Tory Pond

Loyalists who murdered Patriot Colonel John Dooly in his bed in 1780 were tracked down and hanged near this pond, a grim act of Revolutionary-era frontier retribution in a region torn by neighbor-against-neighbor warfare.

Tory Pond is a historical marker in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, erected in 1957. It is one of 10 historical markers documented in Lincoln County, among 29 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8440, -82.4127 near Lincolnton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dooly Spring (historical marker), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include General Elijah Clark, Smith Chapel Cemetery, and William Bartram Trail.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.