ONLY - Creditor Monument in the World ~ Cartersville, GA - Superlatives on Waymarking.com

County of site: Bartow County
Location of monument: 1 Friendship Plaza, Cartersville
Monument erected by: Mark A. Cooper
Date monument erected: 1860
Engraving on monument by: S. A. Cox, Jr. 1859

A couple of historic markers are located nearby to help explain this monument. The text of those markers

Marker 1:
(front):

TRIBUTE ON MONUMENT This monument is erected by Mark A. Cooper, Proprietor at Etowah, as a Grateful tribute to the Friendship and Liberality of those whose names are hereon inscribed, which prompted them to aid him in the prosecution and development of the interests at Etowah. Engraved by S. A., Cox, Jr. 1859 (other side): 38 NAMES ON MONUMENT
West Side
Wade S. Cochran
John Banks
William L. Mitchell
J.E. Hart
Pleasant Stovall
John M. Flournoy
James R. Jones
H.S Smith
Wareham Cromwell
Hon. M.J. Wellborn
John W. Lewis
Lewis Tumlin
Joseph Banks

East Side
Dr. William C. Daniel
Thomas Stocks
Thomas R. Saffold
N.C. Foster
T.B. Baldwin
Dr. H.J. Oglesby
Wiley and Zimmerman
S.R. McCamey
Charles A. Hamilton
M.M. Anderson
Dr. Richard Banks
Thomas Stovall

North Side
Matt Whitfield Reuben
Jordan W. Maxey
Michael Dennis
Gnl. Robert Bledsoe
Samuel Pearson
D.R. Adams
Elisha Perryman
W.H. Carter
J.H. Gatewood
Andrew Reid
Alfred Shorter
Marker Two: FRIENDSHIP MONUMENT The nearby marble shaft has the unique distinction of having been erected by a debtor in honor of his creditors. Losses during the panic of 1857 forced Mark A. Cooper, proprietor of the Etowah Iron Works, to offer this property for sale to satisfy a $100,000 debt. thirty-eight friends signed notes totaling that amount to save the enterprise. When the debt was repaid in 1860, Cooper erected this monument on which the names of his benefactors are inscribed.

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Type of documentation of superlative status: web site below and Roadside America above Location of coordinates: Friendship Plaza Web Site: [Web Link]

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