Topics Related to Henderson County

French Broad Baptist Church (P-20)

Organized before 1792. Present building is here. First building stood 1 mile south.

Stoneman's Raid (P-8)

On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Hendersonville, Apr. 23, 1865.

Edgar W. ('Bill') Nye 1850-1896 (P-6)

Humorist and journalist. Retired to N.C., 1891. Lived at "Buck Shoals," 3 1/2 mi. W. His grave is one mile north.

C. G. Memminger (P-4)

Secretary of the treasury of the Confederacy, from Charleston. Native of Germany. Summer home and grave nearby.