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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-136
William Churton. Cartographer. Surveyed Granville District. In 1749 extended N.C.-Va. boundary line 90 miles west. Lived nearby.
US 70 Business/NC 86 (South Churton Street) just south of Eno River bridge in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-66
Hughes Academy. Operated, 1845 to 1884. Founded by Samuel W. Hughes. Attended by Wm. T. Dortch, David I. Craig, Geo. T. and P. H. Winston. Site is 1 mi. W.
NC 86 north of, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-3
Thomas Burke. Governor, 1781-82. Member of Revolutionary, Provincial, & Continental Congresses. Grave is 1 1/2 miles N.E.
NC 86 north of, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-16
Thomas Burke. Governor of N.C., was captured in Hillsboro by David Fanning and his Tories, Sept. 12, 1781, and taken to Charleston, S.C.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-10
Francis Nash. Patriot general in American Revolution, was mortally wounded at Germantown, 1777. His home is 150 yds. W.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #H-34
N.C. State Fair, 1873 1925 / State Exposition Of 1884 / Camp Polk, 1918.
Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, NC, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-90
St. Mary's Chapel. Established as Anglican chapel ca. 1759. Present building consecrated in 1859, stands 500 ft. N.
St. Mary's Road at Pleasant Green Road, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #H-54
'Elmwood'. Home of chief justices John L. Taylor & Thos. Ruffin; of Wm. Gaston, Romulus M. Saunders, & Samuel A. Ashe. Built about 1813. Is 70 yds. N.
Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, NC, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #H-88
Henry A. London 1846 1918. Lawyer, state senator. Author of 1901 "London Libel Law." Editor of Chatham Record, 1878-1918. Home was here.
US 15/501 (Hillsborough Street) in Pittsboro, NC, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-37
Hillsborough Academy. Classical academy opened in 1801 and rechartered, 1814. William J. Bingham was principal, 1827-1844. Closed 1858. Campus here.
US 70 Business in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-9
Archibald Debow Murphey. Champion of a new State through public schools, canals, roads, 1777-1832. Grave 50 yards west.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-40
William A. Graham. Governor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852. His home stands 150 yds. W.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-64
Moses A. Curtis. Botanist, authority on North American flora, author, and Episcopal minister. Home was two blocks east.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-115
Elizabeth Keckly Ca. 1820 1907. Burwell family slave, bought freedom, 1855. Dressmaker & friend to Mary Todd Lincoln. Published her memoir, 1868. Lived here, 1830s.
US 70 Business/NC 86 (North Churton Street) at Union Street in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #H-17
James I. Waddell. Commander of the famous Confederate cruiser, "Shenandoah," lived in a house which stands 3 blocks west.
US 15/501 (Hillsborough Street) in Pittsboro, NC, Hillsborough, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-131
Constitutional Convention, 1788. Delegates debated U.S. Constitution, July 21-Aug. 4, 1788, & voted to delay ratification until bill of rights was added. Met 100 yards S.W.
US 70 Business/NC 86 (Churton Street) at Queen Street in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-11
Thomas Ruffin 1787 1870. Jurist and agriculturist. Chief Justice of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1833-1852 and 1858-1859. Grave 3/10 mile east.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) at Tryon Street in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-4
William Hooper 1742 1790. One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. His home is 150 yds. W. Was buried a few yds. W.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-19
Edmund Fanning 1776 1847. Judge and local official. Target of Regulators who ransacked and destroyed his nearby home, 1770.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-23
Regulators Hanged. After the Regulators were defeated at Alamance, May 16, 1771, six of their number were hanged, 1/4 mile east, June 19, 1771.
US 70 Business/NC 86 (South Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-33
Occaneechi. Village of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680-1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John Lawson. 1/2 mi. E.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) at Eno River bridge in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-88
North Carolina Society Of The Cincinnati. Formed Oct. 23, 1783, in Hillsborough, by officers of the Continental Line. First President was General Jethro Sumner.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-103
J. G. De Roulhac Hamilton. Historian, professor, & founder of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Born 1/2 block W.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-108
James Hogg 1729 1804. Merchant. Left native Scotland, 1774. Partner in Transylvania Company; UNC trustee. Home 1/2 mi. E.; grave 2 blks. N.
US 70 Business (Churton Street) in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-125
Billy Strayhorn 1915 1967. Jazz composer & pianist. Wrote "Take the A Train" and other songs for Duke Ellington Orchestra. Boyhood home site 1/4 mi. W.
US 70 Business/NC 86 (Churton Street) at Eno River in, Hillsborough, NC, United States
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North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #G-122
Hart's Mill. Grist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause. Stood 1/5 mile N.
US 70 at Eno River bridge northwest of, Hillsborough, NC, United States