Clarksville
Also known as: Pinchback's Tavern, Burnt Tavern
… community in NW Davie County. John Pinchback operated Burnt Tavern or Pinchback's Tavern nearby after 1797. Before the Civil War, the stagecoach from Salem to Statesville stopped there for the night. Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909), author of The Impending Crisis (1857), was born nearby on a farm on Bear Creek. A post office operated there from 1855 until 1869.
