Lillington Cemetery
Pender County, North Carolina
Submitted by GingerLyell@aol.com
on October 5, 2002.
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Other Information |
| Lillington, General John Alexander | Beneath this stone lie the mortal remains of General John Alexander Lillington a Soldier of the Revolution Who died in 1786. He commanded the American forces at the Battle of Moores Creek on the 27th Feb 1776 and by his military skill and cool courage in the field at the head of his troops secured a complete and decisive victory to intellectual powers of a high order. He united an incorruptible integrity and a devoted and self sacrificing patriotism. A genuine lover of liberty, He perilled to secure the Independence of his country and died at a good old age bequeathing to his posterity (The rest was broken off) |
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