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Commander of Whigs in Moore's Creek campaign, 1776, brigadier general North Carolina troops at Charleston. Died 1777. His home was 3 mi. S.E.

Associate justice U.S. Supreme Court, 1799-1804. Continental Line & militia officer; attorney general. Grave 2 mi. SE.

Maj. Gen. Howe was the commander of Southern Dept. of the Continental Line, 1776-78, & N.C.’s highest ranking officer. Lived 4 ½ miles east.

The state of North Carolina to relieve a wartime scarcity, operated salt works from here to Myrtle Grove Sound, 1861-64.

Drawbridge erected by Benjamin Heron ca. 1768. Maj. James H. Craig & British troops burned it in battle, Jan. 1781. Bridge stood ½ mi. E.

Retreating after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, en route to Wilmington, passed near here with his army in April 1781.

Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was 4 blocks W.

President Washington was a guest Apr. 24-25, 1791, at the Quince home which stood 2 blocks W.

A founder of State Medical Society, 1849, head of Confederate Hospital at Wilson, 1st president State Board of Health, 1879. Home stood here.

Governor, 1836-41, the first in N.C. elected by popular vote; first president of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. His home stands 2 blocks W.