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Key Anti-Federalist and an advocate for states’ rights in Revolutionary era N.C. His home, “The Grove,” was 2/10 mi. W.

Chartered 1767. Building was erected in 1769. Joseph Montfort, "Grand Master of America," is buried there. 500 yds. E.

Second cotton mill in State. Building begun, 1818. Federals burned, 1863. Soon rebuilt.

Attorney-General of Confederacy, Governor of N.C. 1855-59, U.S. Senator. Home stands one block north.

Daughter of Robert E. Lee & Mary Custis Lee. Was buried 1/2 mile W. General Lee visited her grave in 1870.

A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in this house.

The "Halifax Resolves," first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, April 12, 1776.

Congressman, 1791-1815. Speaker of U.S. House, 1801-1807. Later U.S. Senator. His home site and grave, 4 miles NW.

Site of the first annual conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1785, hosted in home of Green Hill, minister, one mi. S.

Confederate shipyard and outfitting station which completed the ironclad steam sloop Raleigh in 1863. Site is three blocks west.