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Many distinguished North Carolinians, as well as citizens outside the state, are buried in the Old English cemetery at Salisbury. There rest the body of Governor John W. Ellis, as well as four English soldiers who in 1781 during Cornwallis' occupation of Salisbury, died of smallpox. Also buried there is John Joseph Burner, one of the earliest editors of the CAROLINA WATCHMAN, the state's oldest newspaper.
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Only fourteen American soldiers in World War I received the British Military Medal, and Frank C. Roseman of Spencer, was one of them. During the operation of 29 September 1918, near Bellicourt, Roseman, was on duty as a guard while his squad was at work. Upon being halted by two Germans who had penetrated the lines, he threw himself on the ground and shot both of them, barely avoiding their fire. His presence of mind and immediate action permitted the continuance of the work without interruption.
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14777
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Fort Dobbs was located near Statesville and was the scene of several attacks by Indians in an endeavor to stem the westward movement of white settlers.
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15447
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Piedmont, North Carolina is rich in historic landmarks. Among these are Trading Ford, Boone's Cave, the Old Stone Wall, and Sapona. Trading Ford was located where the old trading path crossed the Yadkin River; there the Sapona Indians had an important trading post where traders stopped to trade and recruit. Sapona is located on the Davidson County side of the Yadkin River and was the headquarters and principle town of the Sapona Tribe. Tradition tells us that Boone's Cave is where Daniel Boone hid upon being pursued by Indians.
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14812
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Hugh Waddell did as much as probably any other individual in helping settle the differences between the Indians and whites in opening up the western part of North Carolina for settlement.
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15405
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Cotton factory turned Confederate prison; in 1935 all that remained of the 40 acre Civil War encampment was a single cottage in the town of Salisbury, Rowan County. Around 1845, Maxwell Chambers built a large brick building to process cotton and six smaller structures to house mill workers. With outbreak of war, the factory was transformed for mustering grounds and a prison to hold Federal prisoners.
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16022
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The Old Stone House, built in 1766, is located about three miles from Salisbury. Thomas describes the house and some of the interesting events that happened there during the Colonial period.
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15985
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J. Rowan Davis of Salisbury was the youngest person to serve in North Carolina's Civil War regiments. At the age of twelve years, he was a core maker in a Confederate arsenal; at fourteen he was a member of Johnston's Field Artillery; and at sixteen in 1865, he was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio. He is 87 years old.
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