Snow Camp in Alamance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Snow Camp
Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 9, 2010
1. Snow Camp Marker
Erected 1960 by Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number G-76.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1749.
Location. 35° 53.465′ N, 79° 25.783′ W. Marker is in Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County. It is on Snow Camp Road 0.2 miles south of Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8060 Snow Camp Rd, Snow Camp NC 27349, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Micajah McPherson (approx. half a mile away); Freedom Hill Church (approx. half a mile away); Cane Creek Meeting House (approx. half a mile away); Allen House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cane Creek Meeting (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Memorial to British Troops Who Died in the Old Meeting House
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Additional keywords. Cane Creek Meeting, Spring Friends, Alamance County, Graham, Orange, Pyle's Massacre, Nathanael Greene, Haw River, Eli Whitney Community
Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 9, 2010
2. Snow Camp Marker
The View Looking North Towards Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road
Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010
3. Grave of Simon Dixon - at Cane Creek Friends Meeting, Snow Camp, North Carolina
The headstone reads:
In Memory Of Simon Dixon Born in Pennsylvania, 1728
Pioneer Settler who Bought These Lands from
the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina. 1751
Built Dixon's Mill. 1753
Died April 1781
and of his wife Elizabeth Allen Dixon
Born in Pennsylvania. 1728 Died 1793
Both were Charter Members of Cane Creek Meeting Organized 1751.
Pioneer Settler who Bought These Lands from
the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina. 1751
Built Dixon's Mill. 1753
Died April 1781
and of his wife Elizabeth Allen Dixon
Born in Pennsylvania. 1728 Died 1793
Both were Charter Members of Cane Creek Meeting Organized 1751.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,470 times since then and 190 times this year. Last updated on May 11, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 26, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. 3. submitted on July 20, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
