Source: Macon Monument
Nathaniel Macon, Guilford Courthouse
This monument consists of a rough granite boulder with a bronze tablet bearing the inscription. It stands approximately 5-feet tall.
NATHANIEL MACON / WILLED THAT HIS MEMORIAL SHOULD / CONSIST ONLY OF RUDE STONES / HERE THEY ARE.
Guilford Battleground Company
July 4, 1902
36.131790 , -79.847310
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Pittman, Thomas. Nathaniel Macon, (Greensboro, NC: Guilford Battle Ground Company, 1902), (accessed February 6, 2012) Link
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Yes
Granite and bronze.
Judge David Schenck
An address was given by Thomas M. Pittman, Esq.
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