Memorial to NC Militia, Southport
The militia marker is comprised of a rectangular white marble tablet with incised inscription that has been set lengthwise onto a large rock. Above the inscription appears the symbol for the National Society United States Daughters of 1812. The rock appears to be Coquina, a sedimentary rock composed almost entirely of seashell fragments.
The militia marker is comprised of a rectangular white marble tablet with incised inscription that has been set lengthwise onto a large rock. Above the inscription appears the symbol for the National Society United States Daughters of 1812. The rock appears to be Coquina, a sedimentary rock composed almost entirely of seashell fragments. ERECTED APRIL 13, 1938 / BY THE / NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812 / OF /NORTH CAROLINA / MEMORIAL TO NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA, STATIONED AT DEEPWATER POINT, ABOUT / ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF SOUTHPOINT ON THE WATERFRONT, SEVERAL COMPANIES / OF MAJOR JOHN A. LILLINGTON’S DETACHMENT JULY - DECEMBER 1812: THE BRUNS- / WICK REGIMENT (MOORE’S) JULY-AUGUST 1813: SEVERAL COMPANIES OF / MAJOR JOHN A. CAMERON’S COMMAND SEPTEMBER 1813-JANUARY 1814 / MARY LOUISA JACKSON COOPER, STATE PRESIDENT. / ETTIE BROWN, STATE CHAIRMAN.
City of Southport
May 2, 1938
33.917800 , -78.016740
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"Daughters of 1812 Will Unveil Tablet May 2 in Southport,” Durham Morning Herald, (Durham, NC), April 26, 1938
"Memorial to North Carolina Militia," The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed May 27, 2022) Link
“Mrs. Wyche Heads Daughters of 1812,” The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), March 13, 1938
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Marble tablet attached to a stone conglomerate comprised of bits of seashells
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 of North Carolina
The memorial stands in front of and to the left of the Southport Community Building. The Community Building address is 223 E. Bay Street, Southport, NC 28461. Viewed from E. Bay Street the memorial to Jessie Stevens Taylor is at the far left edge of the lawn and the Fort Johnson marker stands near E. Bay St. in the center. A few yards from the Taylor marker, across E. Bay Street in Waterfront Park stands the Catalino Tingzon-S. S. John D. Gill Memorial marker.
The memorial stands at the edge of a lawn area with scattered trees a very short distance from the banks of Cape Fear River just across E. Bay Street. The Community Building is to the right and the Fort Johnson-Southport Museum & Visitor Center is to the rear of the lawn.
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