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ALEXANDER LILLINGTON

Alexander Lillington is a North Carolina historical marker in Pender County, dedicated 1938.

Pender County · dedicated 1938 · US 117 and NC 210 at Rocky Point

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Revolutionary leader, Whig colonel in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. His grave is 9 miles northeast.

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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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