Locust Hill

… community in W Caswell County. Named for locust trees in the vicinity. Known as Brown's Store from the early nineteenth century until the 1840s, when the name was changed. Jethro Brown operated the store. Rose Hill, home of Bedford Brown, U.S. senator from 1829 to 1840, state legislator, and opponent of secession in 1860, stands there; built about 1802.