Wayne
Battle Of Whitehall
Seven Springs, NC
On December 15-16, 1862, on a raid at Whitehall, Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster damaged the Confederate Ram "Neuse.
Charles B. Aycock
Goldsboro, NC
Governor of North Carolina, 1901-1905.
Cherry Hospital
Goldsboro, NC
Opened by state in 1880 for black citizens with mental illness.
Curtis H. Brogden
Mar-Mac, NC
Governor, 1874-1877; congressman; legislator; and major-general of State militia.
Dobbs County
Walnut Creek, NC
Formed 1758 & named for Gov. Arthur Dobbs.
Foster's Raid
Goldsboro, NC
On a raid from New Bern Union troops led by Gen. J. G. Foster attacked Goldsboro, December 17, 1862.
General Baptist State Convention
Goldsboro, NC
Statewide association of black Baptists organized, Oct. 18, 1867, at First African Baptist Church, then located 2/10 mi. W.
Kenneth C. Royall
Goldsboro, NC
Last Sec'y of War & first Sec'y of Army, 1947-49.
Mount Olive College
Mount Olive, NC
Original Free Will Baptist.
Odd Fellows Home
Goldsboro, NC
Orphanage and school opened in 1892.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro, NC
Field used, 1942-46, for flight training by Army Air Forces; reopened in 1956.
Sherman's March
Goldsboro, NC
Sherman's army, on its march from Savannah, entered Goldsboro, its chief North Carolina objective, Mar. 21, 1865.
Torhunta
Pikeville, NC
A Tuscarora Indian community, destroyed by Col. John Barnwell's S.C forces in Tuscarora War, 1712.
Waynesborough
Goldsboro, NC
First seat of Wayne County, incorporated 1787.
Wm. T. Dortch
Goldsboro, NC
Confederate Senator, Speaker State House of Representatives, head ofcommission to codify State laws, 1883.