Caledonia
Inscription
State prison farm since
1892. Antebellum plantation
owned by Johnston family.
Name predates 1713. Two
miles N.E.
Location
AddressNC 561 at SR 1141 (Caledonia Road) north of Tillery
CountyHalifax
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.271950, -77.485530
Sources
More markers in Halifax
Plummer Bernard Young
Journalist. Publisher of Norfolk Journal & Guide, 1910-1962, leading black-owned newspaper in the South.
Frank Armstrong 1898-1969
Hobgood, NC
Lt. Gen., U.S. Air Force.
Ram Albemarle
Noted Confederate ironclad, was built near this spot, 1863-64.
Cornwallis
Halifax, NC
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax, in May, 1781.
John Branch
Enfield, NC
Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator.