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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM169A_occupation-of-tarboro_Tarboro-NC.html
(Preface): On July 18, 1861, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The Infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern. Potter raided Greenv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVEA_st-paul-a-m-e-zion-church_Tarboro-NC.html
St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church was organizedon the fourth Sunday in March 1866 underthe leadership of George C. Caine.
The house of worship was erected on thecorner of St. David and Granville Streetsin 1869.
We are grateful to Godfor those who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVDI_w-l-saunders_Tarboro-NC.html
Editor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four blocks east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3I_joseph-blount-chesire-jr_Tarboro-NC.html
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of N.C., 1893-1932; lawyer & writer. Birthplace is one block W.; grave 100 yards S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUK1_civil-war-cemeteries_Tarboro-NC.html
Civil War soldiers and veterans are buried in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard and Old Town Cemetery. Among the fifty Confederates interred in the churchyard are Gen. William Dorsey Pender and Lt. Col. John L. Bridges. In May 1863, Pender led a brigad…
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Editor of A.M.E. Zion Church papers; orator; a delegate to Methodist world conference; customs collector of Wilmington. Home stood 3 blks. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUBS_george-h-white_Tarboro-NC.html
Represented the state's "Black Second" district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress for 72 years.Lived two blocks east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU92_henry-t-clark_Tarboro-NC.html
Governor of North Carolina, 1861-1862. Speaker of the State Senate. Helped organize the State for war. Grave is 3 blocks E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU6F_w-d-pender_Tarboro-NC.html
Confederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 blocks east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKT5_john-spencer-bassett_Tarboro-NC.html
Historian. Professor at Trinity College, 1894-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here.