Tyrrell County Confederate Monument
(side 1)
Gen. Robert E. Lee
This monument
was erected by the
Tyrrell
Monument Association,
A.D. 1902.
Executive Committee.
Mark Majette, Abner Alexander,
Thomas L. Jones, J.S. Cahoon,
and C. E. Tatem.
Finance Committee.
Mrs. B.V. McClees, Mrs. J.C. Meekins Sr.,
Miss Lina B. Alexander.
President.
Lt. Col. William F. Beasley.
In memory of the patriotic sons of Tyrrell County
who fell in the service of the Confederate States.
General James Johnston Pettigrew
His North Carolinians went farthest at
Gettysburg, PA.
(side 2)
War
commenced
at
Fort Sumter
S.C.
April 12, 1861.
Officers
Company A,
32nd N.C. Troops
J.H. Thomas, Capt.
L.L. Hassell and F.F. Patrick, 1st Lts.
Henry Armstrong, Holloway
Armstrong, G.W. Bateman,
J.C. Duguid, 2nd Lts.
Abner Alexander, 2nd Lt. 61st N.C. Troops.
James Jarvis, 2nd Lt. 2nd N.C. Cavalry.
J.W. Simmons, 1st Lt. 2nd N.C. Cavalry.
Field Officers of 32nd N.C.
Troops taken from Co. A.
E.C. Brabble, (Currituck Co.) Colonel.
D.G. Cowan, (Bertie Co.) Lt. Col.
Henry G. Lewis, (Tyrrell Co.) Major.
As a tribute to comrades who honorably
served the Confederate cause to the end.
William M. Owens, Capt.
Co. G, 2nd N.C. Cavalry
Brandy Station, VA.
(side 3)
In
appreciation
of our
faithful slaves
Confederates living
in Tyrrell County
when this
monument was erected:
Abner Alexander • B.V. Alexander • Nelson Alexander • W.W. Alexander • W.J. Barnes • Thos. Basnight • D.D. Brickhouse • F.L. Brickhouse • J.S. Cahoon • W.R. Carawan , 2nd Lt. Co. H, 33rd N. C. Troops • W.G. Colston • A.A. Combes • J.L. Cooper • W.S. Davenport • M.G. Elliot t• W.L. Gibson • Thomas L. Jones • W.C. Kemp • W.W. Kemp • W.F. Knowles • James Litchfield • J.H. Nichols • James Phelps • John Rhodes • J.A. Sawyer • S.L. Sawyer • W.J. Sawyer • Edward Sexton • W.E. Shallington • B.S. Spencer • A.H. Tatem • C.E. Tatem.
To the noble women of Tyrrell County, whose
devotion to our cause and sacrifice in its behalf.
and for their loved ones in the field, entitle
them to rank with the heroines of all ages.
Nelson McClees, 1st Lt.
Edenton Bell Battery
Fort Anderson, N.C.
(side 4)
War
ended
at
Appomattox,
C.H., VA.,
April 9, 1865.
We lovingly dedicate
this tablet
to
the memory of
Mary Alexander
Beasley,
who was born in Tyrrell County,
A.D. 1811,
And died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
in 1892.
She was the daughter of
Henry and Clarkey Alexander,
and devoted the four years of our
war to nursing our soldiers, who
loved to call her “Mother Beasley.”
She was the mother of
Lt. Colonel W. F. Beasley
71st N.C. Troops, who was the
youngest officer of his rank in
the Confederate Army.
The Confederate soldier won and is entitled to the
admiration of all who love honor, and liberty.
William Morris,
Sailor on Merrimac
Hampton Roads, VA.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Business U.S. 64) and South Broad Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
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