Battle of Kings Mountain

Overmountain Men from

Tenn., Va., & N.C. led

Patriots to victory over

British, Oct. 7, 1780.

Site 7 miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of E King Street (U.S. 74) and S Battleground Avenue, on the left when traveling ...

Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Monument

Organized 1755 by Scotch-Irish

[Marker Front]

The first church in upper So. Car. This 4½ acre tract was deeded to the congregation by Robert Miller school teacher and minister, Mar.9, 1758. The first pastor was Rev. Wm. Richardson, 1759-1771. The earliest building ...

The Battle of Reams Station

The Exposed Position of the Federal Artillery

The first field fortifications were built at Reams Station on July 1, 1864 by soldiers of the Union Sixth Corps while tearing up the railroad following the return of the ill-fated Wilson-Kautz cavalry raid. ...

Dorothy Madden Hobson Luther

Naturalist and Ornithologist

This 11.8 acre tract was the homesite of Dorothy and Frederic. It is a gift to Shades State Park in her memory by the Estate of Frederic Luther.

Dorothy Madden Hobson, 1905-1999, a native of Parke County, Indiana, ...

Waxhaw Presbyterian Church

About 3 miles W. is Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, organized 1755, first church in upper South Carolina. President Andrew Jackson, born nearby, was baptized there. His father lies in the churchyard with other early settlers of the Waxhaws and many veterans ...

Boundary Line

One of the last refinements in the N.C.-S.C. boundary was marked with a stone inscribed "1813" and located about ½ mile SE of here. This adjustment was made because of uncertainty in location of the Salisbury Road which had served ...

The Battle of Reams Station

The Petersburg (& Weldon) Railroad

As early as September 1829, business interests in Petersburg wanted to build a railroad between Petersburg, Virginia and Weldon, North Carolina. The railroad would connect the Appomattox and Roanoke river and attract trade away from Norfolk, ...

First National Bank of Nevada

Construction began in 1968 when the old Farmer's Bank, purchased in 1954 by the First National Bank of Nevada, had again outgrown itself. The remodeled building now houses an engineering firm owned and operated by R.O. Anderson.

Marker is at the ...

The Revolution in the Backcountry/ Sumter's Camp at Clems Branch

[Marker Front]:

The Revolution in the Backcountry

After British forces took Charleston in May 1780, they set up outposts in the backcountry and attempted to control the state by encouraging Loyalists. Backcountry Patriots organized a resistance in response, with an important camp ...

The Battle of Reams Station

Oak Grove United Methodist Church

In front of you is second location where the original church building stood after the Civil War. The first location was east of here and across the Civil War-era Halifax Road (now Acorn Drive). It was ...