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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20IA_shermans-march_Wadesboro-NC.html
Kilpatrick's cavalry, a part of Sherman's army marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Wadesboro, March 3-5, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SGS_anson-county-training-school_Wadesboro-NC.html
Anson County Training School
1920-1960
A facility for education
of children of color.
Woodlawn School
1960-1961
J.R. Faison School
1961-1985
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GSQ_ralf-freeman_Wadesboro-NC.html
Free black served as a Baptist pastor at Rocky River Church until law in 1831 barred blacks from public preaching. Buried 500 yards west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GSP_samuel-spencer_Lilesville-NC.html
Jurist & Antifederalist leader. Member of court which in 1787 issued the first reported precedent for judicial review. His home stood 3 miles N.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSET_leonidas-l-polk_Polkton-NC.html
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889-1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith College. Was born here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEN_brown-creek-soil-conservation-district_Polkton-NC.html
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 so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEI_hugh-hammond-bennett_Wadesboro-NC.html
"Father of soil conservation." First chief of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1935-1952. Born 4 miles southwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDY_boggan-hammond-house_Wadesboro-NC.html
Eighteenth-century house built by Patrick Boggan, Revolutionary soldier & a founder of Wadesboro. Now historical museum. Located 2 blocks south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDX_thomas-samuel-ashe_Wadesboro-NC.html
Associate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legislator. Home is one mile west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDW_john-j-mcrae_Morven-NC.html
Governor of Mississippi, 1854-1857. Member, U.S. Senate and House; Confederate congressman. Born 5 miles southeast.