Once a part
of Gilmanton called Gunstock Parish, the town was named
for a key battle at the end of the revolution, the Battle
of Guilford Court House, North Carolina. Sargent Lemuel
B. Mason, who had fought in that battle, had retired
to Gunstock Parish. In 1812, he successfully proposed
incorporation of a new town to be named Gilford. North
Carolina's Guilford Court House has long since been renamed
Martinsville. The original name is used by the Gunstock
recreation area on Belknap Mountain. Reprinted
from www.nhes.state.nh.us
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