The Road to Salisbury Town

Pemberton Plantation Historic Trail

This road connected Pemberton Hall Plantation to two places of interest to Colonel Isaac Handy. It led to Handy Hall, the neighboring plantation which Isaac gave to his son George in 1750, and to Salisbury Town, which ...

Salisbury

Nearby stood Salisbury, built during the middle portion of the 18th century. It was a one-and-a-half-story frame house that had two asymmetrical brick chimneys. Patrick Henry leased Salisbury from Thomas Mann Randolph and lived there while he was governor of ...

David Salisbury Franks

(c. 1740 - 1793)

Distinguished Jewish officer and aide-de-camp to Gen. Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. Thought to be complicit in Arnold's treason, Maj. Franks was later exonerated. A yellow fever victim, he was buried at Christ Church by ...

Salisbury

On this site stood Salisbury, built in the eighteenth century as a hunting lodge. Here Patrick Henry lived during his fourth and fifth term as Governor of Virginia. The Confederate General Edward Johnson lived here in his later years and ...

City of Salisbury

Settled by Scotch-Irish in 1747,

coming from Pennsylvania along the

“Great Wagon Road”. Established as the

county seat in 1753. Named after the

cathedral town (New Sarum) in England.

Largest city in western North Carolina

in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also

served as major center for ...

Burial Trenches and Salisbury Prison

You are facing the 18 trenches used

by the Salisbury Confederate Prison

for the burial of prisoners, most of

whom died after October 1864.

Marker is on Government Road when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Salisbury Confederate Memorial

In memory of

Rowan’s

Confederate Soldiers

that their heroic deeds,

sublime self-sacrifice

and undying devotion

to duty and Country

may never be forgotten

1861 – 1865

[ Left of Monument: ]

Soldiers of the

Confederacy,

Fame has given you

an imperishable crown.

History will record

your daring valor,

noble sufferings and

matchless achievements

to the honor and

glory or ...

Salisbury National Cemetery

Salisbury Prison and Trench Graves

Salisbury Prison was established by the Confederate government in October 1861 on the site of an old cotton factory. In preparation for the first prisoners, a portion of the grounds was enclosed by a stockade fence. ...

West Salisbury Little League 2007 Mid-Atlantic Champions

In the summer of 2007, eleven boys from West Salisbury Little League embarked on a spiritual journey that captured the hearts and minds of our town and surrounding communities. The journey began in June 2007, where they were assembled together ...

Salisbury Plain

This land was the eastern most boundary of a 3,111 acre grant, known as Salisbury Plain, acquired by Henry Lee from Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax in 1725 when it was part of the Stafford County frontier. This area became Prince ...