Siler City in Chatham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Wilcox Iron Works

Photographed by Michael Buckner, August 18, 2022

1. Wilcox Iron Works Marker

Inscription. Important source of munitions during the American Revolution, operated occasionally since. Furnace was 100 yards southwest.

Erected 1988 by Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number H-24.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 35° 40.065′ N, 79° 25.512′ W. Marker is in Siler City, North Carolina, in Chatham County. It is at the intersection of Old US 421 S and Mt Vernon Springs Road, on the right when traveling south on Old US 421 S. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1084 Foust Rd, Siler City NC 27344, 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,

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and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: West Chatham Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); Hotel Hadley (approx. 4.4 miles away); Siler City, N.C. (approx. 4½ miles away); Plikard Dederic Siler (approx. 7.6 miles away); Rocky River Church (approx. 7.6 miles away); Cox’s Mill (approx. 11½ miles away); Rocky River Friends Meeting (approx. 12.1 miles away); Endor Iron Works (approx. 13.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Siler City.

Also see . . . John Wilcox.

John Willcox (or Wilcox), Chatham County iron manufacturer, was born in Concord, Chester County, Pa., the first son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cole Willcox. About 1759 he moved to Cross Creek where he operated a store and gristmill. Later he lived in Deep River, Orange County. An active supporter of the Regulator movement, he was one of those excluded from Governor William Tryon's pardon on 31 May 1771. Later that year Chatham County was created out of Orange, and Willcox was elected to represent the new county in the Provincial Assembly.

(Submitted on March 14, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina.)

2. Wilcox Iron Works Marker

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 450 times since then and 40 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.