Topics Related to Historical Markers
Cornwallis, following the battle of Guilford Courthouse, spent several days building a bridge over Deep River, at point 300 yards N.W.
Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.
Governor, 1849-51. Whig Party leader. His law office, relocated & restored, stands 70 yds. N.
Loyalists under Col. David Fanning surprised & captured Patriot troops nearby at old Chatham courthouse in July 1781.
Formed northern half of colony of North Carolina. Southern boundary was surveyed to a point just south of here in 1746.
African American teacher, preacher, & Revolutionary War veteran. Taught free black & prominent white students in school nearby.
Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His grave is 400 yards W.
The small kitchen in which the seventeenth President of the United States was born stands 64 yards west.
After many victories, War of 1812, was lost at sea with his sloop Wasp. Lived at "Rockrest," 3 miles east.
Founded by Presbyterian elder Wm. Peace 1857 as school for women; opened 1872. Main building used as Confederate hospital & by Freedmen's Bureau.