Granville County Revolutionary War Monument, Oxford
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.
1776 1926 / IN MEMORY OF / THE PATRIOTS / AND / REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS / OF / GRANVILLE COUNTY / ERECTED BY THE / JOHN PENN CHAPTER / D.A.R.
1926
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"Boulder Pays Tribute to Granville Heroes," The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), June 6, 1926
"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
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Granite marker, bronze tablet
John Penn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Placed in June 1926. “Presentation” was planned for a district DAR meeting scheduled for August 25. After the district meeting was changed to statewide the “presentation” did not appear on the meeting program. No other dates found but an article from 1927 mentions that it had been unveiled.
Dedicated to the 626 patriots and soldiers during the American Revolution from Granville County. A list of the 626 patriot names and the 36 members of the John Penn Chapter was placed behind the tablet and another copy placed in the courthouse.
The memorial marker is located at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street, Oxford, NC. Granville County Confederate Monument stood a few feet away in front of the Richard Thornton Library, 210 Main St, Oxford, NC 27565, until it was removed on June 23, 2020.
The marker stands on a grass covered median along main street of Oxford, N.C..