Inscription
Entrepreneur; opened in Henderson, 1915, first
in chain of discount
stores in southeast U.S. Boyhood home 1/2 mi. SW.
Location
AddressNC 305 (Main Street) at Harris Street in Seaboard
CitySeaboard
CountyNorthampton
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.484935, -77.439537
Sources
More markers in Northampton
Matt W. Ransom
Confederate General, United States Senator, 1872-95, and Minister to Mexico.
Bernice Kelly Harris 1891-1973
Seaboard, NC
Novelist, playwright, & storyteller of rural eastern N.C. Author, Purslane (1939), Sweet Beulah Land (1943).
Cornwallis
Ending his campaign in North Carolina, he entered Virginia near here in May, 1781, and surrendered at Yorktown on October 17, 1781.
Allen Jones
Brigadier General during the Revolution, member of Provincial Congress and of Continental Congress.
First Railroad
The first railroad in the State was completed in 1833 from Petersburg, Va.
