Inscription
Officer in Revolution.
Member, N.C. Provincial
Congress & legislature.
Founded Rochester, N.Y.,
1811. Home was nearby.
Location
AddressUS 158 east of Oxford
CityOxford
CountyGranville
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.314220, -78.563630
Sources
More markers in Granville
John Penn 1740-1788
Stovall, NC
One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Camp Butner
Butner, NC
World War II infantry training camp; housed Axis prisoners of war.
Mary Potter Academy
Oxford, NC
Founded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans.
Trading Path
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.
Oxford Female College
Oxford, NC
Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857.
