This 20-foot gray obelisk was built between 1894 and 1900 by William Hill Howcott in honor of his body servant, Willis Howcott, a faithful servant and friend who followed him into battle and was killed. The monument, perhaps the only one of its kind in the South, was rededicated in 1984 and stands as a symbol of racial unity.
Inscription: A tribute to my faithful servant and friend, Willis Howcott, a colored boy of rare loyalty and faithfulness, whose memory I charish with deep gratitude. - W.H. Howcott
“William was 15 years old when he joined Harvey’s Scouts in 1864. WIllis, his childhood playmate was only 13 but would not be dissuaded from going off to war with his friend. Willis was, tragically, kiled in combat sometime in 1865 at the age of 14.” (Source: Confederate Digest)
