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

Thomas Samuel Ashe

 
 
Thomas Samuel Ashe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 6, 2011
1. Thomas Samuel Ashe Marker
Inscription. Associate Justice, State Supreme Court, 1878-1887; Member of Congress, 1873-1877; Member of Confederate Congress; legislator. Home is one mile west.
 
Erected 1966 by North Carolina Archives and Highway Departments. (Marker Number K-40.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. 34° 58.073′ N, 80° 3.847′ W. Marker is in Wadesboro, North Carolina, in Anson County. It is at the intersection of East Caswell Street (U.S. 74) and North Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Caswell Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 899 E Caswell Street, 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 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Boggan-Hammond House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Capt. Patrick Boggan (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Women of the Confederacy (approx. 0.7 miles away); Anson County Memorial Fountain (approx. 0.7 miles away); 1900 Total Solar Eclipse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Blind Boy Fuller (approx. Ύ mile
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away); Anson County Training School (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hugh Hammond Bennett (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wadesboro.
 
Also see . . .  Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Ashe, Thomas Samuel, (1812 - 1887). (Submitted on May 11, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)
 
Wide view of theThomas Samuel Ashe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 6, 2011
2. Wide view of theThomas Samuel Ashe Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 953 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.
 
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