Topics Related to Historical Markers

William Sharpe 1742-1818 (M-45)

Member of Continental & provincial congresses; was first legislator to advocate U.N.C., 1784. Grave is 2 miles east.

Cokesbury School (M-44)

Short lived. The first Methodist school in North Carolina. Began about 1790. Was two miles east.

Richard Allen, Sr. (M-43)

Colonel of N.C. Militia at Battle of King's Mountain. Delegate to the Hillsborough Convention, 1788; in General Assembly, 1793. Grave is 4 mi. N.

James Wellborn 1767-1854 (M-42)

Served 27 years as state senator; colonel in War of 1812; delegate to the Constitutional Convention 1835. Grave is 1/5 mi. N.

N.C. Association for the Blind (M-40)

Established in 1934 by Lions Clubs in N.C. First meeting was held here in Vance Hotel.

Augustus Leazer (M-39)

Introduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889; prison reformer. Taught at academy here.

Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church (M-38)

Established in 1837; present church built in 1849-50. The first Presbyterian church in Wilkes County.

Rufus A. Doughton (M-37)

Legislator, 14 terms. Lt. Governor, 1893-1897. Headed Revenue & Highway Commissions. Was U.N.C. Trustee for 56 yrs. Office was 30 feet W.

Agricultural Extension Service (M-36)

First N.C. cotton & corn demonstration supervised by a county agent held here on a farm of J. F. Eagle, 1907-1908.

Prospect Church and Academy (M-35)

Presbyterian. Both founded in 1824. Plans for Davidson College adopted here in 1835.