Lenoir in Caldwell County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Collett Leventhorpe
Photographed by Don Morfe, August 20, 2014
1. Collett Leventhorpe Marker
Confederate general, physician, author. Born in England, settled in N. Carolina about 1847. Grave is 150 yds. north.
Erected 1951 by Archives, Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number N-24.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.
Location. 36° 0.44′ N, 81° 31.506′ W. Marker is in Lenoir, North Carolina, in Caldwell County. It is on State Highway 268 half a mile east of Holly Lodge Place, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lenoir NC 28645, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chapel of Rest (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Patterson School Foundation (approx. 0.4 miles away); Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 1.8 miles away); A Storied Trail (approx. 1.8 miles away); William Lenoir (approx. 1.9 miles away); Charles Gordon Jr. (approx.
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Photographed by Don Morfe, August 20, 2014
2. Collett Leventhorpe Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 768 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 29, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
