Elizabethtown in Bladen County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
John Owen
1787-1841
Photographed by Michael Buckner, June 25, 2022
1. John Owen Marker
Erected 1934 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number I-7.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.
Location. 34° 38.703′ N, 78° 40.363′ W. Marker is in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in Bladen County. It is at the intersection of Owen Hill Road and North Carolina Route 41/87, on the left when traveling north on Owen Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2-1024 Owen Hill Rd, Elizabethtown NC 28337, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Elizabethtown (approx. 3.9 miles away); Old Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church (approx. 8.4 miles away); Thomas Robeson (approx. 8.6 miles away); Future Farmers of America (approx. 9.3 miles away); Vampire Beast (approx. 9.8 miles away); Armed Forces Memorial (approx. 9.8 miles away); a different marker also named Old Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church (approx. 10.3 miles away); White Lake CCC Camp (approx. 10.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethtown.
Also see . . . John Owen.
John(Submitted on December 2, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)Owen, farmer, politician, and governor, was born in Bladen County of Welsh ancestry, the son of Eleanor Porterfield and Colonel Thomas Owen, one of the leaders of the Battle of Elizabethtown in August 1781. General James Owen was his brother. His father was born in Chester County, Pa., but moved to Bladen with his family when he was a child. In addition to his service in the American Revolution, for which he received military honors, Thomas Owen was a member of the Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, was elected justice of the Bladen County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and served many terms as state senator both before and after the war. He died in 1803.
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2. John Owen
Portrait of John Owen by an unknown artist. Image from the North Carolina Museum of History.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 640 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 2, 2022, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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