Person in the county’s record
From the state marker“Secretary of Interior, 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia, United States Senator, was born, 1855 at Catawba College, then located at this point.”
State historical marker: O-23: Hoke Smith
1855–1931 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for Hoke Smith so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Papers of Robert F. Hoke, 1852 to 1967. Hoke was a Confederate general and ran ironworks in Lincoln, Orange and Mitchell counties. Items include an 1852 letter to him at school in Kentucky, copies of letters on the death of Col. Isaac E. Avery in 1863, reports of troop movements in 1865 and his printed farewell to his division. The Chapel Hill Iron Mountain Railroad also appears. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.64.
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