Jonathan Worth, Governor
Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
Jonathan Worth. Governor, 1865-1868. State Treasurer, 1862-1865. Home stood one block south.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
Jonathan Worth managed North Carolina's finances as state treasurer during the Civil War, then won election as governor in 1865 amid the wreckage of defeat. A former Unionist, he struggled to steer the state through federal Reconstruction before being removed from office in 1868. His home once stood a block south of here.
Why it matters
Worth's contested governorship captures the turmoil of Reconstruction, when Southern states wrestled with defeat, federal authority, and a transformed social order.
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