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Marker for John Alexander, Richard Barry, John Davidson, William Graham, and Matthew McClure, signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

Historical Markers

All markers in the lists below were placed by the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Chapter, NSDAR, and are located in North Carolina, unless otherwise noted.

 Photo from chapter archives

Marker for Hezekiah Alexander
signer of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence
 

 Photo from chapter archives

Marker for Ephraim Brevard
signer of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence

DAR Grave Markers for the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

  • Abraham Alexander―Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, marker has been moved to the schoolhouse museum at the church.
  • Adam Alexander―marker at gravesite on Brief Road in Charlotte, placed by Clear Creek Militia Chapter, NSDAR. Marker in Philadelphia Presbyterian Church cemetery and tablet in church.
  • Ezra Alexander―Sharon Presbyterian Church, marker at his son, Col. Augustus Alexander’s grave. Ezra is buried in Polk Cemetery in Pineville.
  • Hezekiah Alexander―Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, marker has been moved to the schoolhouse museum at the church
  • John McKnitt Alexander―Hopewell Presbyterian Church, marker at grave and tablet in church
  • Waightstill Avery―Quaker Meadows, Swan Pond Estate near Morganton. Grave was marked by Waightstill Avery Chapter, NSDAR.
  • Rev. Hezekiah Balch―Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Cabarrus County―tablet in church
  • Richard Barry―Hopewell Presbyterian Church―marker at grave and tablet in church
  • Ephraim Brevard, MD―died in 1781 and is said to be buried at Settlers’ Cemetery in Charlotte or at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, but no headstone exists. Stone marker in Settlers’ Cemetery placed by Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Chapter, NSDAR, and Mecklenburg Chapter, SAR.
  • Major John Davidson―Rural Hill, Davidson Family Burying Ground in Huntersville―tablet in Hopewell Presbyterian Church
  • Henry Downes―Providence Presbyterian Church, marked by Mecklenburg Chapter, NSDAR
  • John Flenniken―Providence Presbyterian Church
  • John Foard―Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, gravesite unknown, marker in cemetery and tablet in church
  • William Graham―Hopewell Presbyterian Church, marker at grave and tablet in church
  • Richard Harris―Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Cabarrus County, tablet in church
  • Robert Irwin―Steele Creek Presbyterian Church
  • Matthew McClure―tablet in Hopewell Presbyterian Church
  • Neill Morrison―Providence Presbyterian Church―marked by Mecklenburg Chapter, NSDAR
  • Benjamin Patton―Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Cabarrus County―tablet in church
  • John Phifer―Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Cabarrus County―tablet in church
  • General Thomas Polk―Old Settlers’ Cemetery in Charlotte (marker stolen)
  • John Queary―Philadelphia Presbyterian Church―tablet in church
  • David Reese―Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Cabarrus County―tablet in church. He is buried in Old McClure Cemetery in Concord.
  • Zaccheus Wilson―Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Cabarrus County―tablet in church

DAR Grave Markers

  • Rev. Alexander Craighead―a marker at the oldest Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Cemetery at the Rock Wall and Iron Fence
  • General Joseph Graham―a granite boulder on Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church grounds
  • General William Lee Davidson―killed at Battle of Cowan’s Ford, a monument at Hopewell Presbyterian Church
  • John Mayhew―a plaque at his grave, McKendree Methodist Church, Mayhew in Iredell County
  • Corporal Jeremiah Clontz―a marker at his grave, Union Cemetery in Brief (marker stolen)
  • Jacob Mattison―Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Ringoes, New Jersey

Graves not located or marked

The following signers are commemorated at the site of the Mecklenburg County Courthouse at 700 East Trade Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, and at the site of Alexandriana, the home of John McKnitt Alexander in Mecklenburg County.

  • Charles Alexander―died January 28, 1801, and is said to be buried in a family cemetery near Providence Presbyterian Church
  • James Harris―died after October 14, 1778, and is said to be buried at Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, near the Cabarrus County line
  • William Kennon―lived in Granville County, and died October 3, 1804, in Rockingham County―per NSDAR records.

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