North Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Wilkes County World War I Memorial

1917-1918

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

1. Wilkes County World War I Memorial
(west side • 1920)

Inscription.
[1920 plaque —
on west side of monument]1917 • 1918
In Grateful Memory of the Men
of Wilkes County who Gave
Their Lives in The World War.

Lt. Thomas Joe James • Lt. Mack Joines • James W. Crysel • Silas Triplett • Charles C. Walker • Clyde Edgar Watkins • William McKinley Wilcox • George Franklin Adams • Clinton A. Anderson • Elbert Anderson • Daniel Greenbury Barnette • Aaron Burr Bowers • Boss Brooks • John Brown • Ernest Byrd • Philp Philo Church • Joseph John Clanton • Richard Madison Clanton • Edgar Combs • Charles W. Cothren • John C. Dameron • Isaac Plato Dancy • James F. Emerson • Albert F. Foster • Roby Ferguson [colored] • Geo. Wellborn [colored] • Cuba Hackett • James Samuel Gray • Felix Cana Gould • Thomas E. Hamby • Eugene Harrington • James Henry Hodge • James Arthur Holder • Tyre Valentine Huie • Richard Johnson • German L. Johnson • Talmadge Joines • Jean Kendall • Estill C. Lowman • Ogburn D. Martin • Gaither

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Miller • William Burton Poplin • William Zeno Pearson • Dillard S. Pearson • Alexander Rhoades • Rowan Dewitt Saunders • Zollie Avery Summerlin • Julian Claude Triplett • William Harrison Walker • William Truman Walker • Thomas Ira Walsh • Robert F. Williams

This Memorial Avenue Planted
November 11, 1920 by the Civic
League of North Wilkesboro.

[2000 plaque —
on east side of monument]On November 11, 2000 this Corrected
Plaque was Rededicated

Adams, George F. • Anderson, Clinton A. • Anderson, Elbert • Barnett, Daniel G. • Bowers, A. Burr • Brooks, Boss • Brown, John • Byrd, Ernest • Byrd, Robert • Church, Phillip P. • Clanton, Joseph J. • Clanton, Richard M. • Combs, Edgar • Cothren, Charles W. • Crysel, James W. • Dameron, John C. • Dancy, Isaac P. • Emerson, James F. • Ferguson, James E. • Ferguson, Roby • Foster, Albert F. • Gould, Felix C. • Gray, James S. • Hackett, Robert • Hamby, Thomas E. • Harrington, Eugene • Hodge, James H. • Holder, James A.

Wilkes County World War I Memorial<br>(<i>east side • 2000</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

2. Wilkes County World War I Memorial
(east side • 2000)

• Howell, Charles H. • Huie, Tyra V. • James, T. Joe • Joines, Mac • Joines, Talmadge • Johnson, German L. • Johnson, Richard L. • Kendall, Jean • Lowman, Estill C. • Martin, Ogburn D. • Miller, Gaither • Pearson D. Stokes • Pearson, William Z. • Poplin, William B. • Rhoades, Alexander • Saunders, Rowan D. • Summerlin, Zollie A. • Triplett, Julian C. • Triplett, Silas • Walker, Charles C. • Walker, William H. • Walker, William T. • Walsh, Thomas I. • Watkins, Clyde E. • Wellborn, George • Wilcox, William M. • Williams, Robert F.

Erected 1920 by Civic League of North Wilkesboro.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.

Location. 36° 9.685′ N, 81° 8.849′ W. Memorial is in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in Wilkes County. It is at the intersection of West D Street and Memorial Avenue (9th Street), on the right when traveling west on West D Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post

Wilkes County World War I Memorial (<i>southwest corner</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

3. Wilkes County World War I Memorial (southwest corner)

(1920 plaque visible on monument)

office area: North Wilkesboro NC 28659, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Memorial Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Boone Trail Highway (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Boone Trail Highway (approx. 0.3 miles away); James B. Gordon (approx. 0.6 miles away); John Cranor House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Starr House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Somers-Foster House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Brown-Cowles House (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Wilkesboro.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are

Wilkes County World War I Memorial (<i>northeast corner</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

4. Wilkes County World War I Memorial (northeast corner)

(2000 plaque visible on monument)

related to this marker. Wilkes County World War I Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 454 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 3, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.