Topics Related to Rockingham County

January 3, 2024

Used in the Revolution. Greene's Army camped there after Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1781. Washington visited, 1791. Site is 1 1/2 mile north.

January 3, 2024

Governor, 1782-85 and 1789-92, officer in the Revolution, member Federal Convention of 1787, United States Senator. Home stood 1/2 mile N.

January 3, 2024

Presidential nominee, 1860, United States Senator from Illinois, was married to Martha Martin, 1847, in house standing 2 miles N.E.

January 3, 2024

Governor, 1851-54, U.S. Senator, Congressman, member of peace conference, 1861, and of state conventions, 1861, 1875. Home stands 2 blocks E.

January 3, 2024

Presbyterian. Organized ca. 1759. James McCready first regular minister, 1793. Present building erected about 1844.

January 3, 2024

20,000-acre estate of William Byrd, Virginia planter, author, surveyor of Va.-N.C. line, 1728. S.W. corner here.

January 20, 2016

On January 20, 1840, North Carolina’s first public school opened in Rockingham County.

October 4, 2014

This year and last, we’ve been thrilled to host the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual meeting and music festival in Raleigh.