Near Mooresville in Rowan County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Augustus Leazer

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023

1. Augustus Leazer Marker

Inscription. Introduced bill, 1885, for industrial school, now N.C. State University. Speaker of House, 1889: prison reformer. Taught at academy here.

Erected 1967 by North Carolina Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number M-39.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Government & Politics • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1885.

Location. 35° 35.149′ N, 80° 44.653′ W. Marker is near Mooresville, North Carolina, in Rowan County. It is on State Highway 152 0.1 miles east of Meredith Lane, on the right when traveling east. Marker is at Prospect Presbyterian Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9436 W NC-152, Mooresville NC 28115, 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.

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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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of First Prospect Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Prospect Church and Academy (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery F, 113th Field Artillery Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Mooresville Mills Roll of Honor (approx. 3.6 miles away); Flowing into the Future (approx. 3.7 miles away); Mooresville Early Businesses (approx. 3.7 miles away); Mooresville Notables (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mooresville.

Also see . . . Leazar, Augustus. Augustus Leazar, farmer, educator, and public servant, was born on his father's plantation, Leazarwell, in Rowan County. (Lala Carr Steelman, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 1991; via NCPedia) (Submitted on December 2, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023

2. Augustus Leazer Marker

Augustus Leazar (1843-1905) image. Click for full size.

from Biographical History of North Carolina, Samuel A. Ashe, ed. (1906); via Archive.org (Public Domain), circa 1906

3. Augustus Leazar (1843-1905)

He served four consecutive terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, his last as Speaker. Besides the creation of what is now North Carolina State University, his legislative accomplishments included getting railroads to stop using leased convict labor and losing their state property tax exemptions.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 244 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3. submitted on December 2, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.