Franklin
Gold Mines
Ore discovered at farm of John Portis in 1831.
Green Hill Place
Louisburg, NC
Site of the first annual conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1785, hosted in home of Green Hill, minister, one mi. S.
John Williamson 1846-1911
Louisburg, NC
Former slave. Member, legislature, six terms; newspaper publisher & advocate of education.
Richard Warfington
Louisburg, NC
Member of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804- 06.
Thomas W. Bickett
Louisburg, NC
Governor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary, N.C. Attorney General, member state house.