Leader of North Carolina revolt against the British, he fled under an assumed name in 1771. Somerset's first settler; lived at Coffee Springs farm some years. Became a pamphleteer and active in the Whiskey Rebellion. Died in 1795.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street/Glades Pike (Route 31) and Plank Road, on the left when traveling east on Main Street/Glades Pike.

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