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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZC_northampton-county-courthouse_Jackson-NC.html
Northampton County, formed in 1741, was served by other courthouses on this site prior to construction of this building in 1858. At the time Samuel Calvert oversaw the project; Henry King Burgwyn has been credited as architect. Resting atop a high…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM157W_allen-jones_Gaston-NC.html
Brigadier General during the Revolution, member of Provincial Congress and of Continental Congress. Site of home, Mt. Gallant, ? mi. S.W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM157S_lemuel-burkitt_Rich-Square-NC.html
Pastor Sandy Run Baptist Church, 1773-1807. A founder & historian, Kehukee Baptist Assn.; member N.C. convention, 1788. Grave 300 yds. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM157R_george-v-holloman_Rich-Square-NC.html
Colonel U.S. Air Force, World War II. Pioneer in developing automatic devices for airplane control. Home 150 yds. W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM157Q_gen-walter-e-boomer_Rich-Square-NC.html
Born in Rich Square, General Boomer was Commanding General, Marine Central Command and First Marine Expeditionary force during Persian Gulf War 1990-91. Defended Saudia Arabia then led 90,00 Marines in battle to liberate Kuwait and to defeat the i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4M_battle-of-jackson_Garysburg-NC.html
On July 28, 1863, Union Col. Samuel P. Spear's cavalrymen came thundering through Jackson from Federal-occupied Winton to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Bridge over the Roanoke River at Weldon. Confederate Gen. Matt W. Ransom and his s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKUF_thomas-bragg_Jackson-NC.html
Attorney-General of Confederacy, Governor of N.C. 1855-59, U.S. Senator. Home stands one block north.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKUD_henry-k-burgwyn_Jackson-NC.html
"Boy" Colonel 26th N.C. Regt. Killed at age 21 at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Home stood 4 miles south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKU6_boons-mill_Garysburg-NC.html
Here on July 28, 1863, a Confederate force repulsed a Union march on the vital Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Breastworks 50 yds. S.W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTS_sir-archie_Jackson-NC.html
Foundation sire of American Thoroughbred race horses, including Timoleon, Boston, Lexington, & Man O'War. Died at Mowfield, one mile north, in 1833.
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