Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Aubrey Lee Brooks LLD

1871-1958

Photographed by Michael Buckner, March 10, 2023

1. Aubrey Lee Brooks LLD Marker

Inscription.
Lawyer, author, benefactor, District Solicitor, founder of Brooks Scholarship. Birthplace, 2 miles west

Erected by Person County Historical Society.

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

Location. 36° 30.863′ N, 78° 54.545′ W. Marker is in Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County. It is at the intersection of Boston Road (U.S. 501) and Old US 501 Highway, on the right when traveling north on Boston Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10210 Boston Road, Roxboro NC 27574, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the 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 Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Reverend John Alexander Beam (1853 - 1928) and Wife Mollie Lucas Beam (1867 - 1951) (approx. 0.6 miles away); Greene (approx. 1.9 miles away); Cornwallis (approx. 1.9 miles away); Medical Office of Dr. William Merritt and his son, Dr. John Hamlett Merritt (approx. 2.3 miles away); W.W. Kitchin (approx. 9 miles away); Roxboro Male Academy (approx. 9.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.1 miles away); Governor William W. and Musette Satterfield Kitchin House (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roxboro.

Aubrey Lee Brooks image. Click for full size.

Image from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2. Aubrey Lee Brooks

Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 240 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.