Source: George Reynolds Monument
George Reynolds Monument, Guilford Courthouse
A roughly-cut rectangular granite marker sits in memory of Captain George Reynolds. It is 3'10" high and 4' wide.
IN MEMORIAM / CAPT. GEORGE REYNOLDS / 1754 - 1815 / OFFICER UNDER GENERAL GREENE IN / REVOLUTIONARY WAR /
Guilford Battleground Company
November 23, 1928.
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Baker, Thomas E. The Monuments at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina, (Greensboro, NC: Guilford Courthouse NMP, 1991)
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Granite.
The monument was donated by J.F. and T.E. Reynolds.
The monument was unveiled by members of the George Reynolds Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Captain George Reynolds was an officer under Greene in the Revolutionary War.
The George Reynolds Monument is within sight of the prominent Nathaniel Greene monument, alongside an old road (now a walking path); it is very close to the former location of the now-removed Clio monument.
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