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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GUD_gilbert-town_Rutherfordton-NC.html
Rutherford County Seat, 1781-85, stood hereabout. Before Battle of Kings Mountain both armies camped nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GTX_green-river-plantation_Rutherfordton-NC.html
(preface) On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad…
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(Preface): ? On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDEE_rev-james-milton-webb_Rutherfordton-NC.html
Born October 2, 1802, a Baptist minister; first moderator of the Green River Baptist Association.He built this house known as "The Webb House" in 1825; served in the House of Commons; Clerk of Superior Court; published a Rutherford County newspape…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDEC_fort-mcgaughey_Rutherfordton-NC.html
Near this site stoodFort McGaughey, whichwas constructedduring theRevolutionary Warperiod and named for Alexander McGaughey.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDEB_rutherford-trace_Rutherfordton-NC.html
General Griffith Rutherford stationed at Fort McGaughey, built by the Colonial government of NC in 1765. He left McGaughey September 1780 with Col. James Martin and Col. Martin Armstrong going against the Cherokee Indians beyond the Blue Ridge. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDE9_brittain-church_Rutherfordton-NC.html
Presbyterian, organized 1768. Present building, the third, erected 1852, brick - veneered 1940.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD5H_stonemans-raid_Rutherfordton-NC.html
On a raid through Western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Rutherfordton, April 21, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD5E_first-baptist-church_Rutherfordton-NC.html
Established 1851"the just shall live by faith"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9HB_bechtlers-mint_Rutherfordton-NC.html
Established 1831, four miles N., by Christopher Bechtler.Later stood at this point. Minted more than $2 1/4 million in gold. Closed about 1849.
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