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Thursday, August 15, 2019

A Memorial to North Carolina Militia



                                             


                                            ERECTED APRIL 13TH, 1938
                  NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812
                                                                   OF
                                                   NORTH CAROLINA

A MEMORIAL TO NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA, STATIONED AT DEEPWATER POINT, ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH-EAST OF SOUTHPORT ON THE WATERFRONT.  SEVERAL COMPANIES OF MAJOR JOHN A. LILLINGTON’S DETACHMENT JULY-DECEMBER 1812: THE BRUNS--WICK REGIMENT MOORE’S JULY-AUGUST 1813: SEVERAL COMPANIES OF MAJOR JOHN A. CAMERON’S COMMAND SEPTEMBER 1813- JANUARY 1814.

MARY LOUISA JACKSON COOPER, STATE PRESIDENT
ETTIE BROWN, STATE CHAIRMAN.


The above information is what is on the stone, however, very difficult to read.