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| William Brown Cemetery |
| Location: Byrd’s Creek
subdivision off Guess Road across from Charlie Monk Road Directions: From Roxboro, take Hurdle Mills Road (157) to Hurdle Mills. Turn left on Guess Road. Turn left into Byrds Creek development almost straight across from Charlie Monk Road (SR1115). Access: In edge of woods just behind field Survey: May 2006 by Ken and Becky Dalton GPS: 36 15 57.0 N 079 01 58.1 W Notes: Initial research indicates that William Brown may have been a CSA POW who took the oath of allegiance and served time on a Union ship in lieu of remaining in a Union prison. Graves There is one marked grave and 10 graves marked by fieldstone or unreadable funeral markers William BROWN / Born / Feb 1, 1839 / Died / Mar 28, 1889 (second marker as footstone) William BROWN / NC / Landsman US NAVY / Mar 28, 1889 / (Union Civil War) |
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