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First woman licensed to practice law in North Carolina, 1878. Lived thirty yards northwest.

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

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

First female physician licensed in N.C., 1885. Acting assistant surgeon at Camp Greene during WWI. Office was here.

The first mail over an R.F.D. route in N.C. was carried out of China Grove, October 23, 1896.

Location: US 74 east of PolktonCounty: AnsonOriginal Date Cast: 1962(The Brown Creek Soil Conservation District marker is an oversized marker with extended text. That text follows.)Here was established the first district in America for a systematic program of land erosion control. Known as the Brown Creek District because it embraced the area of the Brown Creek Watershed, it heralded the beginning of a national program of soil conservation districts.

First head of Oxford Orphanage (1873-1884) & Mills Home. President Oxford Female College. His grave is 100 yds. N.

Est. 1948 here as first local historic district in N.C. Prototype for state’s local historic preservation laws.

Was first female chief justice of N.C. Supreme Court, elected in 1974. First female superior court judge & associate justice. Lived 3 blks. W.

First female college president in N.C., Greensboro College, 1902-1913. Was Advocate for education. Her grave is 1 mile N.