Louisburg in Franklin County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Thomas W. Bickett

Photographed by Michael Buckner, February 21, 2022

1. Thomas W. Bickett Marker

Inscription. Governor, 1917-21, first in state nominated by a Democratic primary, N.C. Attorney General, member state house. Home stands ½ mi. S.W.

Erected 1953 by Archives Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number E-52.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.

Location. 36° 6.572′ N, 78° 17.509′ W. Marker is in Louisburg, North Carolina, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of North Bickett Boulevard (U.S. 401) and Halifax Road, on the left when traveling north on North Bickett Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 Halifax Rd, Louisburg NC 27549, 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

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States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Franklin Male Academy Building (approx. half a mile away); Camp Site for Sherman's Army (approx. half a mile away); Louisburg College (approx. half a mile away); Edwin Wiley Fuller (approx. 0.6 miles away); Richard Warfington (approx. one mile away); John Williamson (approx. 1.3 miles away); Green Hill Place (approx. 1½ miles away); Moses A. Hopkins (approx. 9.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Franklin's Confederate Soldiers Monument (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Thomas Walter Bickett.

Thomas Walter Bickett, attorney general (1909–17) and governor (1917–21) of North Carolina, was born in Monroe, the eldest of four children of Thomas Winchester and Mary Covington Bickett. His father, a druggist, died when Thomas Walter was thirteen years old.

After being graduated from Wake Forest College in 1890, Bickett taught in the public schools for
Photographed by Harris & Ewing

2. Thomas W. Bickett
two years, first in Marion and later in Winston-Salem. He studied law at The University of North Carolina in the fall of 1892 and in February of the following year was admitted to the bar. He practiced briefly in Monroe and in Danbury before moving in 1895 to Louisburg, where he soon became the senior partner in the firm of Bickett, White, & Malone.

(Submitted on February 7, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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