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This 1907 monument is dedicated to the heroic women of the
lower Cape Fear.
In 1929 the remains of Ezekiel and Mary Slocum were re-interred at the base
of the monument.
Lieutenant Ezekiel Slocum served at the battle of Moores Creek Bridge;
his wife, Mary, was the subject of a now discredited legend.
The inscriptions on the monuments read:
(Front)
TO THE HONORED MEMORY
OF THE HEROIC WOMEN
OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR
DURING THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1775-1781.
(Left)
MOST HONORED OF THE NAMES
RECORDED BY THIS HISTORIC
ASSOCIATION, IS THAT OF
MARY SLOCUMB,
WIFE OF LIEUTENANT SLOCUMB,
RIDING ALONE AT NIGHT
65 MILES TO SUCCOR THE
WOUNDED ON THIS BATTLEFIELD
HER HEROISM AND SELF-SACRIFICE
PLACE HER HIGH ON THE PAGES OF
HISTORY AND SHOULD AWAKEN IN
SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS, TRUE
PATRIOTISM AND LOVE OF COUNTRY
VIRTUTES MAJORUM FILIAE CONSERVANT
(Right)
UNSWERVING IN DEVOTION,
SELF-SACRIFICING IN
LOYALTY TO THE CAUSE
OF THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR
WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM;
AND THEIR CHILDREN RISE
UP AND CALL THEM BLESSED.
(Rear)
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY THE
MOORE'S CREEK
MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION
IN THE YEAR 1907.
(Left Headstone)
IN
memory of
Col. EZEKIEL SLOCUMB,
a Patriot of the Revolution,
who departed this life,
July 4th 1840,
aged 80 years & 46 days.
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(Right Headstone)
IN
memory of
POLLY SLOCUMB,
wife of Ezekiel Slocumb
who departed this life,
March 6 1836,
aged 76 years & 24 days.
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