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This monument was erected to the memory of Joseph Winston and to two of
his "Surry County Boys" of the Surry Militia.
The inscription on the monument reads:
IN MEMORY
OF THE
NORTH
CAROLINA TROOPS
UNDER
MAJOR JOSEPH WINSTON
WHO WERE FIGHTING THE
HESSIANS
AND TARLETON'S CAVALRY
NEAR THIS SPOT
AFTER THE
CONTINENTAL LINE
HAD RETREATED
FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE
MARCH 15, 1781
ERECTED BY
GOVERNOR THOMAS M. HOLT
1893
MAJOR JOSEPH WINSTON
CAPTAIN JESSE FRANKLIN
RICHARD TALIAFERRO
PALAMAN QUI MERUIT FERAT
(Let him who has won the palm bear it)
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