Topics Related to Historical Markers

James P. Cook (L-52)

Led founding of Stonewall Jackson Training School; state senator; est. The Daily Standard in 1890. Home was 1 block W.

Fight at Colson's (L-51)

Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July, 1780, a few miles S.E.

W. R. Odell (L-50)

Textile manufacturer, State Senator, 1905-07. Friend of education. His home is 1 block W.

Stonewall Jackson Training School (L-49)

State juvenile facility. Est. in 1909 to provide boys with educational and vocational training. Campus is 200 yds. W.

D. A. Tompkins 1851-1914 (L-48)

Crusader for southern industrial development, manufacturer, engineer, author, and publisher. Grave is 1/2 mile north.

Andrew Jackson (L-47)

Studied law under Spruce Macay, 1784-85, at an office which stood 1 bl. W. Admitted to the bar in Rowan County, Nov. 6, 1787.

Organ or Zion Church (L-46)

Lutheran. Organized by early German settlers. The building erected in 1794 is 1 1/2 mi. south.

Grace or Lower Stone Church (L-45)

Evangelical and Reformed. Organized by early German settlers. Building erected 1795 is 2 1/2 miles south.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (L-44)

Parish established in 1753. Present building constructed in 1828, stands one block west.

J. P. Caldwell (L-43)

Editor of Statesville "Landmark" (1880-92), Charlotte "Observer" (1892-1909). His home stood at this point.