JOHN GRADY
NC MINUTEMAN
1ST NC KIA 1776
DUPLIN COUNTY
Brick Location
Walk-west
Honored
by:
Last Firebase Veteran's Project
"PVT JOHN GRADY , A SON OF DUPLIN COUNTY, WAS BORN ON THE NORTHEAST RIVER
APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EAST OF THE MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE. HE WAS POSSESSED OF
THAT FERVENCY AND ZEAL FOR FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENTAL TYRANNY WHICH ACTUATES ALL
SOUTHERNERS, AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR LIBERTY AT THE BATTLE OF MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE
IN WHICH 50 TORIES ERE KILLED". So reads the inscription in the above picture.
