Topics Related to Cumberland County

Colonial village and trading center, merged in 1778 with town of Campbelton and in 1783 renamed Fayetteville.

Marching to Wilmington after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, stopped with his army in this town in April, 1781.

Secretary of United States Navy, 1853-57. Helped found State Hospital for Insane. Home one block north.

Authorized by Congress, 1836. Taken over by Confederacy, 1861. Destroyed March 1865, by Sherman. Ruins stand 2 blocks S.W.

Presbyterian. Organized in 1758 by Rev. James Campbell. Present building erected about 1858. N.W. 1 mi.