North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-123
State V. Will. Landmark N.C. Supreme Court case, 1834, gave protection to slaves who killed in self-defense. Will was a slave on the Battle plantation, here.
US 64 Alternate at Dunbar Road northwest of, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-116
George H. White 1852 1918. Represented the state's "Black Second" district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress for 72 years. Lived two blocks east.
NC 33 (Main Street) at Granville Street, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-111
Rural Electrification. New Deal program set up cooperatives to bring power to farms. In N.C., first switch thrown on Apr. 17, 1937, one mi. N.
NC 33 south of, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-96
Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr.. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of N.C., 1893-1932; lawyer & writer. Birthplace is one block W.; grave 100 yards S.
Church Street at St. David Street, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-95
John Spencer Bassett. Historian. Professor at Trinity College, 1894-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here.
Wilson Street at Albemarle Avenue, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-85
John C. Dancy 1857 1920. Editor of A.M.E. Zion Church papers; orator; a delegate to Methodist world conference; customs collector of Wilmington. Home stood 3 blks. E.
US 64 Business (Main Street) at St. James Street in, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-65
Henry T. Clark. Governor of North Carolina, 1861-1862. Speaker of the State Senate. Helped organize the State for war. Grave is 3 blocks E.
US 64 Business (Main Street) in, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-41
W. D. Pender. Confederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 blocks east.
US 64 Business (Main Street) in, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-40
W. L. Saunders. Editor "Colonial Records of North Carolina," Confederate colonel, N.C. Secretary of State, 1879-91. His grave is four blocks east.
US 64 Business (Main Street), Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-24
Washington's Southern Tour. President Washington spent the night, April 18, 1791, in the town of Tarboro.
US 64 Business (Main Street) in, Tarboro, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #E-18
Town Common. Established in 1760 by the Legislative Act which created the colonial town of Tarboro.
US 64 Business (Main Street) in, Tarboro, NC, United States