The Murder of Dr. Glasscock Traditional Cache
The Murder of Dr. Glasscock
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You are looking for a camo'd thermos container with log and swag. Please TWIST the lid off and don't PULL the lid off (I have a bet with my wife about how long this cache container will survive intact - don't prove me wrong!!)
You can read the memorial at this cache, the grave of Dr. Gearge Glasscock, and learn about his service at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and his many other accomplishments, but the memorial neglects to include another fascinating story about his life (or, rather, death).
The following is reprinted from Daniel Barefoot's book "Touring North Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites" (1998, John F. Blair, Pub.)
"Dr. George Glasscock (1729-87) was a surgeon who served the American cause at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. His mother was Patty Bell, the maternal aunt of George Washington.
A dispute between Dr. Glasscock and Phillip Alston, the controversial man who owned the House in the Horseshoe led to the surgeon's murder. Evidence indicated the Alston had ordered his slave, Dave, to commit the crime. At the time Glasscock was gunned down, Alston was staging a lavish party at his plantation. Both owner and slave were implicated in the murder, but neither was ever tried."
Interesting note: The old gas station - the Cornwallis Service Station - across the highway is built on the site where the Cornwallis tree once stood. The tree was an old mulberry tree that, in the late 1800s and early 1900s,was dead and contained a large hollow cavity. The people would gather there and have their picture taken with themselves in the tree. The tree was a tourist attraction and became well known in the area. The tree was cut down about 1914 or 1915 by a farmer who had leased the land. I used to have a cache there, "No Longer There Series - The Cornwallis Tree", but I archived it when the gas station became a thrift shop.
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