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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN6W_james-hogg_Hillsborough-NC.html
Merchant. Left nativeScotland, 1774. Partnerin Transylvania Company;UNC trustee. Home ½ mi. E.; grave 2 blks. N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN6U_alexander-dickson-house_Hillsborough-NC.html
General Johnston Headquarterssurrender to Union forces1865
[ Lower Plaque: ]Dickson Housec. 1790—————-This property is underthe protective covenantsof the Historic PreservationFoundation of NorthCarolina, Incorpora…
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From this spot where stood theOld State Housewas started an expedition offrontiersmen underCol. Richard Henderson,for Kentucky, led byDaniel BooneMarch 17, 1776——- · ——- "And they marched away solemnly asif going to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMX_paper-mill_Hillsborough-NC.html
The first paper millin North Carolina, builtto relieve the papershortage during theRevolution, was erectedin this vicinity, 1777.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMU_edmund-fanning_Hillsborough-NC.html
Born in New York, Yalegraduate, judge. Hishome, nearby, destroyedby Regulators, 1770.Later Loyalist, BritishGeneral, Governor.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMR_occaneechi_Hillsborough-NC.html
Village of OccaneechiIndians on the GreatTrading Path. Inhabitedca. 1680 - 1710. Visitedin 1701 by the explorerJohn Lawson. ½ mi. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMO_north-carolina-society-of-the-cincinnati_Hillsborough-NC.html
Formed Oct. 23, 1783, inHillsborough, by officersof the Continental Line.First President was Gen-eral Jethro Sumner.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMJ_thomas-burke_Hillsborough-NC.html
Governor of N. C., wascaptured in Hillsboroby David Fanning andhis Tories, Sept. 12,1781, and taken toCharleston, S.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMH_regulators-hanged_Hillsborough-NC.html
After the Regulatorswere defeated at Ala-mance, May 16, 1771,six of their numberwere hanged, ? mileeast, June 19, 1771.
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Grist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause. Stood 1/5 mile N.