Near Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Bessie Heath Daniel
1886 - 1976
Erected 1996 by Person County Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Communications • Education • Women.
Location. 36° 20.84′ N, 79° 0.455′ W. Marker is near Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County. It is on Hurdle Mills Road (State Highway 157) just north of Harry Turner Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3509 Hurdle Mills Rd, Roxboro NC 27574, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Paine's Tavern (approx. 0.4 miles away); J.G.A. Williamson (approx. 1.4 miles away); Robert Paine (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Lynching of Edward Roach (approx. 1.8 miles away); Site Of The Dowdy Hotel Jones Hotel And Hotel Roxboro (approx. 3.4 miles away); Person County Veterans Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away); Robert Lester Blackwell (approx. 3½ miles away); Korea (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roxboro.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 893 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
