This compilation of Revolutionary Patriots known gravesites and memorials in Guilford County is offered by the Rachel Caldwell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Rachel Caldwell Chapter meets monthly in Greensboro, NC. The Daughters of the American Revoluton supports and promote education, historical preservation and patriotism.

Rachel Caldwell's Regent is Cindy Findley; prospective new members may contact Mrs. Findley by email at cindyfin@aol.com. Please put "DAR" in your email subject.

The Patriots below are offered in alphabetical order. The Roster of Revolutionary War Gravesites of Soliders, Patriots, and Ancestors Buried in North Carolina, published by the NCSDAR, was our reference guide.

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BELL, Martha McFarlane McGee - (b. 1735 - d. Sept 9, 1820)

Buried in the Bell-Welborn Cemetery, near New Market School, northern Randolph County. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Also monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro. Monument placed by Alexander Martin Chapter, DAR, in the First Line Area, is a rough textured rectangular stone on base with engraved plaque. Inscription: "Loyal Whig - enthusiastic Patriot - Revolutionary Heroine." Service: Guide for Lieutenant Colonel "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's soldiers. Furnished material aid. Defied Lord Cornwallis at Bell's Mill.

BOSTON, John - (b. 1737 - d. 1810)

Buried in family cemetery, Guilford County. Service: Major in Onslow's Militia, served at Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

BRAZELTON, John - (b. Apr 3, 1741 - d. Mar 14, 1781)

Buried in the Quaker Cemetery at Springfield Friends Meeting, Guilford County. Cemetery is located at 555 East Springfield Road, High Point.

BRETIGNY, Marquis of - (d. 1793)

One of three cavalrymen memorialized on the Cavalry Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Banded obelisk monument in the Third Line Area commemorates the charge of American dragoons on the British Second Battalion, Queen's Guards. Bronze tablets. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Led 40 NC cavalrymen at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Furnished arms and equipment.

BRUCE, Charles - (b. Feb 1, 1733 - d. Jan 21, 1832)

Buried in Bruce Family Cemetery, now in Bruce Park, Summerfield. Park is across Highway #220 from Summerfield School. Memorial marker placed by North Carolina DAR. Service: Member of Halifax Congress. Member, NC House of Commons. Recruiting officer. Procured firearms for Guilford County troops.

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CALDWELL, David (Rev., Dr.) - (b. Mar 22, 1725 - d. Aug 25, 1824)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Grave marked by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Standing bronze marker and bronze plaque mounted on boulder at the southeastern corner of the intersection of Hobbs Road and Cornwallis Drive, Greensboro. Standing rectangular monument. Inscription: Preacher, Patriot, Physician, Teacher." Service: Member, Halifax Convention; Patriot. David Caldwell house newly erected in David Caldwell Park, grand opening on Apr. 19, 2008.

CALDWELL, Rachel - (b. 1739 - d. June 3, 1825)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Patriot.

CLAPP, Barney - (d. Sept 27, 1844)

Buried in the Brick Church Cemetery, Guilford County. Service: Regulator.

COBLE, George - (b. May 10, 1733 - d. June 21, 1816)

Buried in the Coble's Lutheran Church Cemetery, 10 miles from Greensboro. Church is located at 5200 Coble Church Road, Julian. Service: Soldier, serving from NC.

COFFIN, William - (b. July 18, 1722 - d. July 15, 1803)

Buried in the New Garden Friends Cemetery, 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. COFFIN, William - (b. Nov 4 1720, d. Nov 10 1803) - Buried in the New Garden Friends Cemetery, 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro. Reported by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Patriot.

COOTS, James - (b. 1739 - d. July 27, 1816)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Lieutenant, 4th NC Regiment.

CUMMING, William - (b. Jan. 18, 1759 - d. Apr. 18, 1847)

Buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, North Davie Street, Greensboro, adjoining the Greensboro Historical Museum. Name appears on Soldiers' Memorial plaque on east wall of the museum as " William Cumming, Quartermaster and Lieutenant, NC Continentals." Reported by Colonel Arthur Forbis Chapter, DAR.

CUMMING, William - (d. Feb 6, 1863, aged 93)

Buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, North Davie Street, Greensboro, adjoining the Greensboro Historical Museum. Grave #35. Site marked by the Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

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DAVES, John - (b. 1748 - d. Oct 12, 1804)

Originally buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County. Monument survives on site. Grave removed to Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Flat slab tombstone on First Line Area. Inscription: "One of the well tried patriots of our Revolutionary War." Inscribed epitaph: "Beneath this monumental stone repod's/In shrouded gloom, the relics of the dead/Await th'archangel's renovating trump./And the dread sentence of the Judge Supreme./But GOD's the Judge! in truth and justice robed:/Impartial to reward the friend sincere./The virtues of the patriot, parent, spouse;/And these, O Major! these were surely thine./Yes these were thine - and mor still conjorn'd/t'endear thee to thy family and friends./To leave a lasting memory behind,/And seal thy passports to the realms of bliss." Also bronze DAR plaque inscribed: "Grandfather of Mrs. Mary Daves Nash., first State DAR Regent of North Carolina" Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Quartermaster, 2nd NC Regiment; Captain. Brevet Major. Served at Germantown, Charleston, and Eutaw Springs, wounded in battle.

DELAWARE SOLDIERS - (d. Mar 15, 1781)

Three unknown soldiers in Captain Robert Kirkwood's Delaware Company, buried in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Obelisk monument in the Second Line Area, near graves. Inscription: "Three Continental Soldiers rest here in fame's eternal camping ground." Of Kirkwood's fewer than 100 men placed on the right of the American lines, 35 were lost at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

DENNY, James - (b. 1715 - d. 1795)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery place by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Patriot; rendered material aid.

DENNY, James

Buried in the Alamance Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Grave marked by San Francisco Chapter, DAR, CA.

DIXON, Henry ("Hal") - (d. July 17, 1782)

Buried in unknown location. Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Square stone monument in the Second Line Area has tapering top, surmounted by plaque. Inscription: "The embodiment of chivalry/The idol of his soldiers/Thrice wounded in battle/From which he died." Also inscribed are battles in which he was engaged - Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stono Ferry, Camden, and Guilford Courthouse. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, NC continental Line.

DOAK, James

Buried in the Alamance Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Grave marked by San Francisco Chapter, DAR, CA.

DONNELL, Andrew - (d. Dec 24, 1835, aged 76)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR.

DONNEL, George - (d. Oct 12, 1842, aged 73)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR.

DONNELL, John - (b. Jan 4, 1748 - d. May 7, 1822)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR.

DONNELL, Joseph - (b. 1748 - d. 1822)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Captain, serving under Colonel John Paisley.

DONNELL, Robert - (b. Mar 15, 1760 - d. Mar 31, 1847)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Major.

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EDWARDS, James - (d. Oct 24, 1844)

Buried in the New Garden Friends Cemetery, 801 New Garden Road. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

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FAUNTLEROY, Griffin - (b. Sept 28, 1754 - d. Mar 15, 1781)

Memorialized on monument in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Standing rectangular granite monument, placed by a relative, in the Third Line Area on site occupied by the 1st VA Cavalry during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Inscription: "It was here Captain Griffin Fauntleroy, 1st VA Lt. Dragoons, Cont'l Line, was mortally wounded.

FORBIS (FORBES), Arthur - (d. March, 1781)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery, nine miles east and south of Greensboro. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Monument in his honor at the First Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument inscription: "Fell at his post in the discharge of duty on this memorable field of battle." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Colonel, Captain, NC Militia. Fatally wounded in Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

FRANCISCO, Peter - (b. ca. 1760 - d. Jan 16, 1831)

One of three cavalrymen memorialized on the Cavalry Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Banded obelisk monument in the Third Line Area commemorates the charge of American dragoons on the British Second Battalion, Queen's Guards. Bronze tablets, one inscribed to Francisco: " A giant in stature, might and courage - who slew in this engagement eleven of the enemy with his own broad sword rendering himself thereby perhaps the most famous private soldier of the Revolutionary War." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Private, 10th VA regiment and VA Militia.

FRANKLIN, Jesse - (b. Mar 24, 1760 - d. Au. 31, 1823)

Originally buried near his Surry County home; grave removed, along with standing tombstone, to the Third Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Grave situated near the Joseph Winston Monument; east face plaque of monument names Franklin with a motto: "Palaman Qui Meruit Ferat: - Let Him Who Has Won the Palm Bear It." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Adjutant and Major, VA, served under "Lighthorse Harry" Lee and Major Joseph Winston at Guilford Courthouse.

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GIBSON, Andrew - (b. 1750 - d. 1823)

Buried at Gibsonville, eastern Guilford County. Service: Cavalryman in NC Militia.

GILLESPIE, Daniel - (b. Oct 13, 1743 - no d. date)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Colonel.

GILLESPIE, John - (d. June 3, 1806, aged 65)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Colonel

GILLESPIE, L. I./L. J. - (d. June 23, 1806, aged 65)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Patriot

GILLIES, James ("Bugler") - (b. 1766 - d. Feb 13, 1781)

Buried in Ben Hoskins' private cemetery, Route #150, between Routes #68 and #220, Summerfield. This cemetery and Bruce Family Cemetery now in Bruce Park, near Greensboro. Grave marked by fieldstone and mortar monument on which is mounted a bronze plaque inscribed: "On this spot Bugler Boy Gillies - age 14 - lost his life at the hands of British soldiers - February 12, 1781." Plaque placed by Joseph Kerner Chapter, DAR. Another marker across Route #150 inscribed: "About 25 yards southeast of this spot on February 12, 1781, Gillies, "Lighthorse" Harry Lee's bugler boy fell under the sword of Tarleton's dragoons. History leaves no record of his given name, but his noble sacrifice for his country's freedom will never be forgotten." Memorial marker placed by NC DAR at Bruce Park, across Highway #220 from Summerfield School. Site marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Also monument in the First Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument placed by students at Oak Ridge Institute. Diamond shaped plaque on tapering base. Inscription: "Lighthorse Harry Lee's Bugler-Boy. Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori... Sweet and Fitting It Is To Die for One's Country." Reported by Joseph Kerner, Guilford Battle and Rachel Caldwell DAR chapters. Service: Bugler, killed at age 14 by Tarleton's Dragoons.

GORRELL, Ralph - (d. 1828, aged 73)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Service: Patriot

GORRELL, Ralph - (d. Apr 16, 1816, aged 81)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

GREENE, Nathanael - (b. Aug 7, 1742 - d. June 19, 1786)

Memorial monument in the Second Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument consists of a large equestrian statue on a pedestal, with an inscribed wall and terrace. Monument funded by Congress. Inscription: '"Greene is as dangerous as Washington. I never feel secure when encamped in his neighborhood.' - Cornwallis" and '"It is with a pleasure which friendship alone is susceptible of that I congratulate you on the glorious end you have put to hostilities in the Southern States.' - Washington." Also inscribed are a lengthy tribute to the soldiers at Courthouse from "a grateful nation" and a list of Greene's military engagements. Greene is also memorialized on the No North - No South Monument in the First Line Area of Guilford Courthouse. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Brigadier General, RI Militia; Quartermaster General, Continental Army; Major General, Southern Army.

GREENE'S SOLDIERS

Monument in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, in memory of soldiers in the Maryland and Virginia brigades and the remnants of Kirkwood's Delaware Company who fought under General Nathanael Greene in the final British attack at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Tall granite shaft monument in the Third Line Area. Inscription: "Regulars - Greene's 3rd Line." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

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HARDIN, John - (b. 1725 - d. 1811)

Buried in the Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Guilford County. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

HEWES, Joseph - (b. 1730 - d. Nov 10, 1779)

Buried in lost grave in Christ Church Cemetery, Philadelphia. His name appears on a monument for North Carolina's Signers' graves in the Second Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument consists of a statue of a robed man on a tall stone pedestal. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

HOWELL, John - (b. June 1, 1740 - d. Sept 1, 1822)

Buried in the Deep River Cemetery, Jamestown. Service: Private.

HUNT, Eleazer - (b. Nov 12, 1762 - d. Nov 20, 1810)

Buried in the New Garden Cemetery. Service: Furnished material aid.

HUSSEY, John - (b. 1737-38 - d. Feb 7, 1781)

Buried in the Quaker cemetery used by the New Garden Monthly Meeting. Service: Private.

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IDOL, George - (b. 1740 - d. 1785)

Buried in family cemetery, between Abbotts Creek and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

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KERR, Nathaniel - (d. Feb 22, 1820, aged 86)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

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LINDSAY, Robert Sr. - (b. before 1748 - d. 1801)

Buried one mile west of Sandy Ridge on Trueblood Farm.

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McADOO, James - (d. Dec 29, 1802, aged 94)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

McCUISTON (McQuiston), Thomas - (b. Oct 31, 1762 - d. Feb 14, 1853)

Buried in family cemetery, Guilford County. Service: Soldier, serving in Captain Gillespie's Company under Colonels Paisley and Smith, NC. Pensioner.

McLEAN, Joseph - (b. 1752 - d. 1832)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

MACON, Nathaniel - (b. Dec 17, 1758 - d. June 29, 1837) NOTE: Tar Heel Tombstones says Macon b. 1751.

Buried in Macon Family Cemetery, at his plantation, "Buck Spring," Vaughn, Warren County, 12 miles northeast of Warrenton. Cemetery is on Route #1348 four miles north of Vaughn along Highway #158. Granite tombstone with bronze tablet, surrounded by piled rocks. Monument in his honor at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Rough hewn stone monument on similarly rough-textured base in the First Line Area, with plaque inscribed: "Nathaniel Macon willed that his memorial consist only of rude stones. Here they are." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Soldier, NC Militia, State Senator.

MAJOR, Thomas

Buried in the Alamance Church Cemetery. Grave marked by San Francisco Chapter, DAR, CA.

MARIS, John - (b. Oct 12, 1736, d. May 6 1816)

Buried in Guilford County. Service: Private, NC or PA.

MARTIN, Alexander - (b. 1740 - d. 1807)

Buried in the Guilford County Courthouse Cemetery. Service: Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Continental Line. Served at Battle of Brandywine and in Washington's attack on the British at Germantown. Six times Governor of North Carolina.

MARYLAND SOLDIERS

Memorial monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, for members of the 1st and 2nd Maryland Regiments, commanded by Colonels Gunby and Ford. Monument placed by the Maryland Historical Society in recognition of the Maryland soldiers' valor at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Rough hewn standing rectangular monument in the Second Line Area with inscribed plaque. Inscription: "Maryland's tribute to her heroic dead...'Non Omnis Moriah' - 'I Shall Not Die Altogether.'" Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

MILLIKAN/MILLIKEN, William - (b. 1720 - d. 1805)

Buried in the Quaker Cemetery, Springfield Friends Meeting, Guilford County. Cemetery is located at 555 East Springfield Road, High Point. Service: Furnished material aid. Patriot. (One of five appointed by legislature at Halifax as justice to hold first court in Randolph Co. Served as first register of deeds for Randolph Co.

MOREHEAD, James - (b. 1750 - d. 1815)

Monument placed by descendants at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument, in First Line Area, features an engraved plaque on a triangular rough-textured stone body. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Lieutenant, Captain, 10th NC Regiment. Served at Battle of Stono Ferry. PAISLEY, John - (b. 1745 - d. Oct, 1811) - Buried in Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Grave marked by San Francisco Chapter, DAR, CA. Service: Served as officer in 1st Battalion of Minutemen, Guilford County.

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PAISLEY, William - (d. Sept 11, 1822, aged 81)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR.

PENN, John - (b. May 17, 1741 - d. Sept 14, 1788)

Originally buried in family cemetery near Stovall, northeastern Granville County; grave relocated to the Second Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument for North Carolina's Signers of the Declaration of Independence nearby, consisting of a statue of a robed man on a tall stone pedestal. Inscription: "Delegates from North Carolina 1776 to the Continental Congress and Signers of the Declaration of Independence." Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR, John Penn, and Old Bute Chapter, DAR. Service: Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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RANKIN, John - (d. Mar 24, 1814, aged 78)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Soldier.

RANKIN, William - (d. Feb 9, 1804, aged 60)

Buried in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Church is located at 803 16th Street. Bronze DAR marker mounted on church wall honoring Revolutionary soldiers and patriots buried in the cemetery placed by Rachel Caldwell Chapter, DAR. Service: Soldier

REYNOLDS, George - (b. 1754 - d. 1815)

Memorial marker at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Monument placed by George Reynolds Chapter, DAR, with descendants. Rough-textured rectangular monument is in the Second Line Area. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Captain, serving under General Nathanael Greene.

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SCHERER, Frederick - (b.1763 - d. Feb 20, 1817)

Buried in the Frienden's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Guilford County. Service; Soldier, serving in 10th Regiment, Rialford's Company.

SCHERER, Jacob Daniel - (b. Nov 11, 1726, - d. Sept 26, 1795)

Buried in the Frienden's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Guilford County.

SHAW, Robert - (d. Nov 6, 1825)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Guilford County. Service: Soldier.

STEVENS, Edward

Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, near spot where Stevens was wounded in battle. Square stone monument in the Second Line Area surmounted by a bronze plaque, placed by Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, SAR, VA. Inscription: "On this spot Brig. Gen. Edwards Stevens was wounded while making a gallant stand with his Virginia troops." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Colonel, 10th Regiment, VA Continental Line: Brigadier General, VA Militia.

STEWART, Finley - (d. Feb 13, 1809, aged 78)

Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Guilford County. Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service; Soldier. STEWART, Robert - (d. Aug 18, 1833, aged 66) - Buried in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Guilford County.

STEWART (STEUART), Sampson - (b. 1752 - d. 1828)

Buried in/near Alameda, near Greensboro. Service: Soldier, NC.

SUMMERS, Peter - (b. May 16, 1757 - d. Aug 17, 1837)

Buried in Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Grave marked by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service; Captain.

SUMNER, Jethro - (b. 1733 - d. Mar 18, 1785)

Originally buried in Warren County; remains and monument later moved to Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Large square monument on two-piece base in First Line Area. Inscription on east face: "Spotless in character, pure in patriotism/the most eminent soldier among/the North Carolina troops." Also inscribed is a list of battles in which he led troops: Charleston, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stono Ferry, Eutaw Springs. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Major of Minute Men; Colonel, 3rd NC Regiment; Brigadier General, NC Continental Line.

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TALLIAFERRO, Richard - (d. Mar, 1781)

Name inscribed on the Joseph Winston Monument in the Third Line Area of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. East face plaque names soldier with a motto: '"Palaman Qui Meruit Ferat' - "Let Him Who Has Won The Palm Bear It.'" Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Soldier, VA, served under "Lighthorse Harry" Lee and Major Joseph Winston at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse; believed to be the last American soldier killed at the battle.

TATE, James - (d. Mar 15, 1781)

Originally buried New Garden, where he was fatally wounded in a skirmish with Tarleton's dragoons. Remains moved to Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Granite monument at second grave placed by the Guilford Battle Ground Company. Grave located in First Line Area. Inscription: "Capt. James Tate - VA. Rifleman." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Captain of infantry, VA Militia, served under Lieutenant Colonel "Lighthorse Harry" Lee.

TURNER, Kerenhappuch Norman - (b. ca. 1733 - d. ?)

Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park placed by relatives. Monument, in the First Line Area, features a sculpted female figure on a tall stone pedestal, with plaque on front of pedestal face. Inscription: "A Heroine of '76...rode horse-back from her Maryland home and at Guilford Courthouse nursed to health a badly wounded son." Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Patriot.

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WASHINGTON, William - (b. 1752)

One of three cavalrymen memorialized on the Cavalry Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Banded obelisk monument in the Third Line Area commemorates the charge of American dragoons on the British Second Battalion, Queen's Guards. Bronze tablets. Reported by Guilford Battle Chapter, DAR. Service: Lieutenant Colonel; served at the Battle of Cowpens, captured at Eutaw Springs.

WEATHERLY, Isaac

Buried in Weatherly Family Cemetery, near Greensboro. Service: Soldier, served seven years as private with NC Continental Line.