Acting governor, 1722-1724; president of the Provincial Council. His home stood 3/4 mile east.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
Member of Continental Congress, signer of the Federal Constitution, governor S.W. Territory, Senator from Tennessee. Birthplace 1/5 mi. S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
Historian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93. Birthplace 3/5 mi. E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
Signer of Declaration of Independence, leader in Continental Congress, merchant. His store was three blocks S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace 1/4 mile north.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Author of "Blackbeard, a Comedy," 1824, an early drama on North Carolina, & other works. Member of Congress. Grave 160 yds. N.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became a university in 1969.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their...
Governor, 1913-1917; teacher, lawyer, state legislator. His birthplace is one mile N.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1775 b/w VIRGINIA / First...
Signer of the Federal Constitution, member of Congress, historian. Home was 4 blocks S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page...
A Confederate brigadier general at age 23, state auditor, a member of Convention of 1875. His grave is 700 yds. west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
In 1622 an expedition from Jamestown, Va., led by John Pory, explored the Chowan River area.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
Member provincial congress, 1775; brigadier general of militia in Revolution; member N.C. conventions, 1788-1789. Home is 4 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
Pioneer settler in the Albemarle, about 1662. Speaker of Assembly. Site of home 20 miles east, at Durant's Neck.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
Member of provincial congresses, 1775-1776; lieutenant colonel of militia in Revolution; Congressman, 1795-99. Grave is 7 miles S.E.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
Five times speaker of colonial assembly, moderator of provincial congresses, 1774-1775, leader of Revolutionary movement. Lived 11 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
Established 1735 over Albemarle Sound, succeeding Bells Ferry. Discontinued in 1938. Northern terminus was four blocks south.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
Patented rapid-firing Gatling Gun, 1862. Also invented a variety of agricultural implements. Birthplace was 2/10 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...
A detachment of United States troops burned Winton on February 20, 1862. The first town in N.C. to be burned during the Civil War.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...