Topics Related to Guilford County

The President of the Confederacy held two meetings of his cabinet, April 12-13, 1865, at the home of J. T. Wood, which was a few yards N.

William Beard made & sold hats at his well-known shop, established before 1795 and later operated by his son David. Site 1 1/3 mi. N.

First college chartered for women in North Carolina, 1838. Founded by Methodist Church.

Est. in 1891 as a normal school; became Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1932. Coeducational since 1963.

Hostess and social leader. Wife of President James Madison. Saved artifacts from White House fire, 1814. Born 1 1/2 miles N.E.

First Superintendent of N.C. Common Schools, 1853-1865. Author, editor. Born 1 1/2 miles northeast.

Governor, 1841-45. An advocate for railroads & industrial development. Lived at Blandwood.

Armies of Greene and Cornwallis engaged in pivotal battle here on March 15, 1781. Site now U.S. military park.

Educator, minister, & orator for Patriot cause. His "Log College," a classical academy, stood 2 1/2 miles northwest.

William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, short story writer, lived in a house which stood near here.