Topics Related to Guilford County

Originally German Reformed. Now United Church of Christ. Served in 1759 by James Martin. This church was begun in 1813 and was remodeled in 1840.

Poet & literary critic of national acclaim. Taught at UNC-Greensboro from 1947 to 1965. His grave is 120 yards southwest.

Methodist. Begun 1874; reorganized as woman's college, 1926. Named for Lyman Bennett of Troy, N.Y. Campus 2 bl. S.

Was begun in 1753 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1778. Present building erected 1875.

Was begun in 1757 and organized as a Monthly Meeting in 1773. This is the fourth building on the original site.

A Quaker abolitionist; guided slaves on paths to freedom as leader of Underground Railroad. Was born ca. 4 mi. N.

Founded by Methodist Church in 1924 with aid from City of High Point. University since 1991.

Early on Mar. 15, 1781, the British and American forces skirmished near the New Garden Meeting House prior to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Site of a skirmish between American forces under Col. O. H. Williams and British troops under Col. James Webster, Mar. 6, 1781, is 6 mi. E.

First building erected 1851-52. Opened during academic year 1852-53. Since 1929 Oak Ridge Military Institute.