Halifax

Halifax, NC

Graves of Confederate general Junius Daniel, editor Abraham Hodge, U.S. District Judge John Sitgreaves, are 1 bl.

Roanoke Rapids, NC

Lt. Col. in War of 1812; state senator, 1835-52; pres. Roanoke Navigation Co. & Weldon & Portsmouth R.R. Grave is 2 blks.

State prison farm since 1892.

Established as Anglican 1747; James Moir first priest.

Halifax, NC

The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax, in May, 1781.

Halifax, NC

Built in 1790s. Banquet for Lafayette held on February 27, 1825 when tavern was on original site 900 ft. northeast.

Roanoke Rapids, NC

Was made here by the sulphate process using southern pine in 1909, by the Roanoke Rapids Paper Manufacturing Company.

Hobgood, NC

Lt. Gen., U.S. Air Force.

Built about 1885. Home of three congressmen, W. H. Kitchin and his sons Wm.

Early Methodist Protestant minister; educator; and soldier in the Revolution.

Halifax, NC

The "Halifax Resolves," first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, April 12, 1776.

Brigadier general in the Revolutionary War, member of Provincial Congresses.

Enfield, NC

Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator.

Halifax, NC

Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson; U.S. Senator from Tenn.

First church, 1742, was 2 3/4 miles N.E. Second building is 200 feet E. Mother church of Kehukee Association begun 1765.

Littleton, NC

In operation by 1770.

Journalist. Publisher of Norfolk Journal & Guide, 1910-1962, leading black-owned newspaper in the South.

Noted Confederate ironclad, was built near this spot, 1863-64.

Halifax, NC

The Confederate ironclad Albemarle was outfitted in Halifax with machinery and guns before sailing down river into action, 1864.

Roanoke Rapids, NC

Canal and locks completed around river rapids, 1834.

Weldon, NC

Canal and locks around river rapids completed 1834 by Roanoke Navigation Company.

Episcopal. Established about 1732.

Originally Anglican, 1740; later Methodist.

Colonel in Revolution.

Methodist Protestant minister.

Halifax, NC

A militia officer during the Revolution; governor, 1798-99; envoy to France; “father” of University of N.C. Lived in this house.

Halifax, NC

Key Anti-Federalist and an advocate for states’ rights in Revolutionary era N.C. His home, “The Grove,” was 2/10 mi. W.

Littleton, NC

U.S. Congressman, 1799-1815 and 1825-1831, as a Jeffersonian Republican; N.C. Representative and Senator.