Davidson
Friedberg Church
Moravian. Begun in 1759, organized in 1773; first church and school built in 1769.
Jefferson Davis
President Davis, fleeing southward after Lee's surrender, with members of his cabinet spent the night of Apr. 16, 1865, in a...
John H. Mills
First head of Oxford Orphanage (1873-1884) & Mills Home.
John W. Thomas 1800-1871
Thomasville, NC
Founder of Thomasville.
Old Davidson County Courthouse
Lexington, NC
Completed 1858. Interior was burned, 1865, rebuilt ca.
Pilgrim Church
Established ca. 1757 as German Reformed.
Trading Path
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.
Trading Path
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.
Wm. Rainey Holt 1798-1868
Lexington, NC
Physician. Advocate of scientific agriculture.