J.G.A. Williamson

Historical marker location:

2070 Hurdle Mills Rd, Roxboro, North Carolina

( Marker is on Hurdle Mills Road (Highway 157) 0.1 miles south of Industrial Drive (County Road 1195), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1959

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.