Born in Wales, 1719, he came here about 1771. A veteran of Braddock's Campaign and Lord Dunmore's War, he commanded a successful expedition against the Chickamauga towns, 1779. Member of the North Carolina State Senate, 1781, and brigadier general of militia, 1786, he declined governorship of the State of Franklin, 1787. He died Dec.4,1794, and is buried in East Hill Cemetery.

Marker is on State Street (Tennessee Route 34).

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