The names of "JOSEPH and ROBERT GREEN" are spelled on the monument incorrectly. The correct spelling is "JOSEPH and ROBERT GREER" (see the list of the signers of the "The declaration of independence by the citizens of Mecklenburg County, on the twentieth day of May, 1775".)
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Front inscription |
Rear inscription
Front: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JUNE 20, 1775 / ROBERT ROWAN / LEWIS BARGE / MAURICE NOWL / LEWIS POWELL / MARTIN LEONNARD / GEORGE FLETCHER / WALTER MURRAY / DAVID EVANS / JOHN ELWELL / BENJAMIN ELWELL / JOSEPH GREEN / ROBERT GREEN / ROBERT CARVER / THEOPHILUS EVANS / THOMAS MOODY / JOS DE LESPINE / ARTHUR COUNCIL / JOHN OLIVER / CHARLES STEVENS / WILLIAM HERRIN / ROBERT VERNER / DAVID DUNN / SIMON BANDAY / JOHN JONES / ROBERT COUNCIL / SAMUEL CARVER / DAVID SHEPHERD / MICAJAH FARRELL / JOHN WILSON / JAMES EMMET / AARON VARDEY / JOHN PARKER / PHILIP HERRIN / JAMES GEF / WM. WHITE / JOSHUA HADLEY / WILLIAM BLCOKER / WM. CARVER / SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH / "WE STAND READY TO SACRIFICE OUR LIVES TO SECURE HER FREEDOM."
Rear: JAMES DICK / JAMES PEARL / DANIEL DOUSE / GEORGE BARNS / THOMAS CABEEN / JOHN CLENDENIN / JOHN STEVENSON / WILLIAM BATHGATE / THOMAS REA / JAMES GILES / PETER MESSER / THOMAS WHITE / JAMES EDMUNDS / JOHN CARRAWAY / WILLIAM GILLESPY / ONESIPHOROUS WEST
Vintage postcard images show the historic location of the Liberty Point Resolves prior to the installation of the marker. Postcard image | Postcard image
11 July 2014 | Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina