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    Grave Marking for Pvt. William McConkey Townsend

    11:00 AM-12:00 PM
    October 11, 2025
    General Francis Nash Chapter
    le Marquis de Lafayette Chapter
    Lumber River Chapter
    Gregory Family Cemetery
    709 Country Club Rd, Lumberton, NC 28360, USA

    Grave Marking and Wreath Laying for Private William McConkey Townsend.

    William McConkey Townsend was born April 16, 1750, in Bladen County, North Carolina.  He served as a private in Captain John Willis’ company, Wilmington District, North Carolina Militia, which included Bladen and Robeson Counties.

    Not much more is known about William Townsend except that he spent his life in Robeson County and died there on July 21, 1830.

    Park along the driveway, and walk along the edge of the cornfield to the Cemetery

    Coordinates are 34º37’35.6N 79º04’17.8W (34.626556 -79.071611)
    adjacent to 105 Nigel Drive, Lumberton, North Carolina  28360

     

Annual NCSSAR Events

See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.

 

1 February 1781 Battle of Cowan’s Ford Huntersville, NC
27 February 1776 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Currie, NC
15 March 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse Greensboro, NC
12 April 1776 Adoption of the Halifax Resolves Halifax, NC
16 May Battles of Alamance County Burlington, NC
20 May 1775 Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence Charlotte, NC
20 June 1775 Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves Fayetteville, NC
20 June 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Lincolnton, NC
21 July 1780 Battle of Colson’s Mill Norwood, NC
29 July 1781 Attack at the House in the Horseshoe Deep River, NC
2 August 1781 Battle of Rockfish Creek Wallace, NC
14 August 1775 Issuance of the Tryon Resolves Bessemer City, NC
25-27 August 1774 Issuance of the New Bern Resolves New Bern, NC
1 October 1780 Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford Morganton, NC
7 October 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC
14 October 1780 Battle of Shallow’s Ford Huntsville, NC

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