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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.
A Spanish expedition captured the town of Brunswick, 1748, during King George's War, but was soon driven away by the colonial militia.
Merchant, planter, and colonial official. Built this house, 1770-1771. His "Hermitage" estate was eight miles north.
Royal governor, 1754-65. Scholar, engineer, and member of Irish Parliament. Promoted immigration to colony. Grave 2 mi. S.
First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer and legislator. Grave 300 yards east.
Built by Confederacy. Its fall on Jan. 15, 1865, closed Wilmington, last important southern port for blockade running.
Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.
Revolutionary leader, Whig colonel in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. His grave is 9 miles northeast.
Anna McNeill Whistler, the mother of James Whistler, artist, was born in a house which stood one block east.