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Last Confederate officer in Congress, 1911-1930; lawyer & lt.-governor. Grave is 2 blks. east.
Free black cobbler & minister. Built first Methodist church in Fayetteville. Died 1810. Buried 2 blocks north.
Oldest N.C. newspaper still being published. Begun 1816 as weekly; daily since 1896. E. J. Hale, editor, 1824-1865.
First president of Consolidated University of N.C. System,1932-49. U.S. Senator; U.N. mediator, India and Pakistan. Birthplace was 50 yds. W.
Started about 1746; joined yearly meeting, 1760; discontinued about 1781. Site and cemetery are 2.5 miles S.E.
Presbyterian. Organized 1740. Present building constructed 1859. First regular pastor was the Rev. Colin Lindsay.
Chartered 1958; opened 1961. Formed by merger of colleges dating from 1858. Coeducational, four-year liberal arts college.
Chartered 1956 as four-year liberal arts college. Opened September 1960. University since 2006.
Colonial river port, incorporated in 1762. Later merged with Cross Creek to form the town of Fayetteville.
Founded 1875. Includes kindergarten through junior college. Campus is 250 yards west.