Jefferson Gardens in Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Guilford College Woods

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 3, 2023

1. Guilford College Woods Marker

Inscription. 240-acre oasis of biodiversity. Land of Saura and Keyawee peoples, settled by European American Friends (Quakers) in the 1700s. Site of encampment of British and American troops in the Revolutionary War. Refuge for enslaved Africans seeking freedom via the Underground Railroad and Quaker men escaping Civil War Confederate draft in the 1800s. Site of former college farm. Educational and recreational resource.

Erected 2011 by Guilford College.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • Notable Places.

Location. 36° 5.883′ N, 79° 52.395′ W. Marker is in Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is in Jefferson Gardens. It is on Bennington Drive 0.1 miles west of Jefferson Road when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4910 Bennington Dr, Greensboro NC 27410, 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

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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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1757 New Garden Land Purchase (approx. 0.9 miles away); Levi Coffin (approx. one mile away); Underground Railroad (approx. one mile away); Battle of New Garden (approx. one mile away); Guilford College (approx. one mile away); Joseph Gurney Cannon (approx. one mile away); Randall Jarrell (approx. one mile away); New Garden Friends Meeting (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.

Regarding Guilford College Woods. From Guilford College:

Guilford’s campus is notable for its history as a school and as land where local African Americans worked with New Garden Quakers, including famed Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin, to implement Underground Railroad activities. Enslaved
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 3, 2023

2. Guilford College Woods Marker
Africans escaped to the Guilford College Woods, where they were supported in their flight to freedom by local Quakers.

Guilford is one of the few college campuses listed by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic District and is part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Also see . . . Underground Railroad in Guilford College Woods. Known as the New Garden Woods in the 1800s, this is felt as a sacred place. Located within the historically Quaker New Garden/Guilford College community, it encompasses old growth forest and at least one champion tree standing as a silent witness to Underground Railroad activities. (Guilford College) (Submitted on October 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 473 times since then and 119 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.