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Charles W. Chesnutt 1858-1932 (I-32)

Lawyer and writer whose novels and short stories dealt with race and the “color line.” Teacher & principal, 1880-83 at a school which stood here.

Robert Strange (I-26)

U.S. Senator, 1836-40; author of "Eoneguski, or Cherokee Chief," first novel about North Carolina (1839). Home and grave are 350 yds. east.

John Charles McNeill (I-3)

Notable North Carolina poet, 1874-1907. House in which he was born restored at his burial site 1 1/2 miles west.

Inglis Fletcher 1879-1969 (A-78)

Novelist. Wrote Raleigh's Eden (1940), first of 12-volume "Carolina Series," based on early N.C. history. Her home, "Bandon," stood 1/2 mile northwest.

Scotch Hall (A-49)

Plantation setting for the novel "Bertie" by George R. Throop (1851), tutor in the family of Geo. W. Capehart. House built 1838 is 8 mi. S.E.