Editing Roxboro, North Carolina (section)

==History==
[[Image:Old Pumps of Yesteryear.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Old pumps at Stuart's Family Grill – "Dog House"]]
Roxboro is named after a town in [[Scotland]], [[Roxburgh]]. Although spelled differently, they are pronounced the same. Prior to the official adoption of the name Roxboro, the community was known as "Mocassin Gap". The city of Roxboro was [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] on January 9, 1855, and remains the only [[municipality]] in Person County.

The [[Holloway-Jones-Day House]], [[House on Wagstaff Farm]], [[James A. and Laura Thompson Long House]], [[Merritt-Winstead House]], [[Person County Courthouse]], [[Roxboro Commercial Historic District]], [[Roxboro Cotton Mill]], and [[Roxboro Male Academy and Methodist Parsonage]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

On July 7, 1920, [[Lynching of Red Roach|Red Roach]] was [[Lynching|lynched]] in downtown Roxboro.{{sfn|''The Washington Herald'', July 8,|1920|p=1}}

On August 15, 1941, a mob of 500 attempted to lynch Cy Winstead, a 22-year-old black man, who was accused of raping a white woman and was being held at the Person County court house. The mob was held off with tear gas by local authorities led by Sheriff M. T. Clayton until Winstead could be safely transferred to the state prison in Raleigh. No injuries were reported.<ref>{{cite news |title=Southern Mob Fails in Attempt To Lynch Man Accused of Rape |publisher=Kingston Daily Freeman |date=August 16, 1941}}</ref> Ten men were indicted for the attempted lynching on October 16, 1941, on misdemeanor charges for "unlawful assembly for unlawful purpose".<ref name="Statesville Record And Landmark">{{cite news |title=Ten Men Indicted For Attempted Lynching Of Negro In Person |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11242246/statesville-record-and-landmark/ |access-date=August 28, 2020 |date=October 16, 1941}}</ref> To local shock, five of the men were found guilty, receiving prison terms ranging from 12 to 18 months.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-05-17 |title=Cy Winstead Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cy-winstead-daily-news/145568631/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=Daily News |pages=7}}</ref> Winstead himself later pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit rape and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-01-29 |title=Miss Pauline Dunn, The Greensboro Record 29 Jan 1942, Thu |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record-miss-pauline-dunn/128993120/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=The Greensboro Record |pages=3}}</ref>