Richard J. Gatling

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

1. Richard J. Gatling Marker

Inscription. Inventor of the Gatling gun and of numerous agricultural implements, was born September 12, 1818, in a house which stands 400 yards north.

Erected 1942 by Department of Conservation and Development. (Marker Number A-26.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1650.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 36° 28.931′ N, 77° 1.897′ W. Marker was in Como, North Carolina, in Hertford County. It was on U.S. 258 0.2 miles north of Gatling Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Como NC 27818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 5 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Richard Gatling (here, next to this marker); Mill Neck School (approx. 3.2 miles away); African American Education (approx. 4 miles away); Murfrees Landing (approx. 4 miles away); Ruffin Brothers Grocery (approx. 4.2 miles away); Indian Queen Inn (approx. 4.4 miles away); Lafayette (approx. 4.4 miles away); Conjure Doctor (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Como.

US 258 (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012

2. US 258 (facing west)

Richard J. Gatling image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

3. Richard J. Gatling

from The Biographical Dictionary of America, 1906, by Rossiter Johnson.

The Gatling Gun image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

4. The Gatling Gun

from The Biographical Dictionary of America, 1906, by Rossiter Johnson.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,044 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on June 18, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.