N.C. Natural & Cultural Resources Dept.: Gourd Patch Conspiracy to Be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker
January 08, 2025
January 08, 2025
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 8 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release:
A thwarted religious plot by local farmers to kill Gov. Richard Caswell in 1777 soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.
The marker commemorating the Gourd Patch Conspiracy will be dedicated during a ceremony Jan. 15 at 1 p.m., at 14189 NC 42 in Tarboro, N.C.
John Lewellen, leader of the plot, . . .
A thwarted religious plot by local farmers to kill Gov. Richard Caswell in 1777 soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.
The marker commemorating the Gourd Patch Conspiracy will be dedicated during a ceremony Jan. 15 at 1 p.m., at 14189 NC 42 in Tarboro, N.C.
John Lewellen, leader of the plot, . . .