House in the Horseshoe
288 Alston House Rd, Sanford, NC 27330, USA
North Carolina, USA
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HOME
EST. 1772
EST. 1772
BATTLEFIELD
August 5, 1781
Alston, Philip
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at House in the Horseshoe.
The original eighteenth-century Alston House survives as a North Carolina state historic site within a bend of the Deep River. Restored rooms, visible bullet damage, period furnishings, grounds, outbuildings, and interpretive exhibits preserve the setting of a 1781 Loyalist-Patriot skirmish.
About House in the Horseshoe
The home, built in 1772 by Philip Alston, was the site of a battle between loyalists under the command of David Fanning and patriot militiamen under Alston's command on either July 29 or August 5, 1781 (the date being unclear in available records). The battle ended with Alston's surrender to Fanning, in which Alston's wife negotiated the terms with the loyalists.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at House in the Horseshoe
In 1798, the home was sold to Benjamin Williams, who would become Governor of North Carolina from 1799 to 1802, and again in 1807–1808. Williams owned approximately 103 slaves and cultivated about 300 acres of cotton annually at the site of the house.
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