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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-5
Annie Carter Lee 1839 1862. Daughter of Robert E. Lee & Mary Custis Lee. Was buried 1/2 mile W. General Lee visited her grave in 1870.
US 401 north of Warren/Franklin county line, NC, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-62
Moses A. Hopkins 1846 1886. U.S. minister to Liberia, 1885-1886; black clergyman. Founder & principal of Albion Academy which stood two blocks east.
US 1A (Main Street) ton, NC, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-89
Gold Mines. Ore discovered at farm of John Portis in 1831. Mine operated for about a century. Area mines yielded sizable volume of gold before Civil War.
NC 561 near Nash/Franklin county line, NC, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #K-28
Henry William Harrington. Brigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital. Grave is five miles S.
US 1 North (Franklin Street) in Rockingham, NC, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #K-48
Alfred Dockery 1797 1875. U.S. Congressman; state legislator for 10 years. A founder of the state Republican party, 1867. Home is 6 mi. northwest.
US 1 North (Franklin Street) in Rockingham, NC, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #K-50
Cameron Morrison 1869 1953. Governor, 1921-1925; State legislator; U.S. Senator & Congressman; mayor of Rockingham. Birthplace was 6 mi. S.
US 1 North (Franklin Street) in Rockingham, NC, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #Q-50
Silas Mc Dowell 1795 1879. Botanical and historical writer; horticulturist. Originated concept of a temperate "thermal belt." Home stood 1/5 mi. W.
US 64/NC 28 at SR 1677, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #Q-7
Cherokee Defeat. During the American Revolution, S.C. forces under Colonel Andrew Williamson defeated the Cherokees, nearby, at the âBlack Hole,â Sept. 1776.
Wayah Road, near Wayah Creek, west of, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #QQ-1
Battle Of Echoe.
US 441 Business (Main Street) in, Franklin, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #Q-6
Cherokee Victory. In the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery near here, June, 1760.
US 23/441 south of, Franklin, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #Q-9
Nikwasi. This mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi. A council of Sir Alexander Cuming with the Indians here led to a treaty, 1730.
US 441 Business (Main Street) in, Franklin, NC, United States