Day 73 of 110: Marking Up the County

According to what I've read in our chapter's early history, chapters were strongly encouraged to mark local historic sites. In 1936, the chapter made a list of the places that had been marked within the county. It's important to note that this is only the sites marked within the county boundary, as the chapter had also marked several historic sites outside the county.

Historical markers as of June 1936 in Forsyth County marked by the Gen. Joseph Winston chapter.

1. Revolutionary cannon on Richard J. Reynolds High School grounds.
2. Bronze plate on door of room at Washington Tavern in Salem, indicating room where Washington slept in 1791.
3. Old Richmond Court House, first county seat of Forsyth County (placed September 1928)
4. Tablet in court house in  memory of Benjamin Forsyth, Revolutionary Soldier, and for whom Forsyth County was named.*
5. Bronze tablet on boulder marking the home site of Col. Joseph Winston, Revolutionary hero, and the man for whom Winston was named. His home site is two miles beyond Germanton, and fourteen miles from this city.**

*Benjamin Forsyth was an officer who served heroically during the War of 1812 - not the American Revolution.

**Colonel Joseph Winston's home site is actually located in Stokes County, not Forsyth County.