Topics Related to Historical Markers

J. G. Arends (O-45)

Native German, pioneer teacher and minister, ordained 1775, first president of the N.C. Lutheran Synod, 1803. Grave a few yds. east.

Stonewall Jackson (O-44)

Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.

Gardner-Webb University (O-43)

Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993.

William Chronicle (O-42)

Major in Revolution, leader of Lincoln County forces at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, where he was killed. His home stood nearby.

U.D.C. Memorial Hall (O-41)

Building housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east.

Confederate Laboratory (O-40)

Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.

Oak Grove (O-39)

Built 1782. Home of James Johnston, officer in Revolution, member Provincial Congress, legislature, convention of 1788. Is 2 mi. east.

The Block House (O-38)

Early landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between N.C. and S.C. Stood 1/2 mile east.

Joshua Forman (O-37)

Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator. Grave is 50 yds. east.

Brittain Church (O-36)

Presbyterian, organized 1768. Present building, the third, erected 1852, brick-veneered 1940.