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Historical Markers

Roadside historical markers serve both to remind us of historical people and places and to mark the physical locations of important people and places in the history of Person County. A number of markers within Person County have been erected as a part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program; these have a silver background. Other markers have been erected by the Person County Historical Society and the Person County Museum; these have a dark green background. The list below provides links to pages that provide information about the history of the people and places commemorated by the markers in Person County.

Places

Medical Office of Dr. William Merritt and his son Dr. John Hamlet Merritt
Paine's Tavern
High Plains School
Lea's Chapel United Methodist Church
Virginia Line (Z 140)

People

Aubrey Lee Brooks
W. W. Kitchin (G 78)
J. G. A. Williamson
Edwin G. Reade (G 51)
Rev. John Alexander Beam and Mollie Lucas Beam
John Columbus Terrell, M.D.
W. W. Kitchin
William R. Webb
Cornwallis (G 15)
Greene (G 14)
Thomas Person
Robert Paine (G 70)
Bessie Heath Daniel
Thomas Person (G 17) http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8M7

Name	Inscription	Reference	Location
J. G. A. Williamson		G72. Heritage I, page 61. State.
Edwin G. Reade		G31. [check] Heritage I, page 61.State.
Rev. John Alexander Beam and Mollie Lucas Beam		Heritage I, page 60. Private.
Paine's Tavern	Paine's Tavern Site of First Person County Courthouse 1791 - 1793 150 ft. west Built by Dr. James Paine	Heritage I, page 54. Private.
John Columbus Terrell, M.D.	1818 - 1897 Person County - North Carolina Birthplace within one mile. Educated: Solomon Lea School, Leasburg, North Carolina and University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia. Received M.D. April 3, 1840. Dr. Terrell was Person County's greatest benefactor to education. He Accumulated his wealth as a general practitioner in Cuningham Township. At death he be- queathed a substaintial sum for the building of schoolhouses in every township and heavily endowed them.	Heritage I, page 50. Private.	Cuningham.
W. W. Kitchin	Governor, 1909 - 1913, member of Congress. Moved to Roxboro from Scotland Neck in 1888. Home is 2 blocks E.	G78. Heritage I, page 11. State.
William R. Webb	"Sawney" Founder, 1870, of Webb School, since 1886 in Bell Buckle, Tenn. Confederate soldier, U.S. Senator, 1913. Born 1842, one mile S.	G79. Heritage I, page 11. State.
Cornwallis	Passed a few miles west. February 1781. Creene followed and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse resulted, March 15, 1781.	Heritage I, page 9. State.
Greene	Persued by Corwallis crossed into Virginia and forded the Dan River northeast of here. February 1781.	Heritage I, page 9. State.
Thomas Person	Leader of popular move- ments: Regulation, Revolu- tion, and Antifederalism. His home in Goshen stood five miles north.	G17. Heritage I, page 4. State.	Highway 158 in Granville County near the Person-Granville line.
Robert Paine	Leader in organization of Methodist Episcopal Church. South. 1845. Bishop. president of LaGrange College, Ala., & author. Born 1 mi. E.	G70. Heritage I, page 69. State.	US 501 South

For additional information about the program under which the state places historical makers, see "North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program." Information about markers placed by the state in all counties can be found in the publication Guide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers (Tenth Edition), Michael Hill, Editor (2007)

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