Died May 28, 1866
— May She Rest In Peace —
On the 28th of May 1866, Laura Foster, a beautiful but frail girl, was decoyed from her fathers house at German Hill in Caldwell County to a place in Wilkes County and was murdered. Tom Dula (Tom Dooley) was later hanged for her murder. She was buried on the banks of the Yadkin River on the farm of John Walter Winkler.| HM Number | HM12TB |
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| Year Placed | 1991 |
| Placed By | Woodmen of the World Lodge 95 (Lenoir, NC) |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 3:35am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 459692 N 3989531 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 36.04950000, -81.44750000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 36° 2.97', W 81° 26.85' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 36° 2' 58.20" N, 81° 26' 51.00" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 704, 828 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 6095 German Hill Pl, Lenoir NC 28645, US |
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