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Presbyterian preacher and educator. The site of his famous academy, Zion Parnassus (about 1794 to 1798) is 3/4 of a mile north.
Replaced Horatio Gates as leader of American army opposing Lord Cornwallis. He assumed command in Charlotte, Dec. 3, 1780.
Cornwallis's army captured Charlotte after a fight here with Davie's troops, Sept. 26, 1780.
The first mail over an R.F.D. route in N.C. was carried out of China Grove, October 23, 1896.
First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.
Congressman, 1789-93, Comptroller of the United States Treasury, Federalist party leader. Home stands 2 blocks east.
Pen name of Frances Fisher Tiernan, author of Land of the Sky and other novels. Her grave is 200 yards N.W.
Formed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary surveyed to a point near here in the fall of 1746.
Governor, 1859-61. A leader of the secession movement in N.C. Died July, 1861, aged 40. Home stands 1 1/2 blocks south.
Seventh president of the United States, was born a few miles southwest of this spot, March 15, 1767.