Calvin Graves 1804-1877
Inscription
Speaker of the N.C.
House and Senate. He
cast deciding vote for
North Carolina Railroad, 1849. He lived here.
Location
AddressNC 150 and SR 1128 (Wagonwheel Road) at Locust Hill
CountyCaswell
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.360310, -79.451580
Sources
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Bartlett Yancey
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Caswell Courthouse
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Erected about 1861. Murder of Sen.
Solomon Lea
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First president, Greens- boro College, 1846-47.