North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #F-6
Hugh Mc Aden. Presbyterian clergyman, lived nearby. Served Duplin and New Hanover congregations, 1759-1769. Moved to Caswell County where he died in 1781.
NC 24 east of, Kenansville, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #F-14
William Houston. Stamp master of North Carolina, 1765, resigned during demonstration in Wilmington against the Stamp Act; a physician at Sarecta, four mi. E.
NC 11 at SR 1700 (Sarecta Road), Kenansville, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #F-27
Confederate Arms Factory. Est. by Louis Froelich, 1861. Moved here, 1863. Produced sabers, lances, bayonets, cutlasses and accessories until 1864.
NC 11 in, Kenansville, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #F-72
James Gillespie Ca. 1747 1805. U.S. Congressman, 1793-99, 1803-05; legislator; antifederalist; & militia officer. Home, burned by British, stood nearby.
South side of NC 24 at Paul Ed Dail Road east of, Kenansville, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #F-4
Grove Church. Presbyterian. First church founded by Scotch-Irish who settled here about 1736.
NC 24 in, Kenansville, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #F-47
Liberty Hall. Plantation of Thomas S. Kenan, legislator & U.S. Congressman, whose son, Owen Rand, legislator, Confederate Congressman, and major, was born here.
NC 50/24 in, Kenansville, NC, United States