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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM158M_halifax-colonial-jails_Halifax-NC.html
The citizens of Halifax constructed three jails between 1759 and 1838. The first two stood near this spot. The North Carolina General Assembly ordered the construction of the first jail, along with the stocks and a pillory, for the "detention and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM158L_the-sally-billy-house_Halifax-NC.html
Constructed around 1808 for a Halifax County planter named Lewis Bond, this house was originally located near Scotland Neck. In 1834, William "Billy" Ruffin Smith Sr. and his wife Sarah, or "Sally" bought it. Smith, a county court justice, died in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM158K_montfort-archaeological-museum_Halifax-NC.html
A 1769 map of Halifax shows a large building on this site. This lot, along with three surrounding ones, belonged to Joseph Montfort, a man of high standing in 18th-century North Carolina. He served as Clerk of Court for Edgecomb and Halifax counti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM157U_caledonia_Halifax-NC.html
State prison farm since 1892. Antebellum plantation owned by Johnston family. Name predates 1713. Two miles N.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM157T_tillery-resettlement_Halifax-NC.html
Est. 1935; New Deal farm project. 350 black families from N.C., S.C., Fla., Ark., Va. purchased homesteads. Restored house 1 mi. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1443_john-branch_Enfield-NC.html
Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator. Home was four blocks, grave is ½ mile, west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ZW_roanoke-canal_Roanoke-Rapids-NC.html
Canal and locks completed around river rapids, 1834. Highway crosses canal route here. A lock is 200 feet south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ZU_roanoke-canal_Roanoke-Rapids-NC.html
The Roanoke Navigation Company - a collaboration among North Carolina, Virginia, and private shareholders - began building the Roanoke Canal in 1819. The company created an inland navigation system from the upper Staunton and Dan Rivers in Virgini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6C_william-r-davie_Halifax-NC.html
Lived here. Revolutionary hero, member Federal Convention, governor, envoy to France, "Father of the University."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV67_roanoke-canal_Weldon-NC.html
Canal and locks around river rapids completed 1834 by Roanoke Navigation Company. Highway crosses route of canal at this point.