Near Winnabow in Brunswick County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Daniel L. Russell

1845 – 1908

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 5, 2017

1. Daniel L. Russell Marker

Inscription. Governor, 1897–1901; Superior Court judge, 1868–1874; member of Congress, 1879–1881. Born two miles N.E.

Erected 2008 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-92.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1897.

Location. 34° 8.88′ N, 78° 5.612′ W. Marker is near Winnabow, North Carolina, in Brunswick County. It is at the intersection of Ocean Highway (Local Route 17) and Governors Road SE (Route 1521), on the right when traveling north on Ocean Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winnabow NC 28479, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Benjamin Smith (approx. 5½ miles away); Charles Town (approx. 6.1 miles away); Brunswick County War Veterans Memorial (approx. 7½ miles away); Robert Howe (approx. 8.2 miles away); Stamp Act (approx. 8.2 miles away); Alfred Moore (approx. 8.2 miles away); Orton (approx. 8.2 miles away); Fort Anderson (approx. 8.2 miles away).

Also see . . . Wikipedia Entry. “Born on Winnabow Plantation in Brunswick County near Wilmington, North Carolina, Russell, Jr. was the son of Daniel Lindsay Russell and Elizabeth Caroline Sanders, daughter of a prominent planter family. Following his mother's death three months after his birth, Russell, Jr. lived at his mother's family's Palo Alto Plantation for six years before leaving for the Bingham School in Orange County, North Carolina.Russell attended

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 5, 2017

2. Daniel L. Russell Marker

the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but left soon after the outbreak of the American Civil War. He was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army and served in the war.” (Submitted on February 5, 2017.)

The Honorable Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845-1908) image. Click for full size.

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3. The Honorable Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845-1908)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 630 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 5, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.