^^^"THE HALL OF FAME FOR TREES": 



THE NEW GARDEN OAK 



"UNCLE JOE'S" GRANDFATHER WAS BURIED BENEATH THIS FAMOUS TREE 



The New Garden Oak is nominated for a place in 

 the Hall of Fame of the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation by Mark C. Mills, of Guilford College, North 

 Carolina. In nominating the tree Mr. Mills tells 

 the Revolutionary history that was made near the 

 tree and adds that the grandfather of Joseph G. 

 Cannon is buried near it. Congressman Cannon 

 was born at Guilford May 7, 1836. In his letter of 

 nomination Mr. Mills says: 



"After the battle of Guilford Court House, 

 fought March 15, 1781, near what is now Greens- 

 boro, North Carolina, both General Greene and 

 Lord Cornwallis withdrew, leaving their wounded. 

 These were cared for by the people of the Quaker 

 settlement of New Garden, which centered around 

 the New Garden meeting house, four miles and a 



half southwest of the battleground. The Quakers 

 then as now were peace-loving people, but they hast- 

 ened to care for the wounded of both armies. As 

 the mortally wounded died they were buried in 

 the shade of what is now a magnificent old white 

 oak. Here in recent years has been erected a simple 

 monument to the memory of the wounded of both 

 armies who died and were buried there. 



"New Garden meeting of Friends still exists and 

 the modern meeting house stands on the campus of 

 Guilford College, the first co-educational college in 

 the South. The New Garden oak is a wonderful old 

 tree and around it are buried scores of the pioneers 

 of Revolutionary days, among others the grand- 

 father of Joseph G. Cannon." 



