Historical Marker

'colonial Churchyard'

US 301 Business (St. David Street) at King Street in Halifax · Halifax · Halifax

Inscription

Graves of Confederate

general Junius Daniel,

editor Abraham Hodge, U.S.

District Judge John

Sitgreaves, are 1 bl. N.E.

AddressUS 301 Business (St. David Street) at King Street in Halifax

CityHalifax

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

Hobgood, NC

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

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

Halifax, NC

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

Enfield, NC

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