Lieutenant Joseph Morgan Wilcox

Lieutenant Joseph Morgan Wilcox (HM1AG5)

Location: Camden, AL 36726 Wilcox County
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Country: United States of America
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N 31° 59.686', W 87° 17.635'

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Joseph Morgan Wilcox was born on March 15, 1790 in Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was the son of Revolutionary War officer, Joseph Wilcox and Phoebe Morgan. On June 15, 1808, Cadet Wilcox entered the U.S. Military Academy where he graduated and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in the 3rd Infantry. Lt. Wilcox fought against the Creeks in the War of 1812. On January 15, 1814, Wilcox engaged in a heroic fight with a Creek war party and was tomahawked and scalped on the banks of the Alabama River where it flows between Canton and Prairie Bluff. Two days later he was buried with military honors at Fort Claiborne.

Wilcox County was named in his memory by an Act of the General Assembly of Alabama on December 13, 1819.
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HM NumberHM1AG5
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Year Placed2002
Placed ByLt. Joseph M. Wilcox Chapter Alabama Daughters of the American Revolution and the Wilcox Historical Society & Alabama Historical Association
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Date Added Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at 4:21pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16R E 472236 N 3539893
Decimal Degrees31.99476667, -87.29391667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 59.686', W 87° 17.635'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 59' 41.16" N, 87° 17' 38.10" W
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Area Code(s)334
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 201-209 Fail St, Camden AL 36726, US
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