Location
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Coordinates: 36.0229, -79.7073.
Type: Stop
Tour: Guilford Battle
County: Guilford
Difficult
Park across Presbyterian Road from Alamance Presbyterian Church. Cross the street, and in the cemetery, walk toward the monument in the far right corner, which marks the location of the first church building. Near the flagpole there, look to the left for the tall obelisk with a low monument to its right, and walk to them.
Description
Patriot militia Capt. Arthur Forbis lay on the battlefield at Guilford Court House for at least 24 hours under a cold March rain, with bullet wounds in a side and leg and a bayonet thrust from a vengeful Loyalist. You can visit the general location in our tour of that sight. He was found by a neighbor looking for her brother. She managed to get him onto a horse and started for the Forbis home in this vicinity.
His wife Elizabeth Wiley Forbis was on the way to the battlefield to look for him, and they met on the way. Back at home, she sought the help of educator and doctor David Caldwell, also pastor of