Mount Airy in Surry County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Surry County Veterans Memorial
(center piece)
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the the earth.
Abraham Lincoln
Address at Gettysburg
November 19, 1963
(Left Panels)
Revolutionary War
1775 - 1783
Mark Armstrong Micajah Lewis Richard Taliaferro Levi Eldridge
Mexican American War
1846-1848
Civil War
1861-1865
North Carolina Inf Co. A. 2nd. Regiment
Isaac William Ashburn John W. Ashburn James H. Baker Martin V. Barker James R. Belton William A. Bray Edmond Cobler Greenville Cobler Nicholas Cobler Dudley Coe Gideon Copeland Enoch Corder Washington Cox Gabriel L. Davis Richard Donethan Reuben Dunnegan James Lawrence Forkner
Civil War Continued
Hugh Freeman Orison T. Gordon Samuel Griffith Adam Hauser Samuel P. Hauser John B. Haymore Henry Hines Andrew J. Hodges Yancey A. Holt Martin R. Holyfield James W. Hudson Norman Isaacs Silas Jones Lewis Key Samuel Key Iohn H. Krouse William C. Laffoon Joesph Lineback David Linville William Mahone William B. Meton Isaac Moore Allison McGee David McKinney Samuel J. Nichols James C. Parsons Joseph J. Pell John Poor Livi Poor William F. Poor John Reece Ira L. Shaw Isaac Shore John Smith John H. Stone Isaac Thompson Peter L. Tilley Sanford Watson James R. Waugh John H. Williams Andrew S. Wilson
Company C. 21st Regiment N.C. Troops
Willam A. Armstrong Jonathan Barker Azariah Denny Ambrous Dickens J. F. Edwards W. H. Farris William L. Franklin William B. Galyean J. M. Gillespie David S. Hatcher Rubert D. Herring Jesse Hedges B. F. Kidd Daniel Lowe Daniel McGee Columbus C. Martin James Moore Dickerson Norman Henry F. Norman John Payne John W. Phillips Charles W. Raney Robert G. Sanders William Senter Byrd Snow Frost Snow Oscar Venable Hiram G. Wall John Whitlock Ezekiel Wilmoth Aaron B. Wright
Company H 21st Regiment N. C. Troops
John G. Adams William H. Adams Israel T. Ansom Henry H. Bledsoe William H. Bledsoe Iredell Brown Jesse Bullen Nicholas F. Butcher John C. Churcher John Cockerham James L. Draughn Joel Dunigan James T. Edmonds Henry Gillaspie Andrew J. Glassco Colombus H. Harris Virgil W. Hauser John Holder John Holyfield William Hollyfield Thomas R. Hodges Bley R. Hudson George W. Hudson Shadrach Lasender James McKinney Jefferson Martin William Marion
Civil War Continued
Henry H. Mickle Jeremiah T. Minish Thomas M. Morrison Ephraim Nicholson James ONeal Willlam Peal Jessie Peel James Reed William D. Richardson Thomas Scott Andrew P. Shore John Calvin Shore William D. Simmons James Snow Thomas Snow Allen Venable Stanley Wall Eli Whicker Euffin Wilmoth Daniel Wolf Clinton Wood Enoch P. Woodruff William W. Woodruff
Company I, 2ist Regiment N. C Troops
Joseph Allen George W Aubury Francis M. Baldwin James E. Baldwin William C. Baldwin C. W. Culler D. A. Culler John H. Culler Wilhiam Henry Green Rufus W. Hill Willam Y. Jackson David C. Johnson William A. Love James A. Lovell Willjam E. Mckinney William C. Perkins Richard Poore Thomas Poore George W. Rawley Squire Martin Roak John Rottenburg Leonard H. Scott Edward F. Shelton James Reilly Snoody Enoch M. Stone Gabriel Taylor John C. Tuttle Hiram I. Vernon Azariah Wall Newel Warden John Whittington George W. Williams
Company A 28th Regiment. N. C. Troops
Robert Adkins Robards Atkins W. T. Bennet Andrew D, Bobbitt John H. Brinkley Barnabus Brown Joel Bullen Wilson Center Andrew J. Chandler John H. Childress Jesse W. Cockerham John Cockerham William H. Cockerham Drury H. Copeland James M. Copeland W. R. Cripman J. M. Culler S. M. Cunningham Drewery K. Davis William J. Davis Harvey Denny John Draughn John Fowler Solomon G. Gates William Gentry Calvin W. Glascoe Thomas Golden John Lee Gravely William A. Grigg
John Harris
James F. Harrison
William Hawks
Lorenzo Hill
Henry Hodges
Bird Holyfield
Thomas Johnson
James R. Key
Martin V. Key
Charles H. Lanhialm
J.R. Lemmons
James J. Lendy
William A. Lowe
Jeremiah Marion
Nathan J. Marion
John Marsh
J. W. Mickey
William A, McGuffin
Jesse McKinney
Nathaniel G. Nixon
Thomas P. Norman
William C. Parker
Albert Parsons
Daniel Parsons
Thonas Peel
Henry G. Pool
James M. Puckett
Isaac Quinn
C. W. Rawley
John Isaac Reid
Verlin Reynolds
Joseph M. Riggan
George W. Riggs
Stephen Ring
William Ring
Pleasants Roberts
John C. Shaw
James C. Shore
Frederick Shouse
Robert J. Shreve
David P. Smith
Freeman Smith
Frost Snow
Shadrack Snow
Levi Southard
John Stanly
Solomon Stanly
Thomas A, Stokes
Charles Thompson
Samuel H. Turner
Elisha P. Walker
Andrea L. Walker
E. D. Watson
Thomas J. Whitaker
Howell E White
James P. White
Richard C. White
Swann White
(Right panels)
World War I
1914 1918
R. S. Atkins B. Badgett William Brim W.
H. Carter
J. B. Cockerham
E. L. Cook
William Crews
Claude Hill Edwards
William E. Hardy
J. H. Hodge
Claude E. Hooker
Early Holyfleld
James C. Isaacs
J. H. Jessup
D. Jester
Jesse B. Jones
Lacy J. Lawson
T. F. Lewellyn
Willie N. McKnight
L. G. Nixon
Isaac C. Norman
C. Patterson
D. H. Riggs
Robert H. Riggs
Vester Ring
R. A. Shackleford
Albert E. Smith
Charles R. Snow
Guy Thompson
Austin W. Tuley
William (Willie) A. Turpin
Clain B. Wall
Isaac E. Webb
World War I
1939 -1945
B. W. Amburn, Jr. Lewis H. Armstrong Clifton W. Atwood Robert H. Barnes Archie M. Blue William D. Bolen Erastus L. Bowman Red Boyd George D. Briggs Charles C Brinkley Burford C. Brown Orville T. Brown James W. Bunker Howard E. Callaway Paul J. Callaway Ciate M. Cardwell William E. Carter William Franklin Carter William S. Cassell Jack L. Chaney Emmitt R. Cockerham Hardin L. Coe James P. Coe Calvin C Collins Marvin E. Collins Herbert Randall Raymond C. Cook Edgar V. Cooke Ralph S. Crawford James L. Cruise Ed Dezern Charles C. Dockery Harvey G. Draughn Nathan C. Draughn Joe N. Draughn Joseph William Draughon William Gates Duncan Wilford East Isaac L. Edwards George E. Eldridge Grover Lee Eldridge Ernest L. Emerson Gilbert R. Felts Elmo Fleming Benjamin C. Folger Frank Forrest Edward Fowler Joel E. Fowler John Frank Foy Earl M. Galyean Ira S Gambill, Jr. Kyle M. Gaylean Herbert R. Gillespie Dallas J. Goin William H. Graham Ernest G. Griffith Bernard Gruble Cleatus E. Hall Russell Hampton Elmer Hawks Charles R. Haynes Clarence Haynes Clarence Martin Haynes George Edward Hege Arlies L. Hicks Fred Hicks Billy Edwards Hodgin Wilbur R. Holcomb Louis D. Holt James H. Houck James Hough Garland H. Hunter Lacy N. Hutchen Julius Jackson Randall M. Jackson Earl C. James, Jr. Osler P. Jarrell Howard L. Jessup Edwin Lionel Johnson Romus W, Johnson Vance O. Johnson Carlos Warren Jones Glenn F. Jones Isaac B. Jones Lonnie Jones William J. Jones Elmer W. Joyce Talmadge Kimble
Fred W. King
Ralph E. King
Cecil L. Kirkman
Roy R. Lambert
John H. Lankford
David W. Lawrence
James E. Lawson
Daniel H. Ledford
Jack T. Lenly
Glenn D. Llewellyn
World War II Continued
Paul H. Luffman Samuel Luffman Ray J. Marion Thomas Garner Marsh Charles Martin Marvin H. Martin David H Massey Paul Miller Lannie Tolbert Mills, Jr. Russel B. Minish James M. Money William H. Monesy Willie H. Moone Johns Stanford Moore Harry C. Moyles Jesse G. McMillian Glen F. New Henry C. Niston Robert M. Ogburn, Jr. Jonathan M. Parker Wade P. Parker Richard I. Pell Frank E. Phillips Frank E. Phillips, Jr. Aubrey O. Pickford James A. Poindexter James C. Powers Dixie H. Ramey Robert J. Reynolds James E. Robinson Richard A. Robinson Dayton C. Royall James W. Rule Herman Graham Sale Sydney Samet Thomas H. Sams John C. Sexton Grady Shelton James C. Shelton Jr. Franklin R. Simmons Lloyd E. Slate Homer W. Smith Henry R. Southard William J. Sparks James Spencer James A. Stanley Gilbert H. Stevens Basil C. Stewart Basil S Stewart Wayford R. Stewart Billy G. Stone James A. Stone Charles Sykes, Jr. Harvey A. Sykes Thomas B. Tate David E. Tesh Samuel Thomas Thomas E. Tickle Glenn M. Tilley Ralph G. Tilley Reid E. Tilley Wade M. Vernon Jesse H. Waddell Frank Erwin Walker, Jr. Farris L. White Sanford White Brady M. Wood Emmet L. Wood Wilburn Woodruff Dale D. Wright John Henry Young Charles William Wagoner
Korean War
1950-1953
Charles E Brintle William C. East Vernard M. Golding Jack W. Gravely Samuel C. Hamlin Verpo L. Hawk William J. Lovill Merlin E. Marshall Charles L. Slaydon Grayson S. Vaughn Wilson E. Wood
Vietnam War
1964-1975
Robert Cummings Mikle E Dixon
Vietnam War Continued
Donald E. Fletcher Harlan K. Gammons Jerry B. Golding Dale A. Gunnell Clayburn M. Hatcher Gary D. Hicks James R. Jones Roger Lee Joyce Curtis J. Manring Gerold L. Mounce Phillip K. Ross Mont S. Smoot James F. Turney
Operation Enduring Freedom Era
David W. Snow Anton Hiett Adam Lee Marion Leevi Khole Barnard
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 36° 29.921′ N, 80° 36.414′ W. Memorial is in Mount Airy, North Carolina, in Surry County. It is at the intersection of Rockford Street and South Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Rockford Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 105 Rockford Street, Mount Airy NC 27030, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 walking distance of this marker: Historic Earle Theater (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Easter Brothers (about 300 feet away); Large Granite Millstone (about 500 feet away); Stonemans Raid (about 600 feet away); The J. C. Hollingsworth House (about 600 feet away); The Andy Griffith Show (about 600 feet away); The Susan Pendleton Ashby Memory Wall (about 700 feet away); First Presbyterian Church of Mount Airy (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Airy.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 499 times since then and 112 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 12, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 13, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 7. submitted on November 2, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.






