James Morehead Monument
Source: James Morehead Monument
Guilford Courthouse

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Description: This granite monument is roughly cut in the shape of a triangular prism; it holds a bronze plaque on one end.

Nickname: Tent Monument

Inscription:

1779 1900 / TO / CAPTAIN JAMES MOREHEAD / OF THE 10TH REGIMENT / N.C. CONTINENTAL LINE / BATTLE OF STONO / JUNE 20TH, 1779 / ELIZABETHTON JULY 1781 / BORN 1750 DIED 1815 / ERECTED BY / COL. JAMES T. AND JOSEPH / M. MOREHEAD AND ROBERT / PERCY GRAY

Dedication date: 1901

Materials & Techniques: Granite

Sponsor: James Turner, Joseph Morehead, Robert Percy Gray.

Landscape: In a line of monuments at the Guilford Battleground site, it is directly next to the Turner monument.

City: Greensboro

County: Guilford

Subjects: Revolutionary War

Latitude: 
36.13174
Longitude: 
-79.84662