Richard Caswell Historic Marker
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showbizkid
N 35° 16.098 W 077° 37.219
18S E 261646 N 3905945
This is a 1919 North Carolina State Historic Marker located very near the newer 1938 Highway Marker for Caswell.
Waymark Code: WMG1J
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2006
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This tablet is in somewhat poor condition due to age and lack of care. The text is a little dificult to read, so I have transacribed it below:
SOUTH OF THIS MARKER, 166 YARDS, IS THE GRAVE
OF RICHARD CASWELL, THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF
NORTH CAROLINA AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE
"I WILL MOST CHEERFULLY JOIN ANY OF MY
COUNTRYMEN, EVEN AS A RANK AND FILE MAN,
AND WHILST I HAVE BLOOD IN MY VEINS FREELY
OFFER IT IN SUPPORT OF THE LIBERTIES OF MY COUNTRY."
(CASWELL TO HIS SON IN 1775)
ERECTED 1919 BY
THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION,
CITIZENS OF LENOIR COUNTY AND CASWELL-NASH CHAPTER, D.A.R.
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