Inscription
Founded as Zion Wesley
Institute, 1879. Became
College in 1885. Rev. J. C.
Price president 1882-93.
Named for British
missionary. 5 blocks west.
Location
AddressUS 29/70 (Main Street) at Monroe Street in Salisbury
CitySalisbury
CountyRowan
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.663820, -80.474300
Sources
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Francis Locke 1722-1796
Colonel of Whig force which routed Tories at Battle of Ramsour's Mill, June 20, 1780.
Matthew Locke
Brigadier-General in the American Revolution.
Thyatira
Presbyterian. Founded by 1750.
John W. Ellis
Salisbury, NC
Governor, 1859-61. A leader of the secession movement in N.C. Died July, 1861, aged 40.
'christian Reid' 1846-1920
Salisbury, NC
Pen name of Frances Fisher Tiernan, author of Land of the Sky and other novels.
