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Member of N.C. Senate, 1829-1836; Speaker, 1833-1835. First governor of State of Florida, 1845-1849. Home was 1 mi. N.

Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1902-1919. Educator and agriculturist. Home is 3 blks. N.W.

Disciples of Christ since 1843. Organized about 1760 as Free Will Baptist. Part of present church built in 1858. One mile northwest.

First Archivist of the U.S., 1934-41. Secretary of the N.C. Historical Commission, historian, author, and teacher. His birthplace stood here.

A Tuscarora Indian community, destroyed by Col. John Barnwell's S.C. forces in Tuscarora War, 1712. Site is nearby.

Tuscarora stronghold. Site of decisive battle of the Tuscarora War, March 20-23, 1713, when 950 Indians were killed or captured. Site 1 mi. N.

Fortified Indian town & site of the Tuscarora conspiracy of Sept., 1711. Capitulated, 1712, after a 10-day siege by Col. John Barnwell. Site is 4 mi. N.

Governor of North Carolina, 1901-1905. Crusader for universal education. His law office is 2 blocks S.W.

Confederate Major-General. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg. His birthplace stood 1.4 miles north.

Baptist. Founded 1756. Was moved 3 1/2 miles west in 1803. Early church site and graveyard are 350 yards south.