North Carolina-South Carolina
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NORTH CAROLINA / Colonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 b/w SOUTH CAROLINA / Formed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663, it was first settled by the English in 1670. One of the 13 original states.
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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.
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.
Cameron Morrison 1869-1953
Rockingham, NC
Governor, 1921-1925; State legislator; U.S. Senator & Congressman; mayor of Rockingham.