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Source: Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots of Granville County Monument, Granville NC

  • Monument Name

    Revolutionary War Monument, Oxford

  • Type

    War Memorial

  • Subjects

    Revolutionary War

  • City

    Oxford

  • County

    Granville

  • 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

  • Decade

    1920s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    36.309860 , -78.587150

  • Supporting Sources

      "Granville County Revolutionary War Memorial," Waymarking.com, (accessed May 17, 2012) Link

      “List of Granville County Patriots of the Revolution,” Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, NC), June 8, 1926

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Granite marker, bronze tablet

  • Sponsors

    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

  • Orientation

    The monument stands in front of the Richard H Thornton library, on a grass covered median along main street of Oxford, N.C..

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