James Morehead Monument

James Morehead was born in Virginia in 1750 and moved to North Carolina in the late 1770's. In 1779 he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Tenth North Carolina Regiment. Lieutenant Morehead fought in several battles, eventually rising to the rank of captain.

The inscription on the monument reads:

1779   1900
TO
CAPTAIN JAMES MOREHEAD
OF THE 10TH REGIMENT,
N.C. CONTINENTAL LINE
BATTLE OF STONO
JUNE 20TH, 1779
ELIZABETHTON JULY, 1781
BORN 1750   DIED 1815
ERECTED BY
COL. JAMES T. AND JOSEPH
M. MOREHEAD AND ROBERT
PERCY GRAY