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Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots of Granville County Monument, Granville NC
Revolutionary War Monument
Oxford

View complete article and references at Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina at: https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/40

Description: This monument consists of a bronze tablet on a small triangular granite marker. In addition to the text on the plaque, there is a decorative wheel in the bottom left corner. The monument is hardly noticeable today, as it sits in the middle of median on Main Street near the Granville County Courthouse.

Inscription:
1776 1926 /

IN MEMORY OF / THE PATRIOTS / AND / REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS / OF / GRANVILLE COUNTY / ERECTED BY THE / JOHN PENN CHAPTER / D.A.R.

Dedication date: 1926

Materials & Techniques: Granite marker, bronze tablet

Sponsor: John Penn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Subject notes: Dedicated to the 626 patriots and soldiers during the American Revolution from Granville County

Location: The monument stands in front of the Richard H Thornton library, on a grass covered median along main street of Oxford, N.C..

City: Oxford

County: Granville

Subjects: Revolutionary War

Latitude: 
36.30986
Longitude: 
-78.58715
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