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The Stage Road Monument was erected in 1911 along
the Old Wilmington and Fayetteville stage road (Negro Head Point Road).
The inscription on the monument reads:
Old Wilmington and Fayetteville Stage
Road
Route taken by British and Tory army from
Cross Creek to join Lord Cornwallis and
Clinton at Wilmington. They were defeated in
the battle of this place. 350 were captured
as prisoners of war Feb. 27, 1776.
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