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Griffin Fauntleroy Monument
A rough cut granite monument shaped like a tombstone, sits on a rectangular granite base, next to a paved path and a natural area. The monument has an inscription of Griffin Fauntleroy's service in all caps : "THIS SITE WAS OCCUPIED BY THE 1ST VIRGINIA CAVALRY UNDER LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM WASHINGTON, CONT'L. LINE, AND IT WAS HERE CAPTAIN GRIFFIN FAUNTLEROY, 1ST. VA. LT. DRAGOONS, CONT'L LINE -- WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED ON MARCH 15, 1781. BORN SEPTEMBER 28, 1754. NORTHUMBERLAND CO., VA.
The Griffin Fauntleroy Monument was dedicated 1932. Griffin Murdock Fauntleroy was likely was one of the most experienced soldiers in Nathanael Greene's army. A native of Northumberland County, Virginia he began his Revolutionary War service in March 1776 as a lieutenant in the Seventh Virginia continental Infantry. He resigned this commission and took up a similar post in the First Continental Light Dragoons in November 1777. He remained with this regiment, rising to the rank of captain before he was mortally wounded and left on the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse. The British captured Capt. Fauntleroy but paroled him prior to their withdrawal on March 18, 1781. He died a few days later. The Fauntleroy Monument was the last commemorative structure erected in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Code: GUCO
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Guilford County, North Carolina
Latitude: 36.132999420166, Longitude: -79.8414993286133
Latitude: 36.132999420166, Longitude: -79.8414993286133
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