Alamance
Alamance Cotton Mill
Alamance, NC
Built 1837 by E. M. Holt.
Alexander Mebane
Mebane, NC
Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress.
Alexander Wilson
Swepsonville, NC
Teacher in Piedmont area from 1819 to 1867; operated own school in Alamance County, 1851-67.
Battle Of Alamance
On May 16, 1771, North Carolina militia, commanded by Royal Governor William Tryon, defeated the Regulators on this site.
Battle Of Clapp's Mill
Troops led by Henry Lee ambushed British cavalry of Banastre Tarleton one mile north, Mar. 2, 1781.
Bingham School
Founded as Mt. Repose by William Bingham ca.
Cane Creek Meeting
First Monthly Meeting of Friends in central North Carolina, 1751.
Early Railroads
First public meeting to promote railroads in North Carolina, Aug. 1, 1828, was at Wm.
Elon University
Elon, NC
Founded as Elon College by the Christian Church in 1889.
Hawfields Church
Presbyterian, founded about 1755, three miles N.E. Henry Patillo the first pastor.
Henry Jerome Stockard
Burlington, NC
Poet, author of "Fugitive Lines" and other works; lifelong educator; president of Peace Institute, 1907-12.
J. Spencer Love 1896-1962
Burlington, NC
Founder of Burlington Mills, 1924; success of rayon propelled world's largest textile company.
John Butler
Swepsonville, NC
Orange County sheriff in War of Regulation, 1770-1771; brigadier general, N.C. militia, 1777-84.
Lindley's Mill
Eli Whitney, NC
In a battle on Sept. 13, 1781, John Butler's Whig militia failed to rescue Governor Thomas Burke from Col. David Fanning's Tories.
North Carolina Railroad
Burlington, NC
Company Shops built here in 1857 for maintenance and repair of the N.C. Railroad.
Pyle's Defeat
Burlington, NC
Tory militia going to join Cornwallis's army destroyed by Lee's Legion Feb. 1781 nearby on Col. Michael Holt's land.
Thomas M. Holt
Haw River, NC
Governor, 1891-93; cotton mill owner.
Trading Path
Mebane, NC
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th cen- tury, from Petersburg, Virginia,to the Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed...
Trading Path
Alamance, NC
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.
Tryon's Camp
Alamance, NC
Before and after the Battle of Alamance, the Militia of Governor William Tryon camped nearby, along Alamance Creek, May 13-19, 1771.
W. Kerr Scott
Governor, 1949-1953; United States Senator, 1954-1958; N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture, 1937-1948.