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Middleburg in Vance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
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William Hawkins

1777-1819

 
 
William Hawkins Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 16, 2013
1. William Hawkins Marker
Inscription. Governor, 1811-1814; speaker, State House of Commons, 1810-1811. His home, Pleasant Hill stands one mile N.W.
 
Erected 1955 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number G-44.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 36° 23.48′ N, 78° 20.357′ W. Marker was in Middleburg, North Carolina, in Vance County. It was on U.S. 1/158 south of Flemingtown Road (North Carolina Route 1371), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Henderson NC 27537, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It was also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,
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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 6 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Richard Henderson (approx. 3.2 miles away); James Turner (approx. 4.1 miles away); Mary L. Wyche (approx. 4½ miles away); Harriet-Henderson Strike (approx. 4.9 miles away); Leonard Henderson (approx. 5.4 miles away); In Memory of Leonard Henderson (approx. 5.6 miles away); Vance County Iraq War Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away); Vance County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away).
 
William Hawkins Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 16, 2013
2. William Hawkins Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 784 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on May 4, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 4, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
 
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Jul. 22, 2026