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Source:  Allan and Flora MacDonald Plantation, Rocky Springs Township. Photo by Jim Morgan

  • Monument Name

    Allan and Flora MacDonald Plantation, Rocky Springs Township

  • Type

    Marker

  • Subjects

    Historic Women Figures

    Colonial History

    Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

  • City

    Rocky Springs Town

  • County

    Montgomery

  • Description

    The MacDonald Plantation marker is a lectern shaped grey granite block on a single granite base. Total height including the base is two-feet. The block width is 30 inches with a depth of 12 inches where it meets the base. A smaller marker with directions to an old cemetery is nearby. It is not associated with Allan and Flora MacDonald.

    Images (by Jim Morgan): Far-off view

  • Inscription

    ALLAN AND FLORA MACDONALD / PLANTATION SITE 1775-1776 / ERECTED BY THE N.C. SOCIETY / OF COLONIAL WARS

  • Custodian

    United States Forest Service

  • Dedication Date

    September 25, 1960

  • Decade

    1960s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    35.227100 , -79.841000 View in Geobrowsemap pin

  • Supporting Sources

      Caudill, William S. 2006. “Flora MacDonald Homesite,” NCpedia.org, (accessed May 11, 2022) Link

      Gray, Don. "Bagpipes, Kilts Add Color to Flora Macdonald Event," The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), September 26, 1960

      Kerrigan, Deanna. 2000. “MacDoanld, Flora,” NCedia.org, (accessed May 11, 2022) Link

      “Flora MacDonald Homesite,” American Revolution Tour of N.C., (accessed May 11, 2022) Link

      “Marker Honors Macdonald Pair,” The Charlotte News (Charlotte, NC), September 26, 1960

      “Mt. Gilead: Flora Macdonald Marker Unveiled,” The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), September 23, 1960

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Granite

  • Sponsors

    N.C. Society of Colonial Wars

  • Monument Dedication and Unveiling

    The memorial was unveiled by Reginald MacDonald, a lineal descendant of Flora MacDonald. The primary address was delivered by Dr. Wallace E. Caldwell of Chapel Hill and the historian of the N.C. Society of Colonial Wars. Along with bagpipe music, folk singer Mari McLeod MacDonald presented a song in Gaelic, the native language of the Scottish Highlanders.

  • Location

    The marker is located off of the unpaved Lovin Hill Road between Candor and Mt. Gilead in Montgomery County.

  • Landscape

    The memorial marker stands in hilly, wooded and undeveloped terrain.

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