. Operated own barbershop here, 1840s.
- A-80HUGH CALE 1835-1910Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His g...
- H-86JAMES H. HARRIS 1832-1891Black legislator & orator; member 1868 convention; a founder of Republican Party & Union League in N.C. Home was 1 block...
- J-21JEFFERSON DAVISThe President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which w...
- K-16JEFFERSON DAVISPresident Davis, fleeing southward after Lee's surrender, with members of his cabinet spent the night of Apr. 16, 1865, ...
- K-2JONATHAN WORTHGovernor, 1865-1868. State Treasurer, 1862-1865. Home stood one block south.
- F-47LIBERTY HALLPlantation of Thomas S. Kenan, legislator & U.S. Congressman, whose son, Owen Rand, legislator, Confederate Congressman,...
- E-10MATT W. RANSOMConfederate General, United States Senator, 1872-95, and Minister to Mexico. Home stands 800 yards south.
- H-67OAKWOOD CEMETERYGovernors Aycock, Bragg, Fowle, Holden, Swain, and Worth, other notables and Confederates buried there. 3 blocks E.
- H-30OLD BREASTWORKSBreastworks were thrown up around Raleigh, 1863, by order of Governor Vance, for protection against Federal raids. Remai...
- D-112PARKER ROBBINS 1834-1917Civil War cavalryman. Among highest ranking North Carolinians in the United States Colored Troops. Legislator, 1868-70. ...
- O-24PLATO DURHAMConfederate captain; legislator; member of conventions of 1868, '75; conservative leader in Reconstruction period. His h...
- P-3RIVERSIDE CEMETERYGraves of Thomas Wolfe & "O. Henry," authors; Zebulon B. Vance, governor; Thomas L. Clingman and Robert R. Reynolds, U.S...
- H-56THE GOVERNOR MOREHEAD SCHOOLOpened in 1869, it was first state-supported school in U.S. for African American blind & deaf students. Located on this ...
- A-67THOMAS C. MANNING 1825-1887U.S. Minister to Mexico; chief justice, La. Supreme Court.; La. adjutant gen., 1863-65; taught at Edenton Academy. Lived...
- K-40THOMAS SAMUEL ASHEAssociate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legisl...
- J-17THOMAS SETTLE, JR. 1831-1888Justice N.C. Supreme Court, served in N.C. House & Senate, Confederate captain, minister to Peru. Home is 2 mi. W.
- N-8TOD R. CALDWELLGovernor, 1870-1874, during Reconstruction, member State Convention of 1865. His home stood here.
- Q-1WADE HAMPTONConfederate General, Governor of S.C., 1876-79, U.S. Senator. His summer home, "High Hampton," stood 1 1/3 miles southea...
- Q-46WILLIAM H. THOMASWhite chief and agent of N.C. Cherokee. Secured reservation for them. Confederate colonel. State senator. Home, "Stekoih...
- A-32WILLIAM P. ROBERTSA Confederate brigadier general at age 23, state auditor, a member of Convention of 1875. His grave is 700 yds. west.
- E-70WILLIAM R. COXConfederate general. His brigade fought in last infantry action at Appomattox. Later Congressman; Secretary U.S. Senate....
- D-58WILLIAM S. ASHERailroad president, congressman, state senator. In charge of Confederate railroad transportation, 1861-62. Home stands 1...
- D-31WOODROW WILSONPresident of the United States, 1913-1921. His home, 1874-1882, was the Presbyterian manse, which stood one block E.
- P-2ZEBULON B. VANCE 1830-1894Civil War governor. He led state, 1862-65, and 1877-79; U.S. Senator, 1879-94. Colonel, 26th N.C. Regiment, 1861-62. Bir...
The New South, 1878-1929
- H-43A. A. F. SEAWELL 1864-1950Justice of State Supreme Court, 1938-1950; state legislator and attorney general. Home is here.
- J-78ALBION W. TOURGEE 1838-1905Writer, judge, & Union army officer. Member, constitutional convention, 1868. Lived 2 blocks S.
- I-39ANGUS W. McLEANGovernor, 1925-1929, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1920-1921. Home is 1 mile south, grave 100 yards...
- I-20ANGUS W. McLEAN 1870-1935Governor, 1925-1929, assistant secretary, U.S. Treasury, 1920-1921. His birthplace was 4 mi. N.
- M-39AUGUSTUS LEAZERIntroduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889; prison reformer. Taught...
- N-39BROUGHTON HOSPITALState facility for care of mentally ill; opened 1883. Named in 1959 for J. Melville Broughton, governor, 1941-1945.
- I-63C. M. STEDMAN 1841-1930Last Confederate officer in Congress, 1911-1930; lawyer & lt.-governor. Grave is 2 blks. east.
- L-53CAMERON MORRISONGovernor, 1921-1925, began state-wide paved road building program. United States Senator and Representative. His home is...
- K-50CAMERON MORRISON 1869-1953Governor, 1921-1925; State legislator; U.S. Senator & Congressman; mayor of Rockingham. Birthplace was 6 mi. S.
- J-118CAPUS WAYNICK 1889-1986Newspaperman and public official; ambassador to Nicaragua and Colombia; adviser to governor on racial affairs, 1963-64. ...
- F-1CHARLES B. AYCOCKGovernor, 1901-1905. Crusader for public education. Birthplace stands 2/3 mi. east.
- F-35CHARLES B. AYCOCKGovernor of North Carolina, 1901-1905. Crusader for universal education. His law office is 2 blocks S.W.
- F-61CHERRY HOSPITALOpened by state in 1880 for black citizens with mental illness. Named in 1959 for R. Gregg Cherry, governor, 1945-49. Op...
- E-49CLAUDE KITCHIN 1869-1923Congressman, 1901-23, Democratic majority leader, 1915-19. Opposed war declaration; later supported Wilson's war policie...
- C-72CYRUS THOMPSON 1855-1930Physician and orator. Secretary of State of N.C., 1897-1901. Farmers' Alliance and Populist leader. Grave 4 mi. W.
- C-29D. L. RUSSELLGovernor, 1897-1901; member Congress 1879-1881; Superior Court judge at 23; home six, grave three miles S.
- O-50DALLASNamed for G.M. Dallas. First seat of Gaston County, 1846-1911; site of Gaston College, now extinct. Courthouse built 184...
- D-92DANIEL L. RUSSELL 1845-1908Governor, 1897-1901; Superior Court judge, 1868-1874; member of Congress, 1879-1881. Born two miles N.E.
- E-74DRED WIMBERLYFormer slave. Voted for better roads, schools, and colleges as State representative, 1879, 1887; and State senator, 1889...
- F-8E. E. SMITH 1852-1933President for over 40 years of State Colored Normal School (Fayetteville State University). U.S. minister to Liberia, 18...
- E-20ELIAS CARRGovernor, 1893-1897. First president of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance. Bracebridge Hall, his home, 1 mi. N.
- H-117EXECUTIVE MANSIONOfficial residence, N.C. governors, it was completed 1891 on Burke Square using prison labor. Architects, A.G. Bauer & S...
- C-45F. M. SIMMONSCongressman, 1887-1889; U.S. Senator, 1901-1931; Chairman of Finance, World War I. Birthplace is one-tenth mile.
- C-30F. M. SIMMONS 1854-1940U.S. Senator, 1901-1931. Chaired Senate Finance Committee during World War I. U.S. House, 1887-1889. Lived here.
- L-32FERDINAND FOCHCommander-in-chief of Allied armies, 1918, made a speech at the Union County Courthouse, on December 9, 1921.
- F-68FIRST ABC STOREFirst Alcoholic Beverage Control store in N.C. opened here, July 2, 1935, ending Prohibition, state law since 1909.
- I-60FRANK P. GRAHAM 1886-1972First president of Consolidated U.N.C., 1932-1949. U.S. senator; U.N. mediator, India & Pakistan. Birthplace was 50 yds....
- E-47GALLBERRYBuilt about 1885. Home of three congressmen, W. H. Kitchin and his sons Wm. W. (governor, 1909-1913) and Claude.
- C-53GEORGE H. WHITE 1852-1918Lawyer; member of N.C. legislature, 1881 & 1885. U.S. Congressman, 1897-1901. Born into slavery. Home stands 2 blocks N.
- E-116GEORGE H. WHITE 1852-1918Represented the state's "Black Second" district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress for 72 years. ...
- H-88HENRY A. LONDON 1846-1918Lawyer, state senator. Author of 1901 "London Libel Law." Editor of Chatham Record, 1878-1918. Home was here.
- F-56HENRY G. CONNOR 1852-1924Justice of N.C. Supreme Court; Federal District Judge; state legislator. Grave is 3.5 mi. west.
- G-94HENRY P. CHEATHAM 1857-1935Born into slavery. U.S. Congressman, 1889-1893. Superintendent of Colored Orphanage of N.C., 1907-1935. Grave 8/10 mi. N...
- H-53J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON 1888-1949Governor, 1941-45; U.S. Senator, 1948-49. Member, General Assembly, 1927, 1929. Home was two blocks west.
- E-103JAMES E. O'HARA 1844-1905Black political leader. Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1883-1887. Practiced law in Enfield. Lived 1/10 mi. S.
- H-87JAMES H. YOUNG 1860-1921Colonel of black N.C. regiment in war with Spain; edited Raleigh Gazette; legislator. Home was 25 ft. W.
- L-52JAMES P. COOKLed founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.
- P-32JETER C. PRITCHARDUnited States Senator, 1895-1903, Republican leader, newspaperman, federal judge. His home is 3/10 mile east; grave is 1...
- E-101JOHN A. HYMAN 1840-1891First black to represent N.C. in U.S. Congress, 1875-1877; state senator, 1868-1874. Home is one block west.
- E-102JOHN H. KERR 1873-1958Congressman, 1923-1952; jurist. Sponsored bills to create tobacco price supports and Kerr Lake. He lived 2 blocks east.
- B-65JOHN H. SMALL 1858-1946Congressman, 1899-1921. Chair, Cmte. on Rivers & Harbors; champion of Intracoastal Waterway. Home stood 40 yds. E.
- L-90JOHN J. PARKER 1885-1958Chief judge, U.S. Fourth Circuit, 1931-58; alternate member, Nuremberg tribunal, 1945-46. He was born one block SE.
- Q-52JOHN R. BRINKLEY 1885-1942Medical maverick, radio and advertising pioneer, candidate for governor of Kansas. Boyhood home stood across the river.
- E-114JOHN WILLIAMSON 1846-1911Former slave. Member, legislature, six terms; newspaper publisher & advocate of education. Grave is 1/2 mile west.
- J-27JOSEPH G. CANNONMember of Congress for 46 years from Illinois, Speaker of the House, 1903-11. His birthplace stood 1 1/2 miles southwest...
- B-24JOSEPHUS DANIELSSecretary of the Navy, 1913-21; Ambassador to Mexico; editor; author. Birthplace stood here.
- H-39JOSEPHUS DANIELS 1862-1948Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; ambassador to Mexico; author; editor, News and Observer. His home was here.
- E-122KNIGHTS OF LABORBlack farmworkers in region affiliated with labor union, 1886-1890. Precursor to the Fusion movement. State convention h...
- L-27LEE S. OVERMANUnited States Senator, 1903-30, a leading supporter of Wilson's war policies, Speaker of House of Representatives. His h...
- P-79LILLIAN EXUM CLEMENT STAFFORD 1886-1925First female legislator in the South. Elected to N.C. House, 1920. Her law office was 400 yds. west; home 1/2 mi. NE.
- B-61LINDSAY C. WARREN 1889-1976U.S. Comptroller General, 1940-54; Member, U.S. House, 1925-40. Sponsor, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Act. Lived here...
- P-22LOCKE CRAIG1860-1924 Governor, 1913-1917. He created the state highway & fisheries commissions, est. Mt. Mitchell State Park. Lived...
- I-36MARION BUTLERUnited States Senator, 1896-1901. Populist-Republican. Supporter of education, sponsor of rural free delivery act. Birth...
- E-62MOSES A. HOPKINS 1846-1886U.S. minister to Liberia, 1885-1886; black clergyman. Founder & principal of Albion Academy which stood two blocks east.
- K-53N.C. FARMERS' ALLIANCEOrganized by statewide convention of delegates in Rockingham, Oct. 4, 1887. Leonidas L. Polk elected first secretary.
- H-106NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATIONOrganized here, Feb. 10, 1899, in room then used by N.C. Supreme Court. Platt Walker of Charlotte, group's first preside...
- O-27O. MAX GARDNER 1882-1947Governor, 1929-33; Under Secretary of U.S. Treasury; appointed Ambassador to Great Britain, 1946. Birthplace stands here...
- F-64OWEN L. W. SMITHU.S. minister to Liberia, 1898-1902; born into slavery. Pastor, St. John A.M.E. Zion Church in Wilson. Lived 1/10 mi. N.
- P-36RICHMOND PEARSON 1852-1923Congressman, 1895-1901; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1902-07, and to Greece and Montenegro, 1907-09. His home, "Richmond Hil...
- J-38ROBERT B. GLENN 1854-1920Governor, 1905-1909; legislator. Champion of Prohibition and of railroad regulation. Home stood 1 block W.
- M-34ROBERT L. DOUGHTON 1863-1954Congressman, 1911-1953. Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, 1933-1947, 1949-1953. Home 2/10 mi. S.E.
- M-37RUFUS A. DOUGHTONLegislator, 14 terms. Lt. Governor, 1893-1897. Headed Revenue & Highway Commissions. Was U.N.C. Trustee for 56 yrs. Offi...
- L-42S. B. ALEXANDERFirst president of N.C. Farmers' Alliance, 1887. Was N.C. senator & U.S. congressman. Advocate of agricultural education...
- L-57T. WALTER BICKETTGovernor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary. N.C. Attorney General, state legislator. Birthplace...
- A-6THOMAS J. JARVISGovernor, 1879-1885; Minister to Brazil; U.S. Senator; was born in a house which stood here.
- F-19THOMAS J. JARVISGovernor, 1879-1885; Minister to Brazil; United States Senator. Home is 3 blocks S. Grave is 1 block W.
- G-59THOMAS M. HOLTGovernor, 1891-93; cotton mill owner. Sponsor of railroad development and state aid to education. Home stood 350 yards S...
- E-52THOMAS W. BICKETTGovernor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary, N.C. Attorney General, member state house. Home sta...
- E-40W. L. SAUNDERSEditor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four bl...
- H-81W. N. H. SMITHN.C. Chief Justice, 1878-1889; state legislator; U.S. & Confederate Congressman. Home was one blk. W.; grave 3/4 mi. E.
- L-50W. R. ODELLTextile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.
- G-78W. W. KITCHINGovernor, 1909-1913; member of Congress. Moved to Roxboro from Scotland Neck in 1888. Home is 2 blocks E.
- E-46W. W. KITCHIN 1866-1924Governor, 1909-1913; congressman, 1897-1908; & attorney. His grave is 240 yards south.
- E-43WALTER CLARK 1846-1924Champion of liberalism. Member, State Supreme Court, 1889-1924; Chief Justice, 1902-24. Editor, State Records of N.C. Ho...
- H-20WALTER HINES PAGE 1855-1918Journalist, editor, and publisher. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-1918. His birthplace stood 400 yards north.
- O-66WILLIAM A. HOKE 1851-1925Chief justice 1 year & assoc. justice 20 yrs., N.C. Supreme Court. Superior court judge 13 yrs. Birthplace stood here.
- H-49WILLIAM E. DODD 1869-1940Ambassador to Germany, 1933-37; professor and writer of U.S. history. He was born 2 mi. N.E.
- F-24WM. T. DORTCHConfederate Senator, Speaker State House of Representatives, head of commission to codify State laws, 1883. Home is 1, g...
Modern North Carolina, 1930 on
- G-95B. EVERETT JORDAN 1896-1974United States Senator, 1958-1973, and textile executive. Jordan Lake named for him, 1973. He lived 1 mile NE.
- G-133CARL T. DURHAM 1892-1974Congressman, 1939-1961. A druggist, he shaped pharmaceutical legislation & chaired atomic energy committee. Lived 1 mi. ...
- O-48CLYDE R. HOEYUnited States Senator, 1945-54, congressman, governor, N.C. legislator, lawyer, editor. Home is 1 mi., grave 1.2 mi., N....
- Q-59DAN K. MOORE 1906-1986Governor, 1965-69; held posts on superior & state supreme courts. Set up initial Court of Appeals, 1967. Lived 1/10 mi. ...
- B-77EDMUND HARDING 1890-1970Humorist, storyteller, & speaker of wide renown. Key to restoration of colonial Bath, 1955-70. He lived 100 yds. S.W.
- H-63EDWARD W. POUCongressman, 1901-1934, Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F. D. Roosevelt. Grave...
- I-90EDWIN GILL 1899-1978State treasurer, 1953-77; commissioner of revenue, 1942-49. Secretary, Gov. O. Max Gardner, 1931-33. Lived one block N.
- I-94FT. BRAGG SCHOOL INTEGRATIONIn 1951 superindendent Mildred Poole integrated Riley School 1 mi. S.W. three years before U.S. Supreme Court mandate.
- C-74GRAHAM A. BARDEN 1896-1967Congressman, 1935-61. Secured military bases for eastern N.C.; advocated Taft-Hartley labor relations act. Grave 4 block...
- E-110HAROLD D. COOLEY 1897-1974U.S. House, 1934-1967. As chairman, Agriculture Committee, for 14 years, shaped postwar federal farm policy. Lived here.
- F-63HENRY L. STEVENS, JR.Veterans leader. National Commander of American Legion, 1931-32; Superior Court judge, 1939-62. He lived 2 blocks N.
- B-76HYDE COUNTY SCHOOL BOYCOTTAfrican Americans boycotted public schools for the 1968-1969 year, challenging desegregation plan to close black schools...
- A-39J. C. B. EHRINGHAUSGovernor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace 1/4 mile north.
- C-1JOHN WRIGHT STANLY HOUSEHome of Revolutionary War leader; and his son John, Congressman & state legislator. House moved and restored 1966-70 by ...
- H-59JOSIAH W. BAILEYUnited States Senator, 1931-1946. A Baptist leader and editor of "The Biblical Recorder." Home was here.
- G-127JOURNEY OF RECONCILIATIONIn 1947 the Congress of Racial Equality & local citizens, black & white, protested bus segregation. Setting out from Was...
- F-52KENNETH C. ROYALLLast Sec'y of War & first Sec'y of Army, 1947-49. Attorney; state senator; brig. gen., 1943-45. Led military justice ref...
- J-67LUTHER H. HODGES 1898-1974Governor, 1954-1961; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1961-1965. A founder of Research Triangle Park. Home is 100 yards east.
- F-39R. D. W. CONNORFirst Archivist of the U.S., 1934-41. Secretary of the N.C. Historical Commission, historian, author, and teacher. His b...
- O-56R. GREGG CHERRYGovernor of North Carolina, 1945-1949. State legislator. Promoted good roads and rural electrification. Grave is 3 miles...
- F-60ROBERT LEE HUMBER 1898-1970Led effort in 1947 to establish N.C. Museum of Art; attorney & legislator; advocate of world federation. Lived here.
- F-74RUTH W. WHALEY 1901-1977Pioneer female African American lawyer. First to be licensed in N.C., 1933. Was Secretary of N.Y.C. Board of Estimate, 1...
- N-49SAM J. ERVIN, JR. 1896-1985U.S. Senator, 1954-1974; led Senate Watergate Committee, 1973-1974; judge. His law office was one block west.
- A-92THAD EURE 1899-1993N.C. Secretary of State, 1936-1989. Advocate for State Highway Patrol. Drafted Speaker Ban law in 1963. Born 2 ½ mi. S.
- G-81W. KERR SCOTTGovernor, 1949-1953; United States Senator, 1954-1958; N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture, 1937-1948. Birthplace is nearby...
- G-68WILLIAM B. UMSTEADGovernor, 1953-54, U.S. Senator, congressman; Democratic leader; and lawyer. Birthplace is 6 1/2 mi., grave 5 1/2 mi., N...
- H-64WILLIS SMITHUnited States Senator, 1950-53, speaker N.C. House of Representatives, president American Bar Assn. Home is 100 yds. W.,...
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
- E-29ALLEN JONESBrigadier General during the Revolution, member of Provincial Congress and of Continental Congress. Site of home, Mt. Ga...
- M-30BENJAMIN CLEVELANDColonel in Revolution, Whig leader in battle of Kings Mountain, state legislator. Home was on "The Round About," one mil...
- K-8BENJAMIN WILLIAMSFour times Governor; Revolutionary officer; congressman. Grave is 9 1/2 miles north.
- L-54DAVID F. HOUSTONSecretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 y...
- A-34DR. HUGH WILLIAMSONSigner of the Federal Constitution, member of Congress, historian. Home was 4 blocks S.E.
- D-65GENERAL JOHN ASHEStamp Act patriot; Speaker of the House. Colonel under Tryon in "War of Regulation." Revolutionary General. Home stood 2...
- A-4JOSEPH HEWESSigner of Declaration of Independence, leader in Continental Congress, merchant. His store was three blocks S.
- J-39JOSEPH WINSTONMajor in Revolution, a commander at Kings Mountain, Congressman, state legislator. Town of Winston named for him. Home w...
- A-66McKNIGHT'S SHIPYARDThomas McKnight, colonial merchant and legislator; Loyalist during Revolution. Operated large shipyard which stood near ...
- H-18RAMSEY'S MILLCornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point ...
- A-9SAMUEL JOHNSTONRevolutionary leader, Governor, U.S. Senator. His home, "Hayes," and grave are one mile S.E.
- G-17THOMAS PERSONLeader of popular movements: Regulation, Revolution, and Antifederalism. His home in Goshen stood five miles north.
- I-37THOMAS ROBESONColonel in Revolution, member of provincial congresses and state senator. Robeson County is named for him. His home stoo...
- K-1WALTER HINES PAGEAmbassador to Great Britain during World War, journalist, editor, publisher. Tomb one mile east.
- A-41WILLIAM BLOUNTMember of Continental Congress, signer of the Federal Constitution, governor S.W. Territory, Senator from Tennessee. Bir...
- G-20WILLIAMSBOROUGHEighteenth century town, named for John Williams, judge, state legislator, congressman, who lived nearby. Old St. John's...