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A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in this house.
The "Halifax Resolves," first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, April 12, 1776.
Home of royal governors Dobbs and Tryon. Site of Stamp Act resistance in 1765. Burned in American Revolution.
Stamp Act patriot; Speaker of the House. Colonel under Tryon in "War of Regulation." Revolutionary General. Home stood 2 mi. east.
Maj. Gen. Howe was the commander of Southern Dept. of the Continental Line, 1776-78, & N.C.’s highest ranking officer. Lived 4 ½ miles east.
Drawbridge erected by Benjamin Heron ca. 1768. Maj. James H. Craig & British troops burned it in battle, Jan. 1781. Bridge stood ½ mi. E.
Retreating after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, en route to Wilmington, passed near here with his army in April 1781.
Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.
Revolutionary leader, Whig colonel in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. His grave is 9 miles northeast.
First battle of American Revolution fought in N.C. on Feb. 27, 1776. Was a Patriot victory. National Park Service Battlefield 5 miles SW.