Number   00213

Scan Date   5/16/02

Time Period 

Subject Matter     Historical Marker

Location    Newtown Road,  Monroe North Carolina

Description

Historical Marker of Union County

Photographer (if known)

Notes

Historical Marker on New Town Road, near Houston.  Site of La Batte's  "established from parts of Mecklenburg and Anson Counties, December 19, 1842, by Act of North Carolina General Assembly.  First county officials elected April 3, 1843 by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held here at La Batte's Cross Road"  This information comes from the marker.

Measurements of original photograph

Height  3 1/2"

Width   3 1/2"

Type of photograph      Color