Rockford Baptist Church Cemetery, Rockford, Surry County, North Carolina, United States

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Rockford Baptist Church (also called Rockford Methodist Church), 4947 Rockford Road, Rockford, Surry County. Burial place of Maj. Thomas Newton Crumpler (1831/32-1862), 1st North Carolina Cavalry, whose granite monument was unveiled here on 29 June 1887 before a crowd of nearly 1,500. Photos of the monument: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102904432/thomas-newton-crumpler . Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps?q=36.27575,-80.65178

Cemetery Photos

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1		Monument to Maj. Thomas N. Crumpler, Rockford Baptist Church Cemetery The granite obelisk to Major Thomas Newton Crumpler, 1st North Carolina Cavalry, at Rockford Baptist Church Cemetery, Surry County. It was cut at Kernersville from North Carolina granite, stands about fifteen feet high, and was unveiled on 29 June 1887, the 25th anniversary of the charge at Willis Church in which he fell, before a crowd of nearly 1,500. The panel reads: "THOS N. CRUMPLER / MAJ. 1st CAVALRY / BORN FEB. 22. 1831. / Fell mortally wounded at the head of his regiment in cavalry charge at Willis church below Richmond, VA / JUNE. 29. 1862." Photograph by Kathy Merris Mills, Find a Grave volunteer, 2013 (memorial 102904432); perspective corrected and sharpened.