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Warrenton in Warren County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Benjamin Hawkins

 
 
Benjamin Hawkings Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 16, 2013
1. Benjamin Hawkings Marker
Inscription. Member Continental Congress, United States Senator, 1789-1795, U.S. Indian Agent to the Creek Nation, 1796-1816. Home was 5½ mi. S.W.
 
Erected 1950 by Archives, Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number E-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. 36° 23.708′ N, 78° 9.39′ W. Marker is in Warrenton, North Carolina, in Warren County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street (U.S. 401) and Cousin Lucy's Lane, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 103 Plummer St, Warrenton NC 27589, 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 North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the
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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 walking distance of this marker: John White (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jacob W. Holt (about 700 feet away); Heritage Center (about 700 feet away); John A. Hyman (about 700 feet away); J.S. Wortham Company, Inc. (about 700 feet away); Jacob Holt House (approx. 0.2 miles away); World Wars I and II Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Courthouse (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warrenton.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. John A. Hyman (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Benjamin Hawkings Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 16, 2013
2. Benjamin Hawkings Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 734 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on May 8, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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