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Churches and Other Religious Institutions

• Conoconnara Chapel  Established as Anglican 1747; James Moir first priest. Became Baptist 1783; inactive since 1933. Present building, 1849, moved 1 mi. S.W. in 1878     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Eden Church  Methodist. An active congregation by 1789. Present building, 1890-1900, is third on site     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Kehukee Primitive Baptist Church  First church, 1742, was 2 3/4 miles N.E. Second building is 200 feet E. Mother church of Kehukee Association begun 1765     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
• Trinity Church  Episcopal. Established about 1732. This building, the third, was erected in 1854, in part with brick from an older church     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Whitaker's Chapel  Originally Anglican, 1740; later Methodist. In 1828 first annual conference of Methodist Protestant Church met here. This is third building on site     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Histories of specific towns and townships

• The History of Enfield 
• Gallberry  Built about 1885. Home of three congressmen, W. H. Kitchin and his sons Wm. W. (governor, 1909-1913) and Claude     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Historic Halifax 
• Town of Hobgood  History
• Town of Scotland Neck  History
• Tillery Resettlement  Est. 1935; New Deal farm project. 350 black families from N.C., S.C., Fla., Ark., Va. purchased homesteads. Restored house 1 mi. E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• The History of Weldon 
• Early History of Weldon 

Library

• Roanoke Rapids Public Library 

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

• 'Enfield Riot'  Here in 1759 Lord Granville's land agents were compelled to give bond to return illegal fees. This was a forerunner of Regulators     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Halifax County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke and Hyde County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
• Independence  The "Halifax Resolves," first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, April 12, 1776     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• North Carolina Constitution  The first constitution of the independent state was adopted in Halifax on December 18, 1776     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
• Washington's Southern Tour  President Washington was a visitor in the town of Halifax, on April 16-17, 1791     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

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