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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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