Abstract:
Stephan Williams, of Duplin County, followed the news of the construction of the Washington Monument from home. And he was able to travel to Washington, D.C. to see the tip of the pyramidon placed on the top. Years later, Williams was working in Washington, D.C. when he was given the three-hundred-pound ox-cart, five-hundred-pound hubs, and an axel which were used in the construction of the monument. In 1983, his daughter, Serence Williams Smith, donated these items to the Cowan Museum in Kenansville.