This Historical Marker stands on Highway 150 near the intersection of Virgil Goodnight Road in Rowan County, North Carolina. The Marker offers some very brief details concern early Presbyterian Minister and educator Samuel E. McCorkle who founded the Zion Parnassus Academy.
The text of the marker reads:
SAM'L E. McCORKLE
"Presbyterian preacher and educator. The site of his famous academy Zion Parnassus (about 1794-1798) is 3/4 of a mile north."
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