Topics Related to Cumberland County

Battle of Averasboro, Phase One, March 15, 16, 1865 (II-3)

Location: SR 1801 (Ross West Road) north of Godwin
County: Cumberland
Original Date Cast: 1961

(Large rectangular marker with map; full text follows)

Battle of Bentonville, March 19, 20, and 21, 1865 (II-1)

Location: I-95 (northbound) at rest area near Fayetteville
County: Cumberland
Original Date Cast: 1962

(Large rectangular marker, full text follows)

Main Post School Integration (I-94)

In 1951 superintendent Mildred Poole integrated Post School 2 miles N.E. three years before U.S. Supreme Court mandate.

Rockfish Factory (I-92)

Largest textile mill in antebellum N.C. Opened 1839 by Charles Peter Mallett. Destroyed 1865 by Sherman's army. It stood 120 yards S.E.

Omar ibn Said ca. 1770-1863 (I-89)

Muslim slave & scholar. African-born, he penned autobiography in Arabic, 1831. Lived in Bladen County and worshipped with local Presbyterians.

Lewis Leary 1835-1859 (I-88)

Free black abolitionist & conspirator in 1859 with John Brown in attack on U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Killed in assault. Lived in Fayetteville.

Pope Field (I-82)

Est. 1919. Named for Lt. Harley Pope, Army aviator. Became Air Force base in 1948. Since 2011 part of Fort Bragg. 1 ½ mi. W.

David M. Williams 1900-1975 (I-81)

"Carbine" Williams, designer of short stroke piston, which made possible M-1 carbine rifle, widely used in WWII. Lived 2 mi. S.

Bank of the United States (I-80)

Second national bank opened branch in 1818 in Fayetteville. Bank operated, 1820-35, in house one block east.

John England 1786-1842 (I-79)

Bishop of Charleston. He organized Roman Catholics in N.C. at Fayetteville Convention, & consecrated St. Patrick Church, 1829. Present church 4/10 mi. E.