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Acting governor, 1722-1724; president of the Provincial Council. His home stood 3/4 mile east.
Member of Continental Congress, signer of the Federal Constitution, governor S.W. Territory, Senator from Tennessee. Birthplace 1/5 mi. S.W.
Historian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93. Birthplace 3/5 mi. E.
Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace 1/4 mile north.
Author of "Blackbeard, a Comedy," 1824, an early drama on North Carolina, & other works. Member of Congress. Grave 160 yds. N.W.
Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became a university in 1969.
North Carolina / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1775, b/w VIRGINIA / First permanent English colony in America, 1607; one of thirteen original states. Richmond, the capital, was seat of Confederate government.
A signer of the U.S. Constitution, Scholar, Congressman, and Surgeon General of N.C. Militia. Home was 4 blocks S.E.
Steamer ran aground, Jan. 31, 1878, killing 85. Tragedy prompted improvements in the U.S. Lifesaving Service. Remains are 3/5 mi. SE.
A Confederate brigadier general at age 23, state auditor, a member of Convention of 1875. His grave is 700 yds. west.