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Leader of popular movements: Regulation, Revolution, and Antifederalism. His home in Goshen stood five miles north.

Governor of N.C., was captured in Hillsboro by David Fanning and his Tories, Sept. 12, 1781, and taken to Charleston, S.C.

Passed a few miles west, February, 1781. Greene followed, and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse resulted, March 15, 1781.

Pursued by Cornwallis, crossed into Virginia and forded the Dan River northeast of here, February, 1781.

First public meeting to promote railroads in North Carolina, Aug. 1, 1828, was at Wm. Albright's home, which stood 4 mi. S.E.

Was Minister to Spain, 1845-49; congressman, judge, and legislator. Lived 1/10 mile north.

Jurist and agriculturist. Chief Justice of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1833-1852 and 1858-1859. Grave 3/10 mile east.

Patriot general in American Revolution, was mortally wounded at Germantown, 1777. His home is 150 yds. W.

U.S. Senator, 1829-1840; legislator; and staunch Unionist. Lived at "Rose Hill," located here.

Opened by Masons, 1873, with John H. Mills first head, in plant of St. Johns College, which they had operated, 1858-1861.