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This Place Matters

This Place Matters. Aaron Spivey April 10, 2010 Block-3 Pittman. Stonewall Manor.

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This Place Matters

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  1. This Place Matters Aaron Spivey April 10, 2010 Block-3 Pittman

  2. Stonewall Manor The Stonewall Manor was built somewhere around 1830 by Bennett Bunn on the banks of the Tar River. In 1814, Bennett Bunn Jr. The land he inherited was on Stony Creek and the Tar River where later on the Stonewall Manor was constructed. It was known for having approximately 100 slaves. This 126 acre Manor was owned by many people who sold off land to pay off debts, it wasn’t until 1916 when the Rocky Mount Mills purchased it for $15,000 and started to renovate it. The address of the Stonewall Manor is 1325 Falls Road, Rocky Mount, NC. When I came to take my picture I was surprised at how large this Manor was. I was expecting something smaller and not so well constructed.

  3. Lafayette’s Rocky Mt. Layover Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757 and reached his demise on May 20, 1824. He was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, France. Lafayette was also a general in the American Revolutionary War. In the American Revolutionary War, he served as a major general. During his American tour , Lafayette spent the night in Henry Donaldson's home on February 28, 1825. Henry Donaldson was a merchant and builder/owner of some of the second and third textile mills in North Carolina, and the owner of some land around the Falls of the Tar River in Edgecombe County.

  4. Rocky Mt. Mills Rocky Mount Mills is the second cotton mill in North Carolina after Schenck-Warlick Mill in Lincoln County North Carolina. In 1818 on 20 acres of land at the falls of the Tar River in Edgecombe County Rocky Mount Mills was constructed. At first it was operated by Joel Battle and two partners, but by 1825 Joel was the Mills sole proprietor. 1829 Joel dies and his son William took over. Mostly slaves and a few free African Americans supplied the Mills labor. Rocky Mount Mills was set fire by Brigadier General Edward E. Potter’s Union cavalry on July 20, 1863. William Battle rebuilt the Mill but soon after the Mill was again burned in 1869 and again rebuilt by Battle. I remember when we pulled over to take the picture it was difficult to get my head and the tall sign both in the small picture.

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