John Fulenwider
Inscription
Founder of High Shoals Iron
Works about 1795. One of
first producers of pig iron
by charcoal process.
Revolutionary patriot.
Buried 20 yards W.
Location
AddressUS 321 in High Shoals
CityHigh Shoals
CountyGaston
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.401610, -81.202030
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