Wadesboro in Anson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Capt. Patrick Boggan

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

1. Capt. Patrick Boggan Marker

Inscription.
Capt. Patrick Boggan
Patriot and Revolutionary soldier
Died 1817
Buried about four hundred yards south of this point

Erected 1931 by Thomas Wade Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Wadesboro.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1817.

Location. 34° 57.956′ N, 80° 4.489′ W. Marker is in Wadesboro, North Carolina, in Anson County. It can be reached from East Wade Street east of South Washington Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is on the west side of the Broggan-Hammond House. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 208 E Wade St, Wadesboro NC 28170, 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 the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Anson County Memorial Fountain (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); 1900 Total Solar Eclipse (about 600 feet away); The Women of the Confederacy (about 700 feet away); Blind Boy Fuller (about 700 feet away); Boggan-Hammond House (about 800 feet away); Thomas Samuel Ashe (approx. 0.6 miles away); Anson County Training School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hugh Hammond Bennett (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wadesboro.

Wide view of Capt. Patrick Boggan Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

2. Wide view of Capt. Patrick Boggan Marker

Capt. Patrick Boggan Marker at the west side of the Broggan-Hammond House at the chimney image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

3. Capt. Patrick Boggan Marker at the west side of the Broggan-Hammond House at the chimney

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 192 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.