Tory Rendezvous
Inscription
Before going to battle of
Moore's Creek Bridge, Feb.,
1776, Tories of this area
met in Cross Hill, at
Alexander Morrison's home,
125 yards S.W.
Location
AddressNC 22/24/27 northwest of Carthage
CountyMoore
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.359800, -79.436210
Sources
More markers in Moore
Walter Hines Page
Aberdeen, NC
Ambassador to Great Britain during World War, journalist, editor, publisher.
Plank Road
The route of the old Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54, crosses the highway near this point.
Plank Road
Carthage, NC
This street is the route of the Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54.
John Bethune
Early pastor for Scots in N.C.; chaplain for Loyalists at Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776.
Alston House
Carthage, NC
Philip Alston's Whigs were defeated there by David Fanning's Tories, 1781.