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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1921_thomas-j-jarvis_Greenville-NC.html
Governor, 1879-1885; Minister to Brazil; United States Senator. Home is 3 blocks S. Grave is 1 block W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ST_former-colleges_Ayden-NC.html
Two church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and a predecessor of Barton College in Wilson, operated 4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903. Free Will Baptists in 1896 founded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NP_sallie-s-cotten_Greenville-NC.html
Writer and advocate of women's rights. Helped organize N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902. Lived one mile south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IH_blount-hall_Grifton-NC.html
Built before 1762 by Jacob Blount, member of Assembly, 1754-1762, 1764-1771, and of Provincial Congress, 1775-1776. Stood 90 Yds. N.W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18FQ_baptist-state-convention_Greenville-NC.html
On March 26, 1830, the North Carolina Baptist State Convention was organized at the Gorham home which was near here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18FP_plank-road_Greenville-NC.html
The eastern terminus of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road, chartered in 1850 and completed to Wilson by 1853, was nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18DV_catechna_Grifton-NC.html
Fortified Indian town & site of the Tuscarora conspiracy of Sept., 1711. Capitulated, 1712, after a 10-day siege by Col. John Barnwell. Site is 4 mi. N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18DJ_john-lawson_Grifton-NC.html
Author of "History of Carolina," explorer, and Surveyor-General, was executed Sept. 20, 1711, by Tuscarora Indians at Catechna. Site 4 mi. N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1856_washingtons-southern-tour_Ayden-NC.html
President Washington spent the night, Apr. 19, 1791, at Shadrack Allen's Inn, which was 7 mi. E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM183R_voice-of-america_Greenville-NC.html
Cold War broadcasts relayed from Greenville to Europe, Africa, and Latin America, 1963-89, via station 2 mi. S.W.