Complex sentence: President George Washington is known to have slept in Tarboro during a visit on his 1791 Southern tour, and is noted to have said of the town that it was as good a salute as could be given with one piece of artillery.
Split into simpler sentences: President George Washington is known to have slept in Tarboro during a visit on his 1791 Southern tour. He is noted to have said of the town that it was as good a salute as could be given with one piece of artillery.