Local Revolutionary War Sites

The American Revolution went on for eight bloody years which pitted family and friends against one another. By 1779 the war had reached a stalemate in the Northern Colonies. It was in the South that America won her independence. Travel to these historic sites to learn more about their significant role in the American Revolution.

• Battle of Cowan’s Ford, Huntersville, NC
  Last Battle of the American Revolution to be fought in Mecklenburg County
  Fought: February 1, 1781
   

• Alexandriana Historic Site, Huntersville, NC
  Location of the Signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
  9921 OLD STATESVILLE RD CHARLOTTE, NC 28269
   

• Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Huntersville, NC
  Burial Site of General William Lee Davidson, Davidson College named in his honor
  Located on Beatties Ford Road approximately 4 miles south of Rural Hill
   

• Torrence Store, Huntersville, NC
  Oldest Standing Store in the state of North Carolina
  Located on Gilead Road, just off Exit 23, I-77 North toward Huntersville
   

• Old Settler’s Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
  Revolutionary War Patriots buried here to include General George Graham, Thomas Polk, and Nathaniel Alexander
   

• Battle of McIntyre Farm, Charlotte, NC
  Battle in which Charlotte became known as the Hornet’s Nest
   

• Hezekiah Alexander House (Charlotte Museum of History) Charlotte, NC
   

• Battle of Ramseur’s Mill, Lincolnton, NC
   

• Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greensboro, NC
   

• Alamance Battleground, Burlington, NC
   

• Moore’s Creek National Battlefield, Currie, NC
   

• House in the Horseshoe, Sanford, NC
   

• Historic Halifax, Halifax, NC
   

• Tryon Palace, New Bern, NC
   

• Battle of Cowpens National Battlefield, Spartanburg, SC
   

• Battle of Kings Mountain Military Park, Kings Mtn., SC
   

• Battle of Huck’s Defeat, McConnell, SC
   

• Battle of Camden, Camden, SC