Inscription
Organized by statewide
convention of delegates in
Rockingham, Oct. 4, 1887.
Leonidas L. Polk elected
first secretary.
Location
AddressUS 220 at Green Street in Rockingham
CityRockingham
CountyRichmond
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates34.941030, -79.777660
Sources
More markers in Richmond
Sherman's March
Rockingham, NC
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, a part of Sherman's Army, marching from Savannah to Goldsboro, passed through Rockingham on March 7-8, 1865.
Sherman's March
As Sherman's army moved north from Georgia on its path of destruction, one part entered North Carolina near here, March 4-7, 1865.
North Carolina-South Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for...
Henry William Harrington
Rockingham, NC
Brigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital.
Hamlet Station
Hamlet, NC
Built in 1900 to serve Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
