Governor of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He is known as the father of modern North Carolina for his support of the newly established Public School system, the extension of Railroad Lines and construction of waterways and turnpikes. The cspan cities tour visited his home, blandwood. We are in blandwood mansion. This is the oldest structure on its original foundation in the city of greensboro. It is a Historic House museum, a National House we can landmark building. It was the home of governor John Motley Morehead in downtown greensboro. Day today, many historians look on governor john motley modernd as the father of North Carolina. He was the governor from 184118 35 1845, he was a popular governor with his ideas of industry and human rights. Earlylitical career began education and law. After he graduated from the academy here in greensboro, he went on to the university of North Carolina and he graduated from there as a lawyer. To the north of the pretty, but quickly found that more