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Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator.Grave is 50 yds. east.
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Completed in 1847. The oldest original church building standing in Rutherford County. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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In 1787 fifty acres of land were purchased from James Adair for founding of Rutherford Town, which serves as the second county seat.
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Rutherford County, created in 1779, was named for Brigadier General Griffith Rutherford. Griffith Rutherford helped protect Rutherford County through his service as leader of Rutherford Trace in 1776. While serving in the Revolutionary War, Griffi…
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To the menand women ofthe Confederacy. "Devotion"
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