Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox

Historical marker location:

401 Taylor Ave, High Point, North Carolina

( Marker is on Taylor Avenue just west of Gordy Place, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2019

(1931 - 2011).

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.