Topics Related to U. S. Presidents

Home and tavern of John & Martin Pheifer. Gov. Wm. Tryon and President George Washington among guests. Stood 1 1/2 mi. W.

U.S. President, 1845-49. Born nearby in house no longer standing. Land & reconstructed buildings now State Historic Site.

President Washington was a visitor in the town of Salisbury, May 30-31, 1791.

Studied law under Spruce Macay, 1784-85, at an office which stood 1 bl. W. Admitted to the bar in Rowan County, Nov. 6, 1787.

Seventh president of the United States, was born a few miles southwest of this spot, March 15, 1767.

Pres. George Washington visited Moravian town of Salem and spent the night of May 31, 1791, at tavern ½ mile north.

Presidential nominee, 1860, United States Senator from Illinois, was married to Martha Martin, 1847, in house standing 2 miles N.E.

Hostess and social leader. Wife of President James Madison. Saved artifacts from White House fire, 1814. Born 1 1/2 miles N.E.

The small kitchen in which the seventeenth President of the United States was born stands 64 yards west.

President of the United States, 1865-69. Born near here in a kitchen now located 1 mile N.E.